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The prophecy is fulfilled. This is 5 year old Nikola Jokic in a Denver Nuggets sweatshirt. At the time he had no idea who they were, nor that he would one day lead them to a championship.
In fact he did it in a spectacular fashion, becoming the first player in NBA history to lead all players in points (600), rebounds (269) and assists (190) in a single postseason.
In other words, the absolute best in every possible way.
And to deliver the final blow, Jokic was phenomenal once again against the Heat zone.
Watch how comfortable he is in the middle of the floor, as he even decides to drop this down low to Brown and on the return he flips it up and in.
Then again, we see the 2-3 zone from Miami, he gives it up to Murray and quickly gets it back in the middle, another casual flip shot and another bucket.
And watch him make split second decisions in heavy traffic here with the entire defense around him. He quickly locates KCP in the corner and as we let it go, rifles a pass to him, the nice pump fake, into an open jumper and 2 more points.
Even with a heavy contest like in this situation we’ve seen him make these ridiculous 1 legged fadeaway shots.
And, in the clutch again Miami stays with the zone but Jokic goes to a 1 legged runner off the dribble like he’s Steve Nash.
Miami tried their best with the zone defense but Nikola just broke it down in a bunch of different ways.
Not to mention his phenomenal outside shooting. I love this set having him screen for Porter Jr on the curl, and immediately receiving a screen himself from Jamal up top and the miscommunication on defense makes this a completely wide open shot which of course Jokic is going to punish.
At the end he was extremely emotional as you can see.
And the celebration was even more spectacular. It’s the first time in NBA history that I see this little effort being put into the champagne shower. As if he doesn’t care that they won. That’s hilarious.
All of this is because there is still one thing on his mind.
And check out his pure shock when they told him that the parade is actually going to be on Thursday.
This is hysterical, you can never convince me that this guy cares about awards, let alone pads his stats like some clowns were trying to say.
Denver won this championship the best possible way. Organic, with some home grown guys, without a big three, or a blockbuster trade. Just a great system, with no ego, and all teamwork.
Oh yeah, and a kid from Sombor.
Speaking of that, you gotta check out this mini documentary I did about his childhood when he drank 3 litters of coke per day while his coaches were begging him to cut back on it. Click right here and talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
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I think there's something uniquely special about winning a title for the team that drafted you and bringing the title to a smaller market team that's never won it before. I know people like to bring up rings in debates about who the greatest players are but let's not kid ourselves, some franchises like the Lakers and Heat have been historically great at recruiting big time players. Shaq had to go to LA to win, Kobe demanded to play on the Lakers, Lebron had to go to Miami and team up with Wade and Bosh, Magic was drafted to LA and played with Kareem who pushed his way to LA. I think people will punish Jokic because in the end of the day, I doubt he will win 4-5 rings but to me, he's on a top 10 player trajectory all time. He's a basketball genius and a maestro.
Glad you mentioned 🤡
1:45 that smooth shimmy from murray knowing jokic will make that 3
Spent 1 million to get the best possible body shape , got swept. and heres the guy who drinks 3 litre of coke everyday and won a championship 😭😂
So much more valuable to this Nuggets team than MJ/BUM/KAREEM was when they didn't get MVP with their own teams.
Equity and Inclusivity trophy was handed to Embiid. Whole Black Hebrew Israelite squad learning how to make ADAM bend the knee to be more inclusive and equitable.
There is something we can't see and understand…so we call it coincidences!
Good statment about that clown, and similar like him who are trying to build carriers,insulting athlethes. I dont get it why ESPN allows clowns who didnt accomplice nothhing to talk freely, they say one time champion with Boston Celtics, he went for street interview in Boston, even Celtics fans didnt know who he is. TNT is number one for regruting. Take example from.Shaq and Barkley.
That is funny but also makes me sad that he really does not want to be in Denver right now
This guy is from another world it's amazing. what a breath of fresh air for this league and the whole world of sport, plagued by money and excessive star system thing. He does things never seen before, break records, and just act in a way that's so unusual. At a Time where medias and social medias are so overwhelming, this is a great gift for us the fans.
It was a lot fun watching Nikola, Jamal and the other play ball. Celtics-Nuggets or Bucks-Nuggets matchup would be more fun though.
Interestingly, Nuggets were not at all popular in Serbia in early 2000s. Sacramento was massive in Serbia those days, Stojakovic and Divac were playing there.
I AM ALL IN FOR THE PERK SLANDER. enjoying your content more and more after every new video you drop
My guy Gordon didn’t win a dunk contest..but yeah he got ah chip tho…. La, la, la.
Surprise, guy comes to job, and wanna go home to do his hobbys
He's like an antlion on the Heat zone
Also you see he's more excited about the Sunday race in that interview… voice tone suddenly rise
How to describe game and dominance of Nikola Jokić
He is like a Shaq- because he is amongst the strongest centers with a league and best post game in the league ( but with a humble behaviour), but Jokić is like Shaq who can shoot threes and assist to his teamate.
NBA has a problem, because Nikola Jokić has a boring personality, non flashy game, and play for a small market team- but he still dominates the league.
NBA must find some special rule to stop his game, because after all NBA is a business.
Imagine calling the best team player/team star a "stat padder". Fuck the media, kiss the gold Jokic you deserve it
Serbian Kid like Novak Djokovic . Serbia at on top of world in every sport with population 6,8 milion
I'm happy for jokic
I like it when he says "some clown"🤡 and put Big Perk on the video 😂😂😂
He looks like the CrazyRussianHacker lol
Now everyone finna be a Denver fan now… Yes I made this comment because I'm a heat fan… But I'm not a sore loser … Proud of what they did. Obviously not happy how it ended.
Love it how you throw Perk in the mud. Totally deserved 😅
i think heat check should have putted it this way "This is 5 year old nikola jokic in the denver nuggets sweatshirt being bombed by denver (usa) pilots. At the time he had no idea who they were….. "
Jokic transcends the NBA 😂 Jordan did too, but Jordan had Michael Jackson levels of paparazzi and world interest. Jokic has his old school family and a stable of horses 🐴 It's pretty clear to me they'll be going for more rings, like coach said. Jokic has plenty stride left in this career. Dude's gonna be close to a billionaire by the end of his career in salary alone. Add endorsements, contract bonuses, later coaching for sure, but probably in Serbia. Well, I dunno. He has made quite a second home in Denver. I'm from N.O. and we were just ecstatic when the Saints won the Superbowl. That was a franchise first and from an organic team, same as this. Jokic, coach and crew have been building that championship machine in Denver for years patiently. What a sleeper! No one saw that coming! 🏆 📸 🏀🎉
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Kendrick perkins is a clown u r damn right
Miami zone works great against teams that rely on superstars with no team offence. Denver is not one of them.
Sometimes you know where you want to go, even before you get there! 😂
The moving screens on that Jokic three are hilarious. I know every team does this but can the nba please crack down on it.
"jobs done, i can go home now"
Basketball is a side hustle for jokic and the mfer still dominates 😂😂
Centers about to dominate again in the game: Jokic and Wembaniama, two greatest centers of all time.
Ivan Drago as toddler