Doctor MJ wrote:GSP wrote:MyUniBroDavis wrote:
I feel the only people Jokic has a bit more trouble against are people that are bulky too, but even then trouble is really relative
He absolute cooked Gobert and AD lol
Ayton gives him a lot of problems and he isn't bulky. IIRC Nikola even said he causes him the most issues
Jokic wouldve had a really rough time with Hakeem, Admiral, Thurmond, Wilt.... Those hyper athletic nimble and strong centers but you must be really **** good if you have to go to that level to find a matchup problem. Sheed and Timmy wouldve been hard matchups too
I think Ayton is pretty bulky compared to Gobert & AD, and think that Thurmond basically represents the ideal to try to stop him from going downhill - like he represents the ideal to stop big men interior scoring in general.
Wilt's in that category too, not all that sure about Hakeem & Robinson. With Robinson I think we saw how he could be bullied on both sides of the ball by someone like Karl Malone. You can argue Jokic couldn't do it like Malone, but Robinson is not my ideal for a super-strong big man.
Hakeem is prolly the one center you can say might have as good hands as Jokic. He was as effective as Thurmond in man without same freakish strength but alot of players talked about how strong he was physically
Jokic is def more finesse than Karl. He isn't as physical on the block since he's a far better shooter with touch. Robinson is bigger than Ayton and his body was getting compared to his in the draft too. Ayton wouldnt have done well against Karl either I mean we saw him get bullied worse than Robinson ever did by Karl against Giannis just last year
