[Highlight] Nikola Jokić is unstoppable, floating a shot over Victor Wembanyama as “MVP” chants rain down from the Ball Arena crowd
Wemby just couldn’t do anything to stop Jokic in OT. It reminds me of AD. Jokic does crazy shit and they look like “what the fuck am I supposed to do?”
the arc on his shot is just so high and hes not even looking to bank it in, it just floats into the net. that and his post moves have so many options given his gravity and strength so its hard to predict when hes gonna shoot unless its super choreographed. its crazy to see a player with wembys defensive instincts just losing to better offense
Defence will always lose to offence, it’s crazy people think its a 50⁄50.
It’s crazy because you can see Jokic adjusting throughout the game, there were moments he was getting stuffed then it felt like he just downloaded the Spurs’ defense.
Jokic literally does download. He’s talked about memorizing defensive setups, rotations and moves used against him. The narrative has been Jokic doesn’t care about basketball enough but he dreams about it
I’m convinced that only casuals believes that Jokic doesn’t care. This man is passionate about the game, he just hates the media and rightfully so.
They see a guy of his size playing for 50 min, dominating
Nah, he dont care, he didnt smile during interview
Literally screaming, directing his team-mates, petitioning the refs, bleeding.
“Man its just like he wishes he could go home”
Exactly, he hates stupid questions, he hates NBA ‘drama’, and he hates staying hours after the game when he could be home watching Peppa Pig
He’s more of a My Little Pony guy.
Jokic’s normal shot arc isn’t this high. It’s just that he needs juuuuuust a little extra height to get it over Wembenyama’s skyscraper reach… but because he’s Jokic, of course he can make that adjustment.
Yup, you can see Jokic learning and adapting to Wemby’s defense. Such a good game to watch.
I know Kung Fu
The rainbow 3 was priceless for alot of reasons. Jokic was guarded 1v1 by AD and couldn’t do anything game 1.
They literally had to make him a free safety/help defense for the rest of series conceding essentially yeah we dont have an answer.
But even AD 1v1 got smoked for 40+ that night lol
Jokic makes it a point to go at Davis too.
There’s been tension since 2020 with Denver, they always bring their A game
Since luka got here its been better, but everything from 2021-Luka felt like they were getting revenge on us, just some brutal losses
Jokic and AD always would get at it, AD would put up some big games too but Jokic and Murray always iced it
Wemby about to get a text from AD “welcome to the club”
I hate anyone bashing this dude. I admit I want my player to win an award, but goddammit if Jokic isn’t as game changing as Curry. Just in a different way and didn’t have the HOF supporting cast.
Yeah bro Wemby aint the best defensive player ever. Not on Wilt, Hakeem or Bill Russell in my opinion
BOTH ON WEMBY
He was very intentional about attacking Wemby all game. Maybe the only player in the world who can do that
He takes game off throughout the regular season but its evident he really do flip a switch in certain games. If he really tries to stat pad his stats might be really ridiculous
If there’s a weakness to Wemby’s defensive game it’s that his frame combined with his high center of gravity makes him at least somewhat vulnerable to guys who have the bully style, they can move him back. Problem is even if you get in deep against him you’re still probably fucked.
Wemby now dropped to 3 Jokic at 2 and SGA back to 1
Shai and Jokic are on their own level and have been this entire season.
Always been Shai vs Jokic.
Yup.
If we’re talking abt this season specifically SGA has the MVP locked, but before Jokić got hurt this year we were literally seeing the greatest 2 man MVP race ever.
Well for a while it was Jokic vs Embiid which I never understood
Vegas disagrees on that
Vegas just follow trends, and trends are set by the masses, and most people are just casuals who only watch highlights, not games
Why would Vegas follow trends? They’d lose money that way, and that’s the only thing they care about
They don’t have much of a choice really. The odds change when the money does afaik.
Vegas is trying to make money. Trends and expectations. Those point spreads don’t mean Vegas thinks a team will win or lose by that much. they use all their devil magic and stats to choose a number that they think will make degenerates bet their meager life savings on the wrong side and constantly adjust the odds to favor themselves.
Shai yes, Jokic no.
I mean he’s leading the league in rebounds and assists while averaging just under 28 points per game.
That’s such an insane shot over Wemby
And he did it twice. In the clutchest of clutch.
Shot it over the Eiffel Tower
Looks like Wemby baited him into that shot too
yeah watching these lets me know Wemby’s defense aint on Wilt, Hakeem or Bill Russell’s level.
Dude, sit down and stop spamming.
yeah yeah, whatever
I know this is crazy, I’m 40 but he is the most gifted center ive ever seen.
That bar is insanely high but there truly isnt another center that can do ALL the things he can do. Its quite insane from a center to be facilitating like a PG too. He just controls the gd game
He’s the most gifted offensive player I’ve ever seen.
Man give him with a Dwade or Kobe partner would destroy the league. I really want to see him with a complete team not carrying a team
You underestimate Jamall-Nba murray
If Jamal Murray was 85% of what he was in the 2023 playoffs and this season more consistently, we’d have 3-4 rings. Especially if he didn’t tear his ACL during Jokic’s ascension years.
I need someone reliable.
Don’t get me wrong the days he goes nuclear he is just as good as anyone. But Jokic just needs like a constant scorer who can create thier own offense.
Averaging 26 ppg this year. Has had like 25 30pt games this year or some shit. He had 10 assists tonight
If you remember how good lebron/ Bird/ magic to be tall, great on offense, and extremely good facilitators, jokic is an extreme version of that coz he’s a big. Oh he’s stronger too by default so he can inch his way closer anytime he wants. Oh he’s a fucking shooter too.
Obviously you cant double him either lol
He averaged a 30 point triple double while splashing threes at 45% as a 7-foot center with zero handles and still didn’t win MVP.
This man is on a mission for 3rd seed
that spurs vs denver 2nd round matchup….give me 7 games
Would be the real West Finals
ngl I think the real west finals is gonna be the west finals
Wild take when Shai is still around.
For a round or two at least
fox sold this fucking game man
Clutch player of the year
think it is ingrained in my brain atp
Klutch
To be fair some of those were grenades that Wemby threw to him with no time on the clock
only one of those were. the mid range fadeaway when they got the steal was genuinely boneheaded. WEMBY WAS RIGHT BEHIND YOU THROW THAT SHIT UP
He’s done this quite a few times this season. Warriors game was the most egregious
clutch player of the year, honestly had no idea he had won it previously, thank you amazon for telling me everytime he touched the ball
He peaked with the beam team
This dude is the fucking GOAT idgaf what yall say
Theres absolutely no one like him, thats for sure
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he didn’t get outplayed lol he just lost
Now that’s just not true
Okay pull up Jokic’s last game vs the Thunder…
32/14/13 and +2 while on the court
Game before that…
23/17/13 and +15 on the court in a 6 point OT loss.
Lmfao. Played fine the better team just won.
Played fine but worse than Shai. And pull up the efficiency
Because as we all know, Jokic’s entire career are those specific games. He’s definitely not done anything else. Great point by the inflaired Thunder fan here.
Thunder fans really just can’t ever help themselves
Imagine trying to make a play like this about Shai
Bro shits the bed against Shai all the time lol
relax, he needs to at least make another finals appearance for that to be a possibility.
He’s my GOAT leave me alone
fair
I was told he was a horse, turns out hes some kind of goat
Shut up, he said he don’t give a f…
who
Maybe if he held a televised decision and called it “the decision” and took his talents to (insert team with 2 young future hall of famers) and won more chips you could consider him the goat?
He’s not good enough defensively to be the goat anyway, so the least he could is make the finals with his current squad
Jokic is the best player in the world.. still
Anyone who watches the NBA already knew this
He won’t win MVP, and that’s okay. He’s the best player on the planet
De’Aaron Fox is a very good player, but a very poor decision maker
He was awful in clutch time today
He’s really just him
This is the type of game we needed to bring us back down to earth. Plus should let wemby know that there’s levels to this shit. Unbelievable performance by jokic
Wemby only ever seems to get bolder and hungrier. The Spurs might be beaten but they’ll never be broken this playoffs.
MVP MVP
Never thought I’d cheer for a Sambor Shuffle in my life but here we are
Shit was beautiful
Jokic has the best touch of any NBA player ever. Not just big men. Of all time.
Never see this talked about but also must have the strongest wrists of any player. The way he can shoot cannons out of his hands with little wind up is insane. It’s why his passes are unpredictable, they just bolt out of his hands with nothing but wrist flicks. Does it with half court heaves too. Just wrist
It’s his most elite skill, even above passing somehow. He has a legit GOAT case for both of them
The Spurs aren’t trying to see Denver in the playoffs. Jokic gets whatever he wants on Wemby and whoever else whenever he wants.
His day is coming but as of today Jokic > wemby
Yeah he’s just been absolutely incredible in OT, still the best player in the world
He’s the Nikola Jokic of Michael Jordans
Nuggets as the 3rd seed pls.
Man I ain’t ever seen someone with such a high IQ, hand-eye coordination, soft touch…. And the athleticism of Stay Puft Marshmellow Man
True, but for all the lack of athleticism, he’s strong as hell
the athleticism of Stay Puft Marshmellow Man the lack of athleticism
the athleticism of Stay Puft Marshmellow Man
the lack of athleticism
I’ll just leave this 12 min video of Jokic posting and spinning on defenders.
Jokic I’m shaking
I think Jokic has the best touch I’ve ever seen. The way he could flip hooks in over Wembanyama, the same shots Valanciunas got blocked every time, shots like this one, it’s incredible the touch he has around the basket.
FUCKING CHILLS
Jokic legit fucking walks over like Ivan Drago. I love this Serbian.
Hes inevitable
Ok, great shot, but letting Jokic take a stroll in the paint without anyone near him was definitely a choice by the Spurs defence here.
Don’t understand why we don’t foul significantly earlier
People are on to something when they say Wemby goes for blocks far too often.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s a minor critique of an MVP/DPOY caliber player on a 60 win team but still, just contest
So instead of trying to block Jokic’s shot here you want him to not try to block his shot?
He could’ve just put his arms up to make the shot harder, instead he braced himself for jump and block but missed.
Come on that’s not fair. You can’t look at the arc of that floater and tell me that’s a normal shot. That shit goes anywhere but the net if you don’t have Jokic level of touch.
Or, close out more? For a guy like Jokic, that shot is wide open, Wemby had some time to close out but he stopped to jump straight in the air and block the shot out of the sky.
Cheers, Jokic
Jokic looked like he was scrimmaging one on one against seven foot five players his whole life
He might have the best touch of all time
There are certain players Joker loves playing against. He always seems to have huge games against Gobert, AD, and now Wemby. He loves the challenge of the great defenders.
He is truly incredible.
No MVP but he’s still the greatest player on the planet. We’re so lucky to have him
The best basketball player in the world, dontcha know?
this is such a funny play, fox moving to double murray while wemby still on braun, meanwhile Jokic slowly walk casually to the otherside of the paint not being covered by anyone get passed the ball back and shot a trebutchet floater over Wemby. there’s definitely a miscommunication somewhere Wemby doesn’t know where Jokic is until he get passed the ball back, and like damn at the end Wemby still almost block the shot
almost block the shot
True but it was such a moon he just couldn’t. Wouldn’t have blocked that if he’d been on Jokic the whole time
13 seconds left in the game and Jokic gets to just waddle under the basket for the free pass. That’s gotta suck to realize while it happens.
Jokic is MVP. Not even close.
But it is close lol, maybe not by the voting results. But in terms of talent between the 3
Talent? All ı see wemby trying his alien body to create shit. Jokics game is pure IQ.
Being that large and coordinated is talent too
That might be right. But has many things to improve. Jokic had confidence on his mid range shot in clutch times. Bro did not not even dribble to score and create. Wemby as his skill set had to try to dribble AG which is not a very convincing way of play for any nba big. I could imagine wemby improving his post up game which would help him a lot.
Owned
He’s him, nuff said
Guardlike giant killer
Young team… they should have fouled way before Jokic took a shot with that 2 sec differential
Clinical
Mitch Johnson got outcoached
When you’ve got touch like curry you can do that when you’re 7 feet
He’s doing it again
great defense better offense
How about the relaxed stroll he took towards the ball?
He knew he’d be turning around for the floater 3 secs before it happened
andddd Shai is a lock
That fadeaway is cold man lol
Joker unguardable if wemby can’t block that
That’s mvp.
If Fox doesn’t throw a fkng alley oop and Vasell missed the put back as well. Spurs Had it. Why in the fk would he do that. Stupid Decision. Nuggets had the better supporting cast today. They wanted it more. Castle, Johnson, Fox and sucked. They were 0-16 for 3’s. Cldn’t hit shit. Vasell and Wemby weren’t much better @5-14 from 3 point land. That’s game right there. You’re not going to beat the World champs like that. This was a playoff game. Now I believe it’s true where they’re saying the Spurs do not have the experience to go far.
I fell asleep with 4 minutes left and missed the rest of the game. It was a good nap tho 😭
Rather than arguing who’s the best we seriously gotta admire the talent we have playing currently who are out of the world. SGA, Jokic, Wemby, Luka, Giannis. NBA is stacked and it fun.
Other players: I can’t shoot down low Wemby will block it
Jokic: just arc it higher??
Should have fouled him.
Jokic is just miles ahead of wemb
Can someone post the hall of fame shaqtin moment that happened right before this
It has always been SGA vs Jokic, Wemby is nowhere near offensively compared to them.
Bro has 34 pts and 7 assists and you’re saying shit like that? Meanwhile he’s also giving you DPOY defense…
With 17 FTs on only 8 made shots, mix it up with traveling and offensive fouls.
With 17 FTs…and offensive fouls
The fucking irony coming from a Thunder fan
Jokic or SGA is hitting that buzzer beater in the 4th, Wemby ain’t clutch like that.
That was some dpoy defense for sure.
Yep, let’s invalidate the anchor of a 60 win season with the 3rd best defensive rating because Jokic made two ridiculous shots over him lol
You are calling for his mvp based on this game, right? You give his stats from this game and say dpoy defense. The one where his vaunted defense was a net nothing? Where Jokic was +12 in a 2 point win, right? The game where he gave up the two final baskets right on his head, correct? This game he was nothing like a dpoy. The rest of the season hemight be, but if you are using this games stats, you also have to accept that he got abused on defense.