[Highlight] Jokić with the heave to end the third quarter
27 on 98% TS through 3Q
However he is having his first “is this the worst defender of all time” game in a while - so ups and downs
Nuggets in general are maybe the laziest team in the league
It feels like their mentality has been quite complacent ever since they won a ring the entire team looks like they don’t give a fuck
They do sandbag in the regular season it feels like
Because the regular season is becoming a clown show
True
Hey let’s be fair, their mentality was complacent before they won a ring too!
This is very true. They are quite lazy, you can see it in their body language and them just walking down the floor.
People blamed Malone. They blamed MPJ. They blamed the lack of a bench
Well, they fixed all 3. The only constant has been Jokic and Murray. Those guys set the tone for the rest of the team by not giving a fuck about the regular season, especially on defense
Explain to me as a role player how you can possibly play hard when 2 of your teammates dont bother to try on D?
There’s no fucking chance they’d have a winning record without Jokic if Malone was coaching the team. They definitely don’t care about the regular season enough, but this take is inane lol.
Full throttle offense no defense whatsoever kind of game eh? Sacrifices must be made
Harden-esque
Jokic has 33/16/12 in a win and most comments in here are focusing on hating than just enjoying the highlight
Because They almost lost to the tanking Jazz.
I think they have a word for “almost lost”.
Won.
Does that go into the W or the L column?
Same as people shitting on the #1 seed Broncos last playoffs. Somehow the Broncos almost losing the Raiders meant they were worst than the Patriots who actually lost to the Raiders
I’ve got my concerns about this Nuggets team, I don’t know if their closing lineup has played together enough to be able to win playoff games that come down to the wire (injuries suck) and I worry that Adelman might be out of his depth. But they’re a good team, and criticizing them for not winning big enough is moronic
If he keeps up with the triple doubles like this he might fall another 3 spots in the MVP race
Kobe Bryant was the greatest I’ve seen at hitting incredibly difficult contested shots…but Jokic is the best I’m ever gonna see at making shit that just shouldn’t have any chance of going in.
The funny part is how completely different their body language is on them, too. Kobe would stare down the shot as though he could glare the ball into the hoop (alternate phrasing: He would get that bucket even if the ball didn’t consent), whereas Jokic looks like he’s putting up the last shot of a shootaround
Curry though
Curry 1, Luka 2, Jokic 3 for me in terms of that. Luka could overtake Steph when its all said and done, not as a shooter of course but as a what the hell was that shot guy
How are they losing, yikes.
low effort and jokic looking to get 10 shots from the worst player he can possibly find on the court when hes 12-13 shooting, he could have 40 by the end of the 3rd if he just went for it
They’re triple teaming him in the paint every time
There will never be another player like Joker.
I feel like the “Jokic doesn’t enjoy basketball” memes are partially true but only on defense not offense
He’ll make crazy shots like this but look completely bored out of his mind standing around rather than trying to play defense in games against bad teams lmao
as the leader his attitude also affects the rest of the team imo
Yep. There’s so many games were he looks so miserable and a game that is easily getting blown out by 20+ turns into a loss or a clutch 2 point win because he can’t be bothered to do effort. It’s one thing I don’t like about Jokic. Giannis, Luka, Wemby and SGA will NEVER let Utah do this shit.
Giannis, Luka, Wemby and SGA will NEVER let Utah do this shit.
Oh shut the fuck up lmfao
I can somewhat agree with the overall point, but Luka/Giannis don’t belong in this list. Especially Luka, dude consistently would rather bitch at the refs than get back on defense. He’s also dogshit defensively and is lazy on D more often than not.
That’s not a heave that’s a shot
He’s my favorite player of all time, but this is single handily the worst defensive game of all time from a center arguably
He’s honestly not had one of these in a while, but he’s due one or two a season tbh
Lets go Jokic!
textbook MVP
has been last 6 seasons
Denver has no pride at all man. 0 effort.
Fakest depth in the league
Well, that was hella good comeback
Genuinely maybe the worst defensive quarter I’ve ever seen.
Hit a full courter against Utah last year too
Bro hits a couple of heaves a season. He has to have some kinda magnet installed on the basket that only works on his shots.
Jazz gunna win on anti-tank day for the luls?
105 points through 3 quarters. And the Jazz still lost. Just shameful tanking
Damn, similar to that game winner against the Warriors a couple years ago. Jokic will always be in that legendary tier of cold shooters because when I see him shoot shots like this I expect them to go in.
what are the nuggets doing being down that much to the tanking jazz lol
Best I can do is 4th place MVP behind SGA, Wemby and Luka…