[Highlight] Nikola Jokic plays his best defense of the night, running back after a made Jaden McDaniels basket to meet him face-to-face
Fastest I’ve ever seen him run
Like the guy saw a case of beer down there.
Saw a “Free Horses” sign.
He found out Megan Thee Stallion is single
LOL
Ran up on him like Mat Ishbia
And because a dude tried to score in a basketball game. That “unwritten rule” is the dumbest shit ever and Jokic is a clown for caring at all, much less enough to start shit.
He’s a clown for falling for the bait. Jaden knew exactly what he was doing and he’s done it before.
Jaden held back. He’s growing as a person. Last year he would have self lobbed 360 windmill dunked
I was honestly disappointed he didn’t
Somehow the layup was even more disrespectful. Like the Nuggets aren’t even worth a sick dunk.
Hes a G for that
Yup. Get right under that skin
I doubt it was actually about the bucket. Jokic hates McDaniels, and McDaniels hates jokic. In game 1 or 2 Jaden had a crashout play where he shoved him, and then called him and his whole team bad defenders and put BTA on the whole team. Jokic is probably pissed at him
He didn’t crash out, Jokic smacked him in the face and they didn’t call it
Especially in the playoffs? In the regular season? Sure. In the playoffs, play that shit down to the last milli-second.
Suddenly Jokic can sprint and contest layups.
It’s either this play or the time he trucked the Morris twin
It was Nuggets defense in a nutshell lmao
Jaden McDaniels A+ ragebaiter this series
Habitual line stepper
His face the whole time was killing me
Lmao dude was enjoying tf out of that tantrum
One of the baddest motherfuckers of all time. One of the best wing defenders and the best looking motherfucka u ever seen.
Hold his drink
Fuck yo couch
He apparently talks shit quietly nonstop during games, I imagine he’s been saying so much more to these guys all series than we even know about (which is already quite a bit lol).
This layup was just the cherry on top
Led college in techs his first and only year. Goat shit talking shit stats.
He was the wild one on his college team which included Isaiah Stewart lmao
That’s my favourite thing about McDaniels. Dude’s a proper G. Talks shit even if he’s scored 4pts heading into the 4th and they’re down 7.
Honestly man him and Edwards direct the team’s heart and soul.
It’s so obvious why Ant just adores him.
wtf am I a Wolves fan now?
Jaden McDaniels is who Dillon Brooks thinks he is
And Dillon Brooks is who Pat Bev thinks he is
Welcome to our misery
I liked how he picked up Murray full-court seconds before with the game over.
Jaden’s the fucking man.
Always
Jaden has a single family home with a backyard and picket fence in these guys heads
Jaden McDaniels has earned himself a fan here. Dude backed up his talk, and nothing tastes quite like cooked Nuggets.
Jaden McDaniels is a mf menace lmao
Devil on his shoulder told him to lay that shit in
Honestly the second I saw it was Jaden I was more surprised he just layed it in and did not dunk it than the fact he shot it.
Doing a routine layup was somehow more disrespectful than going for a dunk to pump up the crowd
Absolutely was lmao. Which is why I’m glad he went with that
There are only a few teams in the NBA that he shoot’s the ball against when we’re up multiple possessions as the time runs out. And Denver is the main one!!! Lol
A few years back he did it against Denver in game 7.
Assist wasn’t early enough to set up the self bounce lay up dunk.
That was premeditated. He did the same thing against Denver in 2024 when he went for the bounce dunk at the end of game 7.
Jaden plays to the whistle.
that’s not why he doing this and we both know this. he don’t respect them
Should he? He talked his shit and backed it up now they’re up 3-1 even after ant and Vince go down
Yk i’ve never heard anybody call DDV “vince” before. U learn something every day
Literally was gonna say this. As a wolves fan too lol
should he or shouldn’t he doesn’t concern me i’m just saying he not doing this because of “ playing to the last whistle “. i love jaden btw and i ain’t mad at it the sport needs this
And the angel was in another zip code
Always is lol
He usually tries to cock that shit back and bang on em, I’m shocked he took the easy way
“Swing on dat boy. You won’t”
He got a devil on both shoulders.
Devil on the shoulder wanted him to tomahawk that shit in, angel on the shoulder told him to lay it in
His face was hilarious. Absolutely no worry.
Certified elite ragebaiter
We all just knew he was gonna try something devious there lmao.
This was tame for him, I half expected him to windmill dunk, he’s done it before lol
I knew when Conley let that pass fly that it was to Jaden, and I knew while the pass was mid-air that he was gonna score. That’s his signature
I was just thinking about the absolute disrespect to begin with, but also another layer of that is making at least 2 of the Nuggets players have to run all the way down to the other side of the court to inbound the ball after they started walking to their locker room.
I need the video! The face was perfect. The look of a man who knew he got under someone’s skin.
Pure hate in his heart and I wouldn’t have it any other way
Need more players like this bruh called out their entire team and backed it up
The evil grin lmao
Complete asshole move lmao, entirely unsurprised nugs were pissed. Bring back real hate.
It’s a layup bruh who cares
There’s no reason for grown men to be crying and starting fights because of stuff like this
Especially when Murray tried to score like 5 seconds earlier
should have dunked it hard
Nah the comedy of getting that upset about a layup is way better
The casualness of the layup is honestly more disrespectful.
Lmao that title is crazy work
That’s still my favorite.
Top comment was a sixers fan who now has a knicks flair
Glad I’m not the only one who saw that. Wonder what finally did it for them.
u/CranberryNapalm let’s hear it
Jahlil Okafor.
That’ll do it.
Jahlil Okafor
Now there’s a name I haven’t thought about in a while lmao
I thought he was going to be a star :(
IT WAS THE FIRST QUARTER?!?!
Wow I have that post upvoted. I’ve been on this sub way too long
Honestly it’s a 10⁄10 post title. I couldn’t even be mad if I was a Nuggets fan lol
(But they salty as hell rn)
I can’t even really argue with it lol
Oh so NOW you care Jokic
Tempting suspension in a series situation like this is just awful for a leader.
They won’t suspend him, Murray launched a heat pack on the floor while the wolves led the series in 2024 and the league acted like it didn’t even happen. No chance they suspend him even tho they absolutely should
If anything, they’ll probably end up suspending like four key wolves for their toes leaving the allowed bench area
They should stick to the precedent here
Suspend Suns players
Steve Nash is suspended from the prime crew for a game
Fr I’m waiting to see them suspend a bunch of wolves to try to get this series to 7 still.
Oh he’s not getting suspended, brings in too much money for the league. Anyone else would get suspended tho
They might suspend a couple wolves players for “leaving the bench” when it happened literally on their bench, just to give the nuggets a couple games. Can’t have their golden boy lose in the first round
Probably wants a suspension so he doesn’t dig himself a deeper hole of shit play in game 5
Certified bitch moment for Jokic.
Doing this after an 0/6 FG 2 turnover fourth quarter too btw
This the only time he looked like he gave a shit all night
He just played like it was a pickup game while his team was losing to an injury riddled opponent who just lost two important players earlier including their star.
Those 3-pointers were ass.
5-22 masterclass bro was unstoppable
Don’t worry, his brothers will randomly start threatening McDaniels now even though they weren’t even involved
His brothers only threaten 5 foot tall women and fans, McDaniels is safe
Cannot believe this lame ass subreddit thought those losers were cool
Fucking bums throwing temper tantrums on women in the stands and cashing out on their brothers success lmao
The way this sub and the Nuggets sub used to gargle his thug ass brothers was crazy. Why is it cool for the family to run around the games bullying people?
Let’s be real it’s cos they’re white. They would be called gangsters and banned if they were part of say Ja family
McDaniels isn’t a defenseless woman so maybe he’ll be safe from them after all
He just mad he getting COOKED in the paint by Jaden McDaniels
He’s been getting cooked by everyone this series
Ayo got nearly 30 points from Jokic’s non-existent rim protection
He’s in fuckin hell in Minneapolis every year lmao.
Lost a lot of respect for him this series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn7ZgCW9SqI
Not his first bitch moment in the playoffs when he’s losing
Jaden didn’t do anything wrong. He thought the Nuggets were still playing defence. Just couldn’t tell the difference.
Man you can feed a whole village with that roast 🤌
You always look like a bitch trying to enforce unwritten rules while you’re losing
Jaden baited the shit out of that reaction lmao
Should’ve enforced the written ones better while the game was going
Literally could’ve just run down with McDaniels and stopped him with the clock ticking.
This. The only people that bitch about “sportsmanship” and “unwritten rules” are the ones who got dunked on
Most fight Jokic showed all night
Should’ve shown that kind of fight 47 minutes ago
The fastest Jokic ever ran
Does everyone forget all the times Jokic crashes out during playoff losses? Everyone always acts like he’s nonchalant about basketball but the dude has a crashout in him too
Ruins the myth this sub created that he doesn’t care about basketball and just rolls out of bed and plays like it’s a 9-5
*Jokic casually dominates all of those American players and goes back to his real passion. Horses.”
Remember when Jokic took 4 steps backwards and hit a three?
This sub was glazing, whilst people who actually watch basketball kinda sat there being like “isn’t that a travel?”
That’s always been a myth, he gets hot like this all the time
Before he had elite PR from the Ringer, people used to acknowledge he was top 5 crash out in the league. Guy was basically on some white Draymond/Rasheed Wallace shit for YEARS.
I remember when he tried to chop Cam Payne’s nose off.
This was specifically hilarious because the nuggets were still intentionally fouling with like 15 seconds left down double digits. Games apparently close enough to still foul and try and get back into it while simultaneously being so far out of reach this is “disrespectful”
100% agree. Can’t have it both ways.
Just mind boggling
Exactly what I said too they were playing the last possession while down 14
I officially want the Wolves to stay in the west to continue this rivalry.
Nah it isn’t even a rivalry anymore, you own them at this point😭
Idk about that they’re both 8 wins and 8 losses against each other. Series is still going on, it’s not looking good for the Nuggets though
This how you know Jokic is shook
ikr. he ran over there like a psycho. completely unnecessary
Watching his legacy get tarnished in real time and he can’t do a damn thing about it
Oh yeah, the Nuggets are 100% exploding their roster after the season ends.
I can smell a rebuild
Milwaukee v2.0
This is how most of these championship windows will close on organizations now
It’s really a shame neither of our organizations could properly capitalize on Jokic/Giannis. Two unique, unexpected talents who should’ve at least made more than one finals
It’s hard to be upset about a championship though. First ever ring for Denver, and was our first ring in 50 years. I’ll never forget how fun watching that championship run was.
They have to, but they don’t have assets to trade or salary to sign anyone, they’re kinda stuck
Jokic in his feelings
Wish he would have shown that fight earlier. Lame.
As a Wolves fan, I love Jaden.
But if I were a Nuggets fan I don’t know if there’s a player I’d hate more.
Jaden really isn’t cheap or dirty like Dort or Draymond or Dillon.
He definitely does some emotional stupid shit. Not to the level of those guys, but he lets his emotions get the best of him. Right now though, he’s controlling the mind games to an embarrassing level. This shit is pathetic to watch as a Nuggets fan.
As a neutral, Jaden is great cause he doesn’t play dirty and try to injure opponents like a lot of the other defense-first guys. Not that he’s exactly defense first in this series, that would be an insult to his game.
Jaden didn’t even do his trademarked dunk contest attempt. If you don’t like it, save it for the press conference.
A full Slim McNasty 3000 would’ve killed Jokic dead on the spot. Jaden was merciful.
He can’t deal with adversity. When things don’t go his way he lashes out with unnecessary anger and borderline violence.
Jokstappen
Yeah, this is nothing new for Jokic. People were quick to make excuses for that Markieff Morris attack a few years ago, but that was one of the most insane, childish, reckless plays I’ve ever seen an NBA player make.
But it’s ok because he’s a chubby white guy who loves horses and pretends like he doesn’t even really like basketball! So quirky and charming!
honestly I think moreso people thought it was okay cuz everyone hates the morris twins lol
MY PETTY GOAT I LOVE HIM SO MUCH
Wait holy fuck nuggies lost after wolves lost two starters? My god
Ayo Dosunmu legacy game
Hahahaha yo hell yeah Twolves I love it
The hater in me is enjoying these playoffs immensely
Maybe the Nuggets wouldn’t be down 3-1 if he showed that effort more.
incredible suspension bait by mcdaniels. they’ll need all the help they can get with no divincenzo and possibly no edwards.
Bro did you not watch that game? Also Ant was like 1⁄7 and clearly sore i think they dont win by as much if he kept playing.
Literally. We were -3 in the Ant minutes in a game we won by 16
Jokic is such a bum this series
1-6 all time against 50 win teams in the playoffs. He’s been a bum against good teams.
You could tell he was crying. He kept saying under his breath, “you can’t fucking do that”. Then Mr McDaniels said “what’s that, Nikola?” and he said nothing.
Mr McDaniels asked him what rule had been broken, and he said “it’s illegal for you to ask me that.”
That’s the fastest he’s run all game
Who knew he was saving his energy for the final second
Jokic’s PR took a large hit this season, this is a beautiful way to cap it off.
👏 👏
The meme that he doesn’t even care about basketball carried him for years, all just to go and do this little bitch move down 3-1 cause they’re completely in his head.
completely rage baited lol. thats classic jaden
Jaden: “I thought they were still playing defense”
Nothing softer than getting mad at “unspoken rules”
Top shelf rage bait by Jaden, and he caught a big one
Why attempt to block the shot when you can just be a little bitch about it after the fact
McDaniels ragebait successfully. 😂
Fastest Jokic has run all series
lmao Jokic is such a bitch.
get angry over your shitty team performance.
running up to a guy cuz he hit a layup in a lost game
fuck off with your unwritten rules
you dont want him to score, go stop him
Worst unspoken rule in sports
Incoming corny ass “you don’t wanna deal with the Jokic brothers” comments
what a little bitch lmao
Nuggets were still playing up until the last possession with a few seconds left, Jokic is such a baby
Lol Jaden got that Dawg in him 😂😂😂 YOU LOVE TO SEE IT
dude always cries when he loses. Biggest sore loser in the NBA and maybe the biggest playoff shrinker of the current stars.
and they said he is better than Lebron
Lebron will say he takes high road and then kill next 3 games
i love jaden man
HE MAD CUZ THATS +2 TO THE ‘POINTS SCORED IN THE PAINT VS JOKIC’ STAT LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
What a pussy
Thats a suspension for Jokic. Cry me a river win the game big back.
If only he had that effort the entire 47.9 other minutes of the game.
Jokic is a joke. Denver is Minnesota’s bitch.
I mean its the playoffs against a hated rival and its not an elimination game. I see nothing wrong with not running out the clock and rubbing it in.
Jokic soft for that. Maybe show more fight earlier and that wouldn’t be happening