Sports Illustrated: Jokic vs Shai: Valuing Cards & Trends of the NBA's MVP Frontrunners
Jokic vs Shai: Valuing Cards & Trends of the NBA's MVP Frontrunners
Sports Illustrated: Jordi Fernandez’s Jokic Experience Could Be Key to Unlocking Nets Rookie Danny Wolf
Jordi Fernandez’s Jokic Experience Could Be Key to Unlocking Nets Rookie Danny Wolf
Yahoo Sports: When rookie Nikola Jokic felt helpless guarding Tim Duncan: "I couldn’t do nothing"
When rookie Nikola Jokic felt helpless guarding Tim Duncan: "I couldn’t do nothing"
The problem with Jokic stoppers is always that having to guard Jokic takes away from their basket protection. Zubac has been doing pretty well on defense for the clippers in part because he was able to protect the basket. If he has to guard Jokic on the perimeter, it will certainly make it hard on the Clippers interior defense.
I think Jokic is the better player and he's got a durability edge in this comparison too. He has 3 RS consecutively that are arguably on par with 16 Curry. His playoff run this season trumps Curry's from 2017 IMO. His worst playoff series vs the Suns is still better than Curry's performance vs the Cavaliers IMO.
Jokic just mangled the Warriors. Draymond could not pull any rabbits out of his hat vs Jokic. Warriors have nobody to guard Jokic. But can anybody guard Jokic? Who are the 5 best guys at guarding Jokic? Need to hold down Jokic’s scoring efficiency, hold down his points, hold down his rebounds and hold down his assists.