Nikola Jokic over his last 3 games: 8⁄22 FG, 0/3 3PT—- L 7⁄26 FG , 2⁄10 3PT—- L 8⁄20 FG, 1⁄7 3PT—- L.
Nikola Jokic over his last 3 games:
8⁄22 FG, 0/3 3PT—- L
7⁄26 FG , 2⁄10 3PT—- L
8⁄20 FG, 1⁄7 3PT—- L
Gobert seems pretty good at defensive
Rudy has his number
So much so that he even knows how to contort his 7’2 frame out of the way when Jokic tries to foul bait
Watched tape like a boxer, Gobert found Jokic’s hitch
Not really. There’s just as many games where Jokic has wiped the floor with Rudy. So much so it became a meme at one point.
its been said but i have to imagine his back issues have really been figured out.
Hard to believe he’s 33, he looks as good as ever. The key difference is he’s so much stronger than he ever was in Utah. (Actually kind of insane how much muscle he’s built at his size.)
Jokic can’t push him around anymore like he did early in their careers.
Huge if true.
The funnier thing is this might be an improvement from Jokic’s games 2-4 in his last playoffs series
Gobert is playing stellar defense, but something is off with Jokic. He’s been missing shots he normally makes when the defense hasn’t been there.
I’m sure some of it is they’ve been wearing him out, but even early in games he’s missing his typical “go-to” shots.
Was it game 2 he had like 2 or 3 airballs?
And that’s just the shooting. His decision making has been off as well. Passes directly to Minnesota players, being reluctant to take shots. (Not to take away from the general tenacity of Minnesota, because they’ve been playing extremely good defense)
Honestly, him going at McDaniels tonight might be the most fire he’s shown all series.
I think Timberwolves rivalry is in his head. He hasn’t really performed well against them since 2023
Could be. I like Adelman, but this feels like a strategy failure.
For the number 1 offense in the regular season to look this lost for 3 games straight, failing to even hit 100 in the last 2, something’s wrong - and I don’t say that to detract from the defensive showcase we’ve seen from Minnesota
He had a 56 point triple double against them on Christmas Day.
Yeah, I want to make sure Rudy gets his flowers because he’s been fucking destroying EVERYONE on Denver, but Jokic just seems off.
Like, he’s got the best offensive touch I’ve ever seen, it’s legitimately so good it makes me laugh sometimes.
He’s out there looking like Alperen Sengun.
Atleast Sengun had a great individual game yesterday. Nearly willed that team to a win.
I think we’re making him work harder than usual in the first half and he just gets completely gassed in the second. It’s conditioning.
A team with Reid, Randle, Jaden and Gobert is just going to be hard as hell to score against. There’s too much size, length and strength between those four.
Joker career vs gobert is constant 20, 30, 40 piece triple doubles. Defensive adjustments don’t cause this kind of drop off
I think his shooting being worse is the main cause of his decision making looking awful too.
Partly because Jokic is shooting so poorly from 3 since the injury and partly because Rudy is genuinely excellent at guarding the Murray Jokic PnR, the Nuggets half court offense is looking absolutely terrible.
The above is making Jokic rush passes during their transition which are also being guarded pretty well so it’s just looking like terrible passes imo.
i heard windhorst say something about his wrist being pretty busted, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s something like that where he just can’t find the net from distance, which against Gobert is pretty much RIP
French baguettes feed DPOYs
Gobert has been great, but I don’t think Gobert is the reason Jokic has been shooting 15% from 3. He hasn’t had his shot this series.
Nuggies sub absolutely imploding right now
the head moderator by the way
https://np.reddit.com/r/denvernuggets/comments/1svrout/tie_up_them_puppies_alt_thread/oiay8u6/
What did it say it’s deleted now
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fbf0avugp2gxg1.png
Lol what a fucking loser of a fanbase
oh its even worse than that dude, that mod bans anyone who doesn’t agree with him or his politics. The entire sub is just an echo chamber of him and his sanctimonious friends
That explains a lot 😅. But I’ve never really been big on any team sub. Haven’t found a single one thats not a huge echo
All the team subs are horrible echo chambers. The lakers team sub is the worst. The crazy takes you see each game is bizarre world.
Ehh, I feel like for a lot of the mid-small market teams the team subs are fine.
Obviously they’re homers but the bigger markets sub (especially the lakers) just kind of get weird
Pistons sub is moderated by a guy who runs a Pistons fan podcast and bans people who downvote his shitty takes
I find they can be fine in other sports but it varies. Avs one is pretty fun. Broncos one is doomer heavy. Nuggs sub is like a clinical depression support group at the best of times.
Over with soccer teams, it completely depends on the level of expectation that season.
Basically with team subs it’s a “your mileage may vary” sort of thing.
I haven’t seen any of his other posts, but I can almost guarantee he’s far left.
Lmao far left doesn’t exist in the land of free
He’s a tankie yeah
Somehow got downvoted even though it turns out I’m right.
Come on man. I’m already down. Getting tied in with trash is uncalled for. Fuck that dude for saying that fyi
Get him booted from your sub then. Wishing injury has no place, we should all agree.
Lol that mod bans anyone except his own legion of circle jerking peasants who praise him as the greatest thing since sliced bread (its almost Trump like). Getting rid of him is impossible and he can say whatever the fuck he wants with impunity, and his yes men on the sub will agree with it (which is why that post was upvoted).
hes the head moderator of your sub fam
Let’s not act like moderators are good people. They’re losers who have way too much time on their hands
Did we get to vote for him? If we did, I missed it. Fuck that dude
Moderators are never a good examples of a large group haha.
I don’t think the Nuggets fans elected their mod tbf
The Portuguese actually sent their subreddit moderators on Atlantic expeditions to be cultural ambassadors for native Americans.
I’m sorry what? Tell me more!
That’s why you can’t judge a whole fanbase off their sub lol
Wow. That’s even more unhinged than I expected.
Wtf that’s ridiculous wishing someone to be injured.
Stay classy.
I want it to be known I got permanently banned replying to a comment that was insulting the state of Minnesota. All I said was “it’s not that deep”
Softest team sub. Say facts and you are banned
Better than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson ever were according to Zach Lowe
They said he better Shaq and Hakeem.
They said he is a better offensive player than LEBRON
that one never made sense to me because of how much we do value playoffs
LeBron was past his peak, yet an 82 playoff sample size produced these stats from 2016-2020
30/10/8 on 62.4% TS
also, since they played in the bubble, LeBron and Jokic are like 5 games apart in playoff games played, LeBron has a higher TS than him still
Jokic has yet to be held to 8pts in a Finals game
A tale of two careers. On a cherry picked spreadsheet Joker is the GOAT. On an actual basketball court he can’t get past the Timberwolves.
This um this is where, “Rings, Ernie!” applies.
Zach Lowe sounds like an SEC college football fan when talking about Jokic rings, “They just mean more”.
Beating the 8th seed Miami Heat with an injured Jimmy means more than beating the dynasty Lakers or Celtics in the finals
Still bitter. I thought that was gonna be Jimmy’s chip
hes been a bit washed this season
Lowe takes are bad fr this season, I presume it’s because hes back on the ringer
TBF the SEC is like the prime West in the 00s and 10s
hes a Giannis level ATG not a Lebron/Steph ATG and thats fine.
i don’t know why you put lebron and steph together, there’s clear gaps between the 3 you listed
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They’re still not the same tier. Which the / implies
Uhh Steph is not close to LeBron all time lmao
Ehh he’s closer than Giannis and Jokic.
Yep around top 20, nowhere near top 10
Steph is nowhere near LeBron’s level
Gobert outshined him this series
Easily. Gobert is best in the series thus far imo. He’s a top 10 ayer this playoffs
This got me thinking. Who has been better than him so far? I can only think of Shai and LeBron.
Pure offense is generally more valuable than pure defense, but shutting down an MVP 3 straight games is crazy work. Absolutely no one has done this to Jokic before.
Skap isn’t gonna like this lmao
I wish Ant was healthy so Minnesota could do even more damage in the playoffs. I mean, they are fucking balling right now, but imagine this with a healthy Ant on top and how it would go against Spurs/OKC
50.6 TS% for the entire series
Baby Sengun
Garçon Gobert
Greatest offensive player ever tho
Scored one bucket in the 2nd half lol. I swear he did the same shit in a game last year vs OKC and the year before against Minny lol
Richard Jefferson had an entire bit prepared about how he had 27⁄15 last game so he had a good game
As a Spurs fan, I say this with all my chest. Fuck Richard Jefferson.
Fuck him and his nasally ass voice.
It was crazy to listen to…he ACTUALLY believed it
I think in general former players have been quite soft on Jokic
Best player in the world by far according to yall btw
Wonder what the Jokic PR squad gonna cook up. Murray outperformed him this game.
he was but he stopped performing to his standards
Sure
He never was and actual ball knowers knew this
Exactly smh. I’m just shocked it took this long to expose this clown.
This from a Lakers flair is comical, he sonned your team for two straight years, but hey at least they got some moral victories when Rui Hachimura guarded him
Bro what? who has been better than him
This is just a ridiculous statement haha
he undoubtedly was in ‘23
Nope, it was Embiid who, despite his flopping (which Jokic also does), could actually defend and deservedly won MVP in 2023.
Rudy has put this man in jail. Even knowing how good Rudy is, I didn’t expect this.
Didn’t he struggle with Dwight like this in the bubble?
He struggles against athletic bigs, which we had 3 of that year in AD, Dwight, and Javale.
Yup.
That’s the last time I saw him this flustered. He looks like he’s looking for someone else to do something. Doesn’t feel comfortable taking over
Those are Celtic era Kyrie Irving numbers!
Show his LEBRON, DVORP, PIE, PER, BALLSACK, and ORTG
what about his BARF and DAWG metrics which shows hes a top 2 defender (not 2)
He’s mentally or physically off. Maybe both.
Genuinely at a loss for words right now
Last I saw him this flustered he wasn’t an MVP or FMVP.
Haven’t seen him at this level in a decade. Gobert is playing amazing, but I truly believe it has more to do with him looking somehow slower(maybe injury related?) and mentally off which has never been a thing for him
Actually surprised at how he’s playing because he looks to be in great shape. He looks lighter than past years
I don’t know what’s up with it, but unless he puts all his effort in, he looks slower and weaker. And also his godly touch has been mostly missing compared to years past. This is since he came back. Before he looked better than he ever has
I’m actually concerned about that. Rapid weight loss is a bad sign usually
All the slander had people thinking Rudy Gobert was incompetent and not a 4x DPOY lockdown nonchalant beautiful handsome goat king hybrid
“Law of averages” - Shaq
Top 10 all time, better than Hakeem
The supposed best offensive player of all time is getting clamped
He’s not in a Tier with Prime LeBron. Those comparisons need to end
Genuinely one of the most legacy damaging showings in recent memory. Guy had Lowe, Simmons, and others talking like his spot in the top 10 All Time was on deck if not already locked in, and he does this in the 1st round and it’s gone SO poorly people are going back to scrutinize the 1 title he does have.
The Nuggets ring is way more of a “Mickey ring” than the lakers ring. I think their path featured all bottom seed teams. We should be greatful for Jimmy Butler because I think the Celtics handily beat the Nuggets in the finals if they would’ve came back.
It was 2 8 seeds, a 7 seed, and a 4th seed.
The ease of that path doesn’t get discussed that much because Celtics had a run right after where all their conference opponents lost their best player (and also the second best player sometimes) to injury.
Fraud. SGA so much better it’s not even close.
“Top 10 all time” 🔥🔥 “He’s gonna have a comeback game” 🔥🔥
Most overrated player in the NBA, getting bitchslaped by a wolves without Ant lol
Tbh if he gets suspended and mcdaniels / Randle get suspended, 4⁄5 of the wolves starters are out
Silver ain’t suspending starters in the playoffs
McDaniels didn’t even get ejected
Doubt he will, but they’ll watch the film. Hopefully nobody gets a suspension
The film of McDaniels playing basketball and then getting attacked for it?
Right? But we’ve seen a lot of times when players get ejected that didn’t do anything, if they’re involved at all. I mean Jokic did this to Dort, and yes Dort completely deserved it. Then he grabbed and came after JWill, and Dort is ejected and nothing on Jokic, this is like his signature Serbian move
His shooting numbers are looking like tour dates. Gobert really locked him up in prison
Not beating the Baby Sengun allegations
The advanced stat DICKRIDER/36 says he’s actual elite this series!!!!
How is this your MVP?
Truly disgusting playoff so far for Chokic. Just embarrassing to watch really.
KAT >
Gobert’s little bitch should be his new nickname
He really wants to see his horses man. I totally get it
Maybe it’s time to appreciate defense instead of thinking there’s one side of the ball?
As much as Jokic bodies people and throws elbow, it’s pathetic watching him whine to the refs on every.fucking.play. He’s such a bitch.
Don’t forget one ejection for being a soft ass whiny loser. Showed more fight as the game ended than he did the entire 4th quarter where he went completely ghost
If you remember the nuggets beat the 8 seed heat in their path to the championship just saying
I haven’t been hyped for the playoffs ever since Jokic came back from injury. The winning streak was fools gold. He hasn’t looked 100% since coming back (he looked the closest against the spurs at the end). And the 2 other players we COULD not miss outside of Jokic is Watson and Gordon for rim protection. It sucks my pessimism is coming true but it is what it is. At least I have the avalanche
Who cares. Everyone has a rough patch. 3 games is 3% of the regular season.
He was clearly saving his energy for that last run
Pr in the gutters.
Legacy ruining series for Jokic
Jokic is lucky the NBA has lost cultural relevance, he’d be getting killed for these playoff performances 10 years earlier.
Washed CP and Harden got consistently murdered for those performances. Every single time
His 3 pointer is broken
Honestly we’ll be a stain on his legacy if it goes out like this
and one completely unreasonable crashout cuz his ego was violated
Wow
loving this time line
as a bronsexual, seeing what lebrons doing at 41 and then seeing what Jokic failed to do today against a broken Wolves team is going to feed me for a while. Im not going to need to buy groceries for a month
Jokic is putting up CJ Stroud level performances right now
Only 300 upvotes in 1.5 hours 🤔
Ayo wtf
Jokic was doing great in the 1st quarter today. Then Gobert locked him up. It started when Rudy poked the ball twice leading to a steal. After that possession, Jokic was bricking everything.
this y’all favorite player??? XD
Sengun might actually be baby Jokic
GOAT Jokic for MVP
Best offensive player of all time wow
Top 10 conversation? Get past thru 2nd round first without opponents’ backcourt
How many top teams has he even beaten in a playoff series throughout his career? It really can’t be that many
They meant the “able to beat a top 10 seed in the playoffs” conversation
Top 10 but has made it out of his conference once. that’s a heinous insult to top-10 players.
Advance Stats Merchant
Holy shit. Love to see it.
Best player in the world 🤭
This racist neantherthal needs to be suspended. Finally being exposed for the lazy violent cry baby bitch that he is.
this title couldnt be any worse
This will probably the first bad playoffs from him ever. Sad for my boy but my Wolves will go through 💪
People really try to say this dude is better than Shaq LMFAO
this is jokic’s lebron 2011 finals moment
lol mavs were legit and healthy. this is just the 1st round
4x worse since 1st round and it’s not like the mavs were missing some of their most important players lol
I don’t know MJ basically got swept three times in a row in the first round nobody seems to bring it up
Bro was getting called a god by the top player at the time while doing that and averaged elite stats but had a team even worse than the 2007 cavs lebron carried
Jokic and LeBron got criticized because they lost(losing in case of jokic) with terrible stats
Nobody brings this up
Lebron stans bring this up all the time to try and diminish his early career
He actually was great during these series
He lost the 80s Celtics (mind you one of these series he came back from a foot injury during the season) and #1 seed Bucks team averaging 29/8/6 on good efficiency for the time as a rookie
In what world is this comparable to Jokic putting up a stinker series when his team is the favorite?
25-15-9-3-1-1 tonight dude he played fine
SGA 15⁄18 taking long 2s lol
Gave up 54 in paint he probably responsible for 40
He did not. Second half was awful and he had no composure
Box score watchers be like:
4 points in garbage time, horrible efficiency, getting single covered all game, crap defense. Nah he sucked.
Second best defensive box plus minus in the game
Touche Mr. Fisherman, you caught me :)