hardenASG13 wrote:MrGoat wrote:LaLover11 wrote:
DeAndre is better than your favorite backup center
I've had DeAndre Jordan on my favorite team before and I currently have Dereck Lively as my backup center, so I can confidently say that is an absolutely laughable assumption if you're talking about my favorite team.
But Murray finding playoff mode again like he has in previous seasons is more important to Denver
Does it matter? They have Jokic. Who about 5 threads this week have claimed is better than prime Lebron/Shaq/MJ. Their backup center is irrelevant. It's time for him to show it. I don't care what his numbers are, he's been outplayed by AD in this series. Many of his assists seem to come off standstill/1 dribble handoffs at the top of the key. He will face harder teams in the next 3 rounds than any team Denver played last year, when/if they beat LA. With comparisons and claims like that, it's on him to figure it out! I haven't seen a guy who looks like the best player I've ever seen to this point.
Yeah of course you don't because they don't back up your opinion.
Jokic: .380 WS/48, 16.9 BPM, 0.8 VORP
Davis: .263 WS/48, 8.2 BPM, 0.4 VORP
Jokic: 29/15/10
Davis: 30/16/4
I'm halfway tempted to report you for trolling/baiting with the bolded comment. It's clear you're not watching the games if you think that's how he's getting his assists because reality is that his teammates, a sub par rag-tag bunch of journeymen and castaways, isn't able to generate any offense for themselves and is relying on him to spoon feed them. I think last night alone he had 3 SportsCenter highlight reel worthy passes.
But yes, that was just an idiotic take. The problem is that Jokic doesn't have a Maxey-level all-star teammate to take any pressure off him so he's essentially having to rely on MPJ being a consistent #3 option to beat the Lakers.