[Highlight] Nikola Jokić with the no-look lob to Aaron Gordon for the alley-oop slam (with replays). It’s also Nikola’s 10th assist of the game, which gives him a triple-double (4th straight games with a T-D now)
Bruh, the way he draws the defender with his face one way, and passes it to AG in the opposite direction…incredible.
Jokic is the first NBA player to ever fake me as a viewer (and I bet many cameraman).
There are times that I even bite his fake pass - never happened to me in my life lol.
Insanity
I’ve been watching sports since about ‘85. Jokic was probably 100+ times faster than the camera in 10 years. Every season it happens at least 10 times that the cameramen are late for his passing lmfao. I don’t know if anywhere in a sport the cameramen are so many times late for the reaction of the players😆
Last year I remember an assist by Jokic. It was a half court in-bound alley oop assist to AG. There was literally no video proof of that basket because none of the cameras caught.
Someone caught it.
https://youtu.be/O6b4OkB4S9w?si=qSG9jYj6ZvikAoQN
That’s what gets me about Jokic, I’m usually super fast at seeing plays develop but jokic is just so fast. It feels like he sees things before they happen. It’s baffling and awesome to watch
He knows the TV camera angles. I imagine he knows he’s creating an optical illusion to entertain himself when he watches game tape tmrw.
Edit: the more I watch it, the more it looks like he just threw a boomerang
It was rondo for me
It’s crazy. I saw the title and still thought he was going to pass it to the corner 3
Wow you must not have watched much NBA games in your life, when did you start watching NBA games?
How he sees the court must be like in a basketball anime it’s insane the shit he pulls off 😭
I think that’s why him and Russ work so well off each other, both have galaxy brain court IQs and see the game in unconventional ways
Russ high bb iq now?
Another thing about him is that the movement of his whole body especially his arms also sells the fake pass
Best offensive player in NBA history. It would be a crime if he doesn’t win a couple more rings.
MVP and its not even close
jokic vs voter fatigue
For real. It’s why Embiid won 22-23. Jokic should have but the discussions turned into “comparing Jokic to the other players that won 3 MVPs in a row like Bird… are we saying this guy is like that” and he lost. Then won a chip and ever since then folks got no problem now saying “he’s the best player in the league and a top center of all time” lol
Jokic being white was the reason for Embiid push. perkins and all espn idiots.
DEI MVP.
It’s sort of close, frankly if he doesn’t have to hard carry and his numbers dip shai probably gets it since he has the numbers and the record.
Shai doesnt have the numbers, he has half the assist and rebounds. Points are even but Shai is also carried by FTs.
His team has a lot more wins and that is considered in MVP voting. This is not a 3-4 game difference we’ve seen in some years between the top guys. The Thunder are 9 games clear of the nuggets. That matters.
Jokic is the best player in the world. He’d have my vote for MVP if I had one, but SGA has a solid case. He’s second in the league in almost all the advanced stats behind Jokic. Last time I checked I think he might have been ahead in win shares. And he’s the best player on the team that’s kicking everyone’s ass in the much deeper conference.
Its most valuable player..Not most valuable team. The team with the best record barely ever has an MVP in NBA history.
That’s when records are close. It’s not particularly close this year record wise. Value is a nebulous term with no definitive definition in the NBA. Arguing that value is driven by wins has been occurring for years. SGA is 2nd in most stats. Leading the NBA in scoring on high efficiency for a guard, and on the best team. He would be a fair winner if he does win. Nuggets keeping winning and close the gap with the thunder then Jokic could win, he’ll even if we don’t close the gap Jokic would still be a deserving winner. By stats this is his best season ever. But this whole it’s not close stuff is rediculous. I don’t want our fan base to turn into the Sixers or Bucks over this shit.
If Jokic and SGA switched teams the thunder would be 15+ games clear of the nuggets
Probably true. Jokic is the better player and would be my MVP. But the Thunder are on pace to win 65 games. That’s happened something like 22 times in history and 15 of those teams had the player that won the MVP. He has a legit argument and our fanbase doesn’t need to turn into the sixers just arguing over MVP shit all the time like it’s an insult for anyone else to have a strong case for the award.
MVP is not a vote on who’s the best player in the league. If it was, Bron would’ve won like 10 straight.
He’s second in the league in almost all the advanced stats behind Jokic.
Obviously should be the MVP then.
Wins matter when there is this much of a difference. Advanced stats they are 1 and 2, and SGA has the wins argument. I would vote for Jokic but this is a very close race and SGA has a strong argument for it.
I think if they end up #2 or 3 in the West it goes to Joker. When the Nuggets were the 5⁄6 seed it was a lot easier to justify Shai.
My biggest pet peeve is when people say “it’s not even close” when it is
Your biggest pet peeve and it’s not even close
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Don’t start that. It is close. He can be the best player in the world without winning MVP.
It’s close, Shai is great
SGA?
That’s on Malone and the organization
Love how the guy who got the most out of Jokic is now the guy somehow holding him back.
he more than likely won’t, thats why he needs to stack MVPs
How many people are fooled? I thought it’s going to the corner three
I even read the title and this fucker still fooled me
same 😆😆😆 and i watch it live too 😆😆😆
he got me too, he’s just that good.
i still get fooled even after replaying
How many consecutive 3rd quarter TDs did he get this season tho?
3 in a row now I think lol
Edit; 4th
This is 4th in a row now without playing the 4th quarter
Ethical statpadding incoming
I think this is his 4th, and he’s sat in the 4th quarter of all 4 since they were blowouts.
has to be, the last 2 games he’s sat the 4th
I don’t know about consecutive but think this is his 13th before the fourth
this is his 4th consecutive game with a TD before the 4th, he also hasnt played in the 4th qtr during the last 4 either
Jokic is getting touchdowns now? How much better can he get
If Nuggets play like this all year, it’s them or OKC to show up for the West. They have so much momentum going into the second half of the season.
First time I’m pretty confident in this team this year. The talents always been there and you always have a chance with jokic but theyve been so inconsistent at times, you just don’t know what team is gonna show up. There’s a lot of bad off games or games where they phone it in for several quarters.
Edit playmaking is insane right now I know it’s the sixers without embiid but there’s so many good dimes
they’re playing beautiful basketball. It’s like modern day showtime lakers.
They really deserve to get more Finals appearances. Hope Denver FO can snatch few deals, sign some ring-chasers.
Russ is a top level signing for y’all. If not for him we win our game earlier this year (honestly should have anyway, that was a beautiful pass to an open DeMar but he fucking fumbled it like I never seen him do before) and we probably don’t go 3-1 on y’all last season.
He’s a perfect match with Jokic and his pass is so damn important and hard to deal with period but especially in this system.
that has not happened in quite awhile. You have not been watching them lately it sounds like.
I’m guessing you were one of the many doomers.
It’s nice to not have to listen to all the team negativity still. Now we just have the Jamal haters.
Criticism isn’t always hate. I’m of the Same opinion I’ve always had we have the talent and potential to win any given night. We had the talent to win it all or at least make the finals last year, imo we were more talented then minny. But didn’t play up to our standards, Murray off games, mpj single digits 6 out of 7, etc.
And to play devils advocate for the sake of it. We’ve had a good streak but teams can go hot and we have been playing some pretty mid teams, (sucks jokic was out against Boston and Houston really wanted to see how those played out…)
I’m never not gonna be nervous about Murray he can get crazy hot or cold depending on the night, and is fairly injury prone and with how questionable the depth is one injury is all the difference. Our defense particularly on the perimeter is still not amazing, think that’s the point we might miss kcp most. Braun is good on bigger guards like Edwards but tends to struggle on smaller guys and can’t navigate screens to well.
And okc, Boston and clevland are just really good they have the depth, shooting, defensive potential well maybe not the Cavs for defense. We have the potential to win but if the playoffs/a series started today I still feel like you have to give them the edge and respect they deserve.
27-13-10 at the end of the third, actually insane. 4th straight triple double
Admit it, we all thought that was a kick pass to Strawberry
And, credit to Strawther, he’s been cookin tonight so you can’t really blame Yabusele for biting.
4th straight game* (typo in the title)
*4 straight games with a third quarter triple-double.
That’s crazy
his 13th this season geting at TD in the first 3 quarters
Jokic has 65 PER in this game lmfao
how ia that even possible? thats like when you here about someone having a 200+ iq… like does that not break the scale?!
He has literally ALL stuff on only 30 min with super high eff. And only 2 turnovers and 1 pf, without missed free throws.
5 off rebounds and 4 steals/ blk pumped up his PER to the sky lol
This fucking horse
Jokic is out of this world. Top 5 center of all time.
*best
Guy doesn’t play 4th quarters anymore
19th triple double in 37 games
His head fakes and no look passes actually misdirects defenders unlike when most other players do it. Like Will Barton would no look on a fast break when there’s literally no one running in that direction.
LeBron looks away as he is passing it.
Or do that thing where they just regular pass it and then swivel their head sideways like they did something
Easily the best no look passer I’ve watched in my lifetime. He mixes it in constantly - defending him is an absolute nightmare.
Him and Rubio are the best ever at using the no look as a weapon and not only as a flair move.
Jokic dropping a no-look dime to AG to finish his 3rd quarter triple double, a classic at this point.
Jokic is one of the top ten passing big men in Denver Nuggets history
Needs a couple more years of current production to be in the discussion. Mutombo once had a game with 7 assists!
He just might be man. Definitely in the conversation.
This caught me off guard and cracked me up. Bravo.
That replay really shows his gravity. Both defenders rotated the other way with just a look lmao
Westbrook will probably end up with one too by the end of the game if he checks in for like 2 minutes
Here is how great Joker is.
:)
Yo I’m loving that jersey
So nasty
When you have the size plus the skills it’s just too op
All while embiid ducks him yet again 😂
He could have scored it himself because Maxey ain’t stopping him and Yabu got out of position because of the fake pass to the corner. He could also have passed to Strawther.
He also could have pulled his hawg out and hit the helicopter on these hoes.
MVPeePee
Had one guy on him and two already closing his path. Could pass to the corner but the lob to Gordon was easily the best and safest play, 99% guaranteed
Master of puppets.
He’s like on a different timeline than everyone else out there.
And how many Sombor doubles this season?
red shoes jokic, and then you got sleeve jokic, all we need is headband jokic and we get the 20/20/20 game
The defense tried to blitz Murray on the pick and roll and gave Jokic the 4 on 3. They had no chance after that.
Without reading the title my first reaction was “oh that shooter in the corner looks pretty open” only for this fucking unathletic bastard throws the craziest lob casually (for his tenth fucking assist).
He can’t keep getting away with this
its literal Optical Illusion
What a play!, they keep doing this play that’s why some of team they faced added a Big man. Murray, Jokic and Gordon, Denver is perfect for this play.