Nikola Jokic tonight: 23 PTS | 21 REB | 19 AST | 1 TOV |
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810914
Jokic drops another incredible game ONE DAY after dropping 23/17/17 in the previous game.
Sometimes we take Jokic’s greatness for granted.
Bum got the turnover instead of his 20th dime. Trade him
And it was in the last minute. Full court press on inbound pass, his teammates stood like statues so he tossed a wild one.
His name is Bam, and actually it was 83 points, not 19 assists, if you didnt know.
Fuckin loser
I’m not impressed until he goes 20/20/20 with 0 turnovers back to back
Hey nico he is not a good defender
“Hmmm i think i like Aiton”
46/38/36 over a back to back, is that good?
It’s ok, but nothing like Shai’s 30pts in a road loss
If you need 30 on a given night, Shai will give you an efficient 30. If you need 40, he’ll give you an efficient 30.
Is this supposed to be an insult? lmao
It’s a little bit difficult to rework Julius Randle slander for Shai but he’s trying
Is that not the Andrew Wiggins’ copypasta?
The first time I saw it was applied to Tobias Harris.
Wiggins was perfect for the meme, he’d literally give you 17 points regardless of what you needed.
you seriously think 30 points is better than 23/21/19. or are you being sarcastic. I can’t tell. Lets see SGA ever ever do that..
very obvious sarcasm, 23/21/19 is otherworldly production.
Why are u denver fans so sensitive.
Mf this guy racking up shooting split numbers now, i saw it and really tripped out. 46⁄38 seems like what he’d shoot, the 36 really sent me for a loop though
20 hours and a 2.5hr plane ride from final whistle to tip. He was spotted this morning in Denver dropping his daughter off at school. Looks like he had a beast power nap.
Nope, he needs to get his FT% up !! lol
Give me 50/40/40. Then we’ll talk
bro put up andre robersons shooting averages in two games
Bro shooting tour dates in the 17th dimension 😭😭
Not MVP good
that would be impressive for a three game span what a nutcase lmao
Nah, he didn’t get enough free throws based on the officiating crew, league agenda, and media bullshit, so clearly SGA is the MVP. It’s a game based on free throws and foul baiting, and the whistle now. If you can’t combine those elements of the game, you’re not really great or good enough, period.
Pretty good. Not as good as Wemby but still decent
Sombor double triple double
Goated comment
what was the statistic name - when a player records a specific stat for the first time? it was a post from this year (and can’t recall what it’s called). jokic with the first ever Sombor double triple double “statistic name/classification”
edit: 23-21-9-1-0 (Sombor double triple double pentagami)
In the NFL a unique scoreline is called a scorigami, idk if it’s the same here.
they called it a pentagami, but it wasn’t for every unique scoreline, just for every scoreline that hasn’t been equalled / bettered
Braun and Cam refusing to shoot open looks sold his 20/20/20 game
Watson getting hacked to shit on the dunk attempt was brutal. So close.
Kidd had the audacity to try challenging that shit too lol
Catapult CB into the sun
On a fucking back to back after going for 23/17/17. He’s the MVP. Best in the world. I don’t give a fuck about your feelings. Dudes been the best in the league for 6 years in a row.
Fuckin damn straight and everyone knows it too
Honestly should be 5-6 MVP’s deep
Let em know 😤
Straight facts. Go nugs!
you may not care about feelings but you sure as hell better care about what the MVP award actually stands for….for the ten millionth time in NBA discourse, IT DOES NOT STAND FOR THE BEST PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE. It is much closer to being a ‘best player on the BEST TEAM’ award, though even that isn’t always the case. Nuggets are the #4 seed, MVPs VERY rarely get awarded to players outside of a top three seed and even then, a third seed player is very rare so it is almost always a top two seed that wins. Nuggets are a better chance of falling in the seedings than they are advancing up the seedings. It’s just not going to happen. Accept that fact and hope your team can win the championship instead….it is the bigger prize after all.
He’s the MVP. Best in the world
🤣🤣🤣
Show me on the doll where the Jokic Murray 2 man game hurt you
Weirdo comment
You’re becoming self aware that’s great!
Your shit is so weak
Great game but he definitely wasnt the best player in 2020 lmfao
Yes, because that was the goat TJ warren 🔥🔥
When he won his first MVP in the 2020-21 season?
MVP in 21
MVP in 22
2nd in MVP 23
MVP in 24
2nd in MVP 25
? in 26
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My guy he won the MVP both of those years and was undoubtedly the best in the league…tf revisionist history are you on 😂
6 years ago was the 2019-20 NBA season. Either way, the best player in the world in 2021 was the guy who led his team to a championship averaging 35/13/5 with 3 stocks a game on 66% TS
He’s been the best for 6 seasons…including this one. Is that better?
No, he wasn’t the best player in 2021 either and this season Wemby has been better. He has a decent argument for 2022-2024 though!
Lmfao I mean you’re wrong but that’s fine
Nope, Im right. Thanks for sharing your thoughts though!
My guy you couldn’t even count the seasons correctly no one values your opinion but good luck to you in the future! Make sure to use your fingers to count next time.
Huh? Aren’t you the one who claimed that 6 years ago was 2020-2021? My counting was fine hahaha maybe you should take your own advice!
Since he blocked me: He isnt the best player this season; that would be Wemby.
Wemby is not better than Jokic hahahahahaha what are yall smoking 😂 haters have been praying for Wemby to be half as good as Jokic so they can start calling him MVP
Salty ass bucks fan lol. I think the guy that dominated in basically every advanced stat in existence probably deserved it but what do I know.
If you think that best player in the world == dominates most advanced stats then you would also agree with me that he wasn’t the best player in the world 6 seasons straight
Did I say that..? In 2020⁄21 he was head and shoulders above anyone else in the league in advanced stats. Just pointing out facts dude.
Also MVP is a regular season award, so pointing to the championship is just irrelevant lol
So what point are you trying to make by mentioning his advanced stats?
That he dominated them in 2020⁄21 and deserved MVP. Can you read lol
Can you read? I’m talking about who the best player in the world was that season lol
I mean thats up for interpretation if you’d count this season, no? Why are you being such a goober lol
Not really considering he wasn’t the best player in 2021 either and hasnt been the best player this year.
Ya I agree with you. I think the best way to word what the OP said would be “Jokic is the best player maybe one year in the past 6ish years”
Actually he’s been the best player for the last decade and I won’t hear an argument otherwise
drop him on the ladder
I’ve seen so many people acting like it’s an outrage he’s even an MVP candidate when he has the literal best stats still lol
The narrative is peak gross right now and a lotttt of agenda pushers this time around
Let’s be real if he wasn’t a 3 time mvp he’d be the front runner to win or at least it would be a massive debate. 1st in assist, 1st in rebounds, top 10 in scoring while averaging a triple double? He normalized something absolutely crazy lol
hes normalized center position triple doubles man this some bs
You just need to look around the league and realize there are like 5 dudes putting up Shai-like stats but on slightly worse teams:
Luka (better)
Ant
Spida
Jaylen Brown
Maxey
Nobody is doing what jokic is doing. Not even close.
Bro none of those players besides Luka are putting up stats near SGA wtf is this shit lol,
SGA stats are on a different planet to the others, Jb for example averages 3 less PPG while being like 8-9% less efficient, that’s fucking massive lmao
Jokic glazers have no connection with reality.
It is a massive debate imo
His voter fatigue maxxed out, it happens
Best box score stats and best advanced/impact stats lol. Just doesn’t have the record or… idk the vibes? 😅
wemby has slightly better impact stats, luka has similar box score stats with a better record, and sga obviously has the best record and a better 2-way player than jokic/luka … it’s really a tossup for second place behind SGA
but if the spurs overtake the thunder in the standings it could really go to any of the four candidates
Luka is 33.4. 7.9 8.4 so not even close. Wemby is 24.2 11.2 3.0 so again not close.
You could include stocks to make a case for Wemby though
Wemby does not have better impact stats at all. Jokic has him beat in everything except I think net swing. There is genuinely no argument for Luka. The only thing he does better is score and even then the gap is pretty small when you consider efficiency. And playmaking wise this is probably the largest gap there’s been between jokic and Luka. Jokic obviously isn’t amazing defensively but his defensive impact is at least there statistically, Luka not so much
EPM, Net Rating and On/Off … Wemby has Jokic beat in all of those
And in terms of box score Luka’s 33/8/8 is a bit worse than Jokic’s 28/13/11, but the Lakers have a better record overall, and the Lakers record without Luka is worse than the Nuggets record without Jokic. I’d still personally have Jokic above Luka but I wouldn’t say there’s “genuinely no argument”
He’s been thr best on the planet for soooo long. Legit should have won 4 in a row.
It’s unfortunate, but this is the first year in 5 or 6 he doesn’t deserve it. Even more unfortunate, people REALLY forget he was sleepwalking to his 4th MVP before the injury. It has little to do with fatigue, he was 100% going to win this year, nobody is, or has been, even close to Jokic level prior to injury. He was atop every leader board AND odds favorite, coming off the 56-16-15 on Christmas. His season to that point was EASILY his best season ever, and had a very good argument for GOAT regular season. Spencer Jones changed NBA history with that misstep, and its all but forgotten that was Jokic PEAK-peak until that injury.
He wasn’t the same post injury and really rusty for the first 10 or so games back and it sunk his narrative, and now all narratives are against him. He STILL hasn’t even got back to that level even with how he’s playing rn. Prior to injury this season it was the best ball I’ve ever seen played as a fan of 3 decades.
Edit - he definitely rushed his return to make the games cut off for rewards, leaving himself a one game window. I still think he gets back to what he was, but it might not be until next season - hopefully by playoffs, because he’s getting better by the game. But the rewards cutoff is 100% why he hasn’t looked the same since, not a permanent thing. He probably should have missed another month from the look and pace of his recovery while playing
lol how is 27.9⁄12.8⁄10.7 not deserving exactly. Who else has stats even close to that. These stats are better than years he has won. He leads the entire league in rebounds and assists.
It’s not about the box score. He does deserve it but so does Shai for leading such an insane team, nuggets are just good.
Deport him
Nah 4th is pretty reasonable
lol
If top 3 are just Jokic wearing wigs lol
Wemby, Shai and Luka all have better arguments
For 4th yeah
no
yes
touche
This guy is gunna be the first ever to lead the league in both assist and rebounds per game.
And he won’t even be top 3 in MVP voting. Joke of an award
The Wemby > Jokic takes are particularly annoying to me because it’s literal Nico Harrison logic
Doesn’t matter that Jokic creates like 20-25 more points a game on better efficiency he doesn’t play defense so he’s automatically worse (ignore that not even the gap between Hakeem and Trae Young is anywhere near 20 points a game on defense)
it’s also annoying when people can’t understand the argument for Shai, jokic, or wemby. all three have been very obviously hugely impactful on winning in their own ways (awesome offensive efficiency and consistency from Shai plus solid+ D, multifaceted offensive brilliance from jokic plus the rebounding, historically dominant defense from Wemby plus nothing to sneeze at offensively). it might just come down to a matter of taste. the only thing that gives Shai the edge in my mind is the win-loss record because it’s otherwise just that close and awesome of an MVP race and we should all be grateful that these three players are doing this at the same time.
Wemby is where you draw the line? He at least has his nebulous defensive impact that we are still understanding. Luka is an easier target.
What 20-25 more points are you talking about? Last 5 games Wemby is 23.8 ppg and +108 while Jokic is 20.8 ppg and +18
I don’t know what games are you watching, but yeah, they’re not really close. Wemby is having a way better season overall. He is WAY more impactful and winning more games.
Stop crying, ok?
Jokic dick sucker working overtime to hate wemby. Let it go bozo. Jokic isn’t as effective as wemby in winning games. Nuggets lost to freaking grizzlies, which by the way, spurs just toyed earlier.
That defensive cone is 4th in the race. Case closed.
Do you have some sort of unresolved trauma you wanna talk about?
It’s funny because he’s the best player in the league, he’s just won it too many times so people want to share it around lol. Same thing will happen to Shai soon
The game they played LAST NIGHT ended at 1am MST 3am EST.
Adam Silver should be arrested for this shit
Ended at 1145pm MST, 145am EST. Though by time he actually left the arena it was probably closer to that time.
Ok but what time MDT?
What’s that, like 130 PRA in 28 hours?
120 my friend, surprised no OKC flair
Enjoy it. There will never be a hooper like Jokic ever again.
I was telling my wife the same thing. I don’t think I’ll be able to watch basketball after he retires. He spoiled us with his genius. It’s like watching an artist at work.
How slow he plays is what baffles me, how can he always get those passes through.
Ethical hooper. Had 11 seconds to statpad and didn’t.
He’s not gonna win MVP and probably shouldn’t since SGA has been so insane this season/Jok’s injury. But idgaf, Jokic is simply the best and most valuable player in the NBA.
not bad for the 4th best player in the world
Newsflash, if you’re a top 4 player in the league you can do shit like this in waves. Over the course of the entire season he has not been this player. Neither has the other top players. Don’t get got by recency bias.
Pff, same tier as Cade Cunningham.
Ended with the same shooting percentage as Cade, must be the same.
But with 1 more assist than Cade season high 18, so not the same anymore I guess lol
Point me to any group of people who said Cade is on Jokic’s level? Weird jab
Seriously, lot of Jokic fans get so weirdly insecure. Jokic is my favorite player but Cade is an absolute baller who has earned everyone’s respect, why bring up Cade when celebrating Jokic?
Give this man a celebratory pizza party.
I don’t have a proof, but given that he lived in Novi Sad, he had a pizza burek for sure, at least once
I’ll never forgive Braun for not taking the wide open shot that could have given Jokic the 20/20/20 and you can’t talk me out of it.
Also, for those that watched and know the rules better than me, why was that inbound a turnover on Jokic? Flagg tipped the inbound pass but never had possession, and Cam got a foul called on him while the ball was still loose.
I’m guessing they ruled imminent possession for Flagg. Probably a rule around that as I imagine it isn’t too rare something like this happens.
The ball was turned over, fouls aren’t turnovers. So the only way to lose possession (turn it over) is the person who threw the ball.
Nobody has the impact on the court that Jokic has, changes the whole game.
Wemby pretty easily.
Actual video game statline lmao. I will never take this guy for granted.
Is that good?
Pretty average for him
Kinda
I think when it comes to pure statistics Jokic is starting to reach Wilt levels of crazy. This is an “inefficient” game for Jokic. Shits crazy
He’s been doing Wilt stuff in the modern game for a long time now. He has a couple of insane exclusive clubs in both the regular season and the playoffs. And not the “Did it while wearing pink socks” kinda records. Just total dominance records. First to lead every major statistical category kinda records.
Someone over at NBAanalytics sub had a ast/reb vs pts chart and there was a clear pattern that when his teamplay stats were high, his pts were low and vice verse - but the team had an almost unchanged rate of winning
Just thick, juicy stat lines
Just unreal what else can you say
That’s bananas
PJ said “Fuck that 20/20/20”
Welp maybe he is the MVP
Dude almost had 4 triple doubles in 2 games within 24 hours… let that sink in
Fucking Crazy!! 🔥🤯 what a time to be a Nuggets fan! We are watching one of the greatest basketball players ever live out his entire career in Denver and we already got our first Chip🤘 That’s gotta be the biggest stat line in a 24 hour period since Wilt most likely 😅
GOAT 🐐
How tf did it end up being a 7 point game with thesse performances from Jokic and Murray?! That’s wild
Officiating in the 2H completely took away the flow of the game. Nuggs were gassed in the 4th after playing the late game last night and not getting home until 4am.
Man…. What this product and NBA culture used to be pre-2012 or so to where we are now. Just depressing
Well we don’t really believe in playing defense
Not my MVP😤
My mvp
Given that tip off for the Suns game was at 9pm and this one was at 8pm, that means that in a 24 hour period he had 46/38/36.
That’s crazy for a guy who will be a distant 3rd in MVP voting.
Jokic Sga Luka Wemby doing crazy shit this season
aaaaaand they’re all in the WEST
These playoffs will feed families
Can’t even get 20/20/20 smh
You won’t hear him say 3 things why he deserve the MVP unlike somebody
GOATkic ?
Better than sga
Giving anyone else the MVP is just clown college performative nonsense
Maybe I should have some hope
This is absolutely absurd 😂
GOAT
Easy MVP and its not close. Read the stat line folks.
Lol this post will be under a…. “LeBron makes a bounce pass and cherry picked layup after giving up on defense at 41 years old 👑💪😤” post
Unstoppable
Beast
1 assist away from a good game
This should have so much more attention. We’ve become too accustomed to this fuckery
Jokic is only 17 away from being number 1 in triple doubles. Insane.
What the fuck
Have to come up with a new word for a 20/20/20 statline
MVP fr fr
Man had the greatest season ever for 3 months. Got injured 1 month. And played 1 month one the same level as other superstars in the league and suddenly he was a bum who wasnt in the MVP race no more?
Bro is treated like Superman. Unwanted greatness.
Fatty can’t shoot anymore but still GOATed at everything else
I ain’t never seen a 20/20/20 game
WHAT
There’s like 50 of these threads lmao mods fell asleep
We gotta spread the juice around before they wake up
There will never ever be another player like Joker. Enjoy it while you still can.
These numbers are making me numb
Can’t even do a double triple anymore trade him.
Pack it up. Jokic is maybe the 2nd greatest player of ALL TIME after Russell Westbrook.
He is the team
I think I’m gonna cool off on the Jokic should be MVP. Let someone else get it. Let’s just be happy he’s doing what he’s doing. Respect to the other guys.
ma vs
Look I get he’s an MVP candidate and putting up wild numbers but the voters have shown that record counts apparently so he’s not top 3. I’m sure they’ll change it up this season for some reason but whatever haha