I hate how happy this makes me and I love jokic and think he’s a truly special talent . But the last 2 year all level headed sixers fans have said is that Joel’s defense is much better than jokics vs. how much better jokic is on offense
OverlyAloofGargoyle
Enough Jokic spam on r/sixers.
_mousecop_
I don’t give a fuck what the stats say, this dude is not an average defensive center in the NBA. An average or better center doesn’t get benched on a defensive possession in the playoffs for a dude who doesn’t even make a roster the next season.
You cannot be the most valuable player in the league if your best form of defense is praying for a kicked ball
GrimboeSlice
Yeah but my excel sheet says hes the GOAT defender so idk what to tell you.
Noshowers65
“Just seems so easy for Chicago to get close in shots”
Might be the first objective call I have heard that Nugget announcer give
Monster-Frisbee
What if I told you there is a statistic so advanced that it accounts for the 6-D chess move of creating a false sense of security that lulls the opponent and passively decreases their overall offensive rating over the course of a game. Would you be shocked to learn that Jokic is the league leader in such a statistic, and that number 2 isn’t even close?
Introducing JOKIC:
**Japing**
**O**pponents, all the while
**K**nowing
**I**t will lead to their eventual
**C**ollapse in the end
And before you ask, no I did not reverse engineer this statistic to favor things Jokic is good at.
jklove00
If you check the plyometric advance defensive raptor stats, you’d notice that Jokic was actually the best defender on the floor and this video was created to slander Jokic elite defensive game.
jimmyhank69
He’s getting cooked every play lol
WraithTwelve
removed by the moderators of r/nba LOOOOOOOL
jeppsforst
I can feel the narrative shifting it’s wonderful
dochim
Jokic is a great player. Full stop.
That said. This kind of clip is why Denver from the regular season won’t translate to the playoffs.
Give a good coach 7 games over 2 weeks to laser target Jokic on defense and the Nuggets are in trouble.
If I’m Malone, I actually consider playing him defensively at the 4 or going with a TON of 3 – 2 zone with Gordon as the hinge.
TTP2521
This is the guy the league wants to give 3 straight MVPs to?
JokersRWildStudios
*Nuggets finish the year going .500 because everyone attacks Jokic on defense, while the sixers go 16-2 beating Celtics, Bucks, Nuggets along the way*
Bill Simmons: well I would vote for Embiid for MVP but the aggregators are MEAN to me. So I won’t.
aspohr89
At this point I’m over the MVP stuff…
But man this is some all-star game defensive effort.
KennyDoge0114
2022 Donovan Mitchell level defense 💪💪
Chief_JD
buddy is bbq chicken on D
FamousChex
It’s funny that Giannis is considered the best player in the NBA for the fact that he plays defense, but Embiid never gets that recognition lol
Hip_Hop_Hippos
Holdin’ the door, Holdin’ the door, Hold the door, Oak-a-door, Ok-a-for.
Oh Okafor, that’s my name.
mattykarp
Yeah but look at that VORP though…
Regit_Jo
I mean you could make a similar video with Embiid over like 5 games. Heck there’s probably a game they’ve played where he was about this disinterested on defense
JonRamsey12
No players losin sleep when they have to play jokic opposed to giannas and embiid
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Only interested in Defensive RAPTOR.
I hate how happy this makes me and I love jokic and think he’s a truly special talent . But the last 2 year all level headed sixers fans have said is that Joel’s defense is much better than jokics vs. how much better jokic is on offense
Enough Jokic spam on r/sixers.
I don’t give a fuck what the stats say, this dude is not an average defensive center in the NBA. An average or better center doesn’t get benched on a defensive possession in the playoffs for a dude who doesn’t even make a roster the next season.
You cannot be the most valuable player in the league if your best form of defense is praying for a kicked ball
Yeah but my excel sheet says hes the GOAT defender so idk what to tell you.
“Just seems so easy for Chicago to get close in shots”
Might be the first objective call I have heard that Nugget announcer give
What if I told you there is a statistic so advanced that it accounts for the 6-D chess move of creating a false sense of security that lulls the opponent and passively decreases their overall offensive rating over the course of a game. Would you be shocked to learn that Jokic is the league leader in such a statistic, and that number 2 isn’t even close?
Introducing JOKIC:
**Japing**
**O**pponents, all the while
**K**nowing
**I**t will lead to their eventual
**C**ollapse in the end
And before you ask, no I did not reverse engineer this statistic to favor things Jokic is good at.
If you check the plyometric advance defensive raptor stats, you’d notice that Jokic was actually the best defender on the floor and this video was created to slander Jokic elite defensive game.
He’s getting cooked every play lol
removed by the moderators of r/nba LOOOOOOOL
I can feel the narrative shifting it’s wonderful
Jokic is a great player. Full stop.
That said. This kind of clip is why Denver from the regular season won’t translate to the playoffs.
Give a good coach 7 games over 2 weeks to laser target Jokic on defense and the Nuggets are in trouble.
If I’m Malone, I actually consider playing him defensively at the 4 or going with a TON of 3 – 2 zone with Gordon as the hinge.
This is the guy the league wants to give 3 straight MVPs to?
*Nuggets finish the year going .500 because everyone attacks Jokic on defense, while the sixers go 16-2 beating Celtics, Bucks, Nuggets along the way*
Bill Simmons: well I would vote for Embiid for MVP but the aggregators are MEAN to me. So I won’t.
At this point I’m over the MVP stuff…
But man this is some all-star game defensive effort.
2022 Donovan Mitchell level defense 💪💪
buddy is bbq chicken on D
It’s funny that Giannis is considered the best player in the NBA for the fact that he plays defense, but Embiid never gets that recognition lol
Holdin’ the door, Holdin’ the door, Hold the door, Oak-a-door, Ok-a-for.
Oh Okafor, that’s my name.
Yeah but look at that VORP though…
I mean you could make a similar video with Embiid over like 5 games. Heck there’s probably a game they’ve played where he was about this disinterested on defense
No players losin sleep when they have to play jokic opposed to giannas and embiid
But the advanced stats say he’s the GOAT