hundreth wrote:I think talent wise he's incredible and clearly the best in the world at the moment.
HOWEVER, it doesn't seem he has the same passion and fire other GOATs possessed. Jokic wants to do as little as possible to win, and go back to his life with horses.
Jordan, Kobe, and even LeBron wanted to stomp on your throat and kill you.
This is such a bad take. Watch the games, when Denver needs him to he steps up and does what he can. He smoked AD in the 4th all last series, putting that dude in a blender in all the big moments.
He's even trying this series, but it's hard when your #2 is going 3-18 and not getting to the line.
Again, you're talking about guys who #2 options were Shaq, Wade, Kyrie, Gasol, AD, and Pippen...
Who's 3rd options were Grant, Bynum/Odom, Bosh, and love.
How did Kobe do in 04-05 and LeBron do in 06? Teams comparable to this Nuggets team. They flamed out, and had worse success than Jokic has this year.
It's narratives and takes like this which created the superteam era, the worst in basketball where dudes just piggybacked off each other to win easy and dispel these fake narratives.
Jokic is still averaging 27/15/9 on 54% shooting...and you guys are acting like he's laying an egg these playoffs. He's trying to get his team mates involved, that's his game, they just can't hit shots right now. Which makes his game harder to play essepecially against a team that is build solely to limit his effectiveness with the DpoY roaming and dbling his on every catch
This isn't like LeBron in 2011 when he averaged 18 points in the finals...His team just isn't at that level right now, and contrary to belief you actually need your team to score points to win basketball games
Speaking of LeBron, his 4 year stretch where he won 3 MVP's? He won 1 finals, choked in the 2nd round, the 3rd round, and then the biggest choke in the history of the finals. Not a good example to use.
What more do you guys want him to do? Other than leave to go team up with Luka and Giannis in MIA or LA that is