Jokic Making a lot of folks look dumb

HotRocks34 · Post #241 » by **HotRocks34** » Fri May 12, 2023 4:47 am

Nope. Damage is done. All you cared about was denying him the MVP, and that happened. In ugly fashion.

No forgiveness.

Eagle4 · Post #242 » by **Eagle4** » Fri May 12, 2023 4:47 am

HotRocks34 wrote:Jokic has been the best and most dominant player in the playoffs through 2 rounds.

Booker and Butler were hanging tight, but they've faded.

Jokic stands alone now.

But still more work to do.

However, all "Bubble Murray carried Jokic" and all that is done. It's over.

Yea Butler is clearly hindered by his ankle. Looks far less explosive and slower after game 1. Jokic is the undisputed best player in the playoffs atm IMHO.

Raps in 4 · Post #243 » by **Raps in 4** » Fri May 12, 2023 4:49 am

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Nope. Damage is done. All you cared about was denying him the MVP, and that happened. In ugly fashion.

No forgiveness.

Perk doesn't have a single authentic opinion. He's the embodiment of clickbait.

HotRocks34 · Post #244 » by **HotRocks34** » Fri May 12, 2023 4:50 am

Also, should say that Malone trolled Perkins after the Game 5 win when Jokic got a triple double to pass Wilt as the center with most career playoff triple doubles (he had three in the PHX series).

When a reporter told Malone this, he said "Guess he was stat padding again."

:lol:

AleksandarN · Post #245 » by **AleksandarN** » Fri May 12, 2023 4:54 am

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SomeBunghole · Post #246 » by **SomeBunghole** » Fri May 12, 2023 4:56 am

Best player in the league, voters be damned.

HotRocks34 · Post #247 » by **HotRocks34** » Fri May 12, 2023 4:57 am

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HotRocks34 · Post #248 » by **HotRocks34** » Fri May 12, 2023 5:00 am

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Blazing_royale · Post #249 » by **Blazing_royale** » Fri May 12, 2023 5:18 am

The real MVP

HotRocks34 · Post #250 » by **HotRocks34** » Fri May 12, 2023 5:33 am

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QPR · Post #251 » by **QPR** » Fri May 12, 2023 5:35 am

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Didn't Kevin have him third on his MVP ballot?

Johnny Firpo · Post #252 » by **Johnny Firpo** » Fri May 12, 2023 5:45 am

QPR wrote:
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Didn't Kevin have him third on his MVP ballot?

Honestly, that tweet is borderline weird, I mean, thank you, I guess? We've known this since at least 2020.

Infinite Llamas · Post #253 » by **Infinite Llamas** » Fri May 12, 2023 5:59 am

Still can’t believe that a guy like Lillard was voted top-75 all time over Jokic. AD as well but at least AD has a ring…just like with Shaq in 1996, you didn’t have to be a rocket scientist to see the trajectory this guy was on. Kinda sad he won’t get his due in that pantheon until 2046.

HotRocks34 · Post #254 » by **HotRocks34** » Fri May 12, 2023 6:09 am

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Also, Jokic will end up having the highest series Game Score of the three. That's an efficiency metric.

Jokic just had one of the greatest postseason series of all time. I'm trying to think of another player who had a series on that level (efficiency-wise). Giannis 2021 Finals seems the closest.

Jokic coming into Game 6 WCSF...............................32.2.........number likely goes up after Game 6

Giannis 2021 Finals.............??? (Game Score average = 31.9)...............35/13/5 on 61/20/65 with .658 TS
Shaq 2000 Finals................no (Game Score average = 30.6)
Jordan 1986 Celtics............no (Game Score average = 30.6)
Durant 2017 Finals.............no (Game Score average = 30.3)
LeBron 2017 Finals.............no (Game Score average = 29.6)
Jordan 1993 Finals.............no (Game Score average = 29.6)
Hakeem 1995 WCF..............no (Game Score average = 28.2)
Russ 2017 1st round............no (Game Score average = 26.9)

The above are some of the greatest playoff performances by a star in a single playoff series. For example, in the 1986 Celtics series Jordan had a 63-point game and Larry Bird said Jordan played like God. Jordan averaged 43/6/5 in the series.

There's been speculation about "do Jokic's great advanced stats translate into wins, especially in the playoffs?"

Yes, they do. The data is accurate.

AleksandarN · Post #255 » by **AleksandarN** » Fri May 12, 2023 6:10 am

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OverAndOut · Post #256 » by **OverAndOut** » Fri May 12, 2023 6:13 am

Imagine believing

1. Embiid is better than Jokic

2. Embiid deserved MVP over Jokic

GSP · Post #257 » by **GSP** » Fri May 12, 2023 6:29 am

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Nope. Damage is done. All you cared about was denying him the MVP, and that happened. In ugly fashion.

No forgiveness.

Wow Perk says Denver is legit as they become first team this season to make conference finals

riveting take from the resident media (Please Use More Appropriate Word) :lol:

Zvaart · Post #258 » by **Zvaart** » Fri May 12, 2023 6:32 am

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KD to the Nuggets confirmed?

dhsilv2 · Post #259 » by **dhsilv2** » Fri May 12, 2023 6:34 am

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Such shallow and dismissive comment.

HotRocks34 · Post #260 » by **HotRocks34** » Fri May 12, 2023 6:34 am

Within the first minute of this NBA TV postgame video analyzing the Denver series win over the Suns, Brendan Haywood says Jokic may be the best player in the league and Sam Mitchell hits him with a fist bump and a "hello!"

Two former players giving praise.

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