Is Nikola Jokic the new prototypical superstar? 🧐 | Get Up 

When an American say Jokić is boring, it means Jokić is not arrogant and ignorant. That says a lot about American twisted culture and values, It is about family first and team first, be humble, respect others, take care of each other. You lost that , most of us did, and I hope people like Jokić will help to bring it back. Human race really need this more than ever.

Jokic is a generational talent like Shaq, we might never see another player like him

Lol the cut from Jokić saying they didn't believe in the fat boy to Windhorst is hilarious 😂

There was a stretch in the Phoenix series that Joker was going shot for shot with Booker!! Unreal to see a center do that with the likes of Booker!!

A NEW DYNASTY has emerged in the DENVER NUGGETS. NIKOLA JOKIC has changed the BIG MAN'S GAME as a SUPERB FASCILITATOR/ASSIST MAN, an ACCURATE PERIMETER SHOOTER, makes his TEAMMATES play better, and has an INCREDIBLE ALL AROUND GAME with HIGH BASKETBALL IQ. At 28, he just hit his PRIME, and his BEST BALL is still to come. DENVER'S CORE TEAM is Talented, Skilled, Athletic, Big, Young, Solid, and will still get better. They have a reliable 2nd UNIT/BENCH, is an EXCEPTIONAL DEFENSIVE TEAM, and have an EXCELLENT COACH in MICHAEL MALONE. They are capable of being a DOMINANT TEAM and will repeat as NBA CHAMPIONS in SEASON 2023-2024 🏆🏆

Unfortunately humility and class is not often a prototypical trait in an NBA superstar.

He should be the model for young hoopers these days. Particularly guys who don't jump as high or run as fast as their peers. Kill 'em with your mind. Besides, this style is way more sustainable because it doesn't wear down your knees and ankles as much as the high flying, acrobatic style of play.

He's an actual unicorn, a once in generation basketball wizard so no, he can't be a prototype but he might push teams to look for centers who can actually be playmakers.

I hope so. He's a totally unselfish player, and the NBA would be far better if other superstars followed suit.

a center who can control the ball as good as a point guard, what an amazing player he is.

For me personally, I like team basketball more than hero ball. So yeah, Jokic is the new prototype for me.

There are point guards who does not have the basketball IQ and vision that Jokic has. You dont just teach this at camp. It's a particular set of circumstance that enabled him to develop as such. For example, if can run faster and jump higher, he probably wouldnt have developed his passing coz he can just blow by and out jump people. Just as Dirk's skill was special for his size and position, we will never see another Jokic, or at least exactly like him. They just dont grow on trees

I hope this is the start of the ego-less superstar era with more team play. Selfish stars with massive and sometimes undeserved egos like LeBrick, James Soften, WestBrick, Pandemic P, and especially Joel EmPlead just grind my gears.

The problem I have with these conversations is that the people having these conversations know good and well it is more the system that helps determine outcome in most of these situations. Jokic was in a system that decided to allow him handle the ball , and play point center and run a ton of offensive sets all around him and all the other players adjusted. No other coach in league history has designed an offense where The Center was allowed to handle the ball more and have more freedom of movement than the one Denver designed for Jokic. I just wish an honest conversation could be had where we give the head coach his credit which is one of the main reasons the systems worked. Secondly, acknowledge this is something different and not ask why other centers are not doing it when they in different systems and the coaches, GM, and Owners are not in favor of using this system which is why the other centers don't do it because the Coach of there respective team would have benched them. This is similar to when people say things like if Reggie miller or Ray allen could have hit more 3's he would have just came down and started jacking up 3's. The reality is if Reggie would have pulled that the coach would have called time out and put a stop to it. Let's just enjoy as basketball fans this new system which worked to perfection and Jokic Amazing ability as a Center to execute and win a NBA title, and call it something new rather than compare him to other centers when none of them play this system in the entire NBA right now, so there is no way of really comparing what's going on in Denver. Jokic is unique and a Future Hall of fame Player, along with his Coach Malone (future hall of fame coach)for putting this entire system together and getting buy in from the other players and the GM for supporting the system and getting the right players to make this work. It's a beautiful thing to see for fans of Basketball.

Love the idea of NFL quarterback concept. Watching Joker as Qtrback on the court is so much fun. His bluffing, no eye contact, involving his teammate all that is just great.

The game of basketball is not a position less sport. Let’s appreciate the fact JOKIC is a generational talent at the CENTER POSITION!

There will never be ten players like Jokic, his skill set is too unique and complete

I agree. Jokic has revolutionized basketball playing point center.

The benefit of a center that can read a defence like Jokic is it helps other players be better by giving them easier looks. That will be what other nba teams try to copy, as what it does is allow cheaper roles players to perform at levels they would usually pay millions more for. With the new cba a "cost productive offence" is going to show up as style to be

Didn't we see the beginnings of this with Magic, a 6'9" point guard? With the exception that Magic could bring the ball up under full-court pressure, call plays, run the offense, facilitate on the fast break.. And if I remember correctly, Cedric"Cornbred" Maxell used to do the same for his college team at 6'8"

If your leader is someone like Jokic, you have no choice other than being an unselfish team player. Nobody can have ego in Denver team.

Its such a unique skillset that it might be hard to replicate for other teams. If anything theyll look at centers with size and defense that can guard/foul him. Closest thing to him in the league is sabonis atm. Finding or developing a center with his shooting, stamina and playmaking will be very difficult.

Oh, you forgot one little thing...those future centers must have extremely high IQ😮

Its really great to see generational players rise in this lifetime - michael jordan, shaq, steph curry and now nikola jokic.. what a period..

7ft Centers like Jokic , Embiid etc have always been important since the beginning of basketball lol.

I don’t think there will be another player like Jokić, simply because his talent to always do the right thing on the court is I think unparalleled. And he does it without having the ball in his hands which is what I think makes him and his triple-double’s different than guard triple-double’s. He most of the time looks like he doesn’t want to make a triple double, but because Jokic is always looking for the right play, the stat comes to him naturally. Never forces anything, and to play like that and still be so impactful is something I think nobody will ever copy. Plus a lot of stuff for him has fallen in right place. Big guy, strong enough to make for himself position to shoot, with an elite touch and has superb game sense? That’s why he is changing the game.

Best champion ever!! Genuine, father, lifts his team up, doesn’t party, funny, not arrogant, unstoppable……best player of this decade 💯👏👏👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🏀🏀🏀

Nikola Jokić is something that has not yet been seen in the NBA, a totally different dimension of the game, something never seen before.

The league will get to a point where “guard skills” will become the bare minimum requirement to being an NBA player regardless of height. I’m excited to see what the future has in store for this product

They didn’t believe in the fat boy quote then Windhorst popping up on the screen right after got me absolutely dying 😂🤣😭

Sabonis (daddy) played like this. But the style back then prevented him from going all out and using it.

My Top 15: 1. Michael Jordan 2. LeBron James 3. Shaquille O' Neal 4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 5. Hakeem Olajuwon 6. Larry Bird 7. Stephen Curry 8. Tim Duncan 9-T. Kobe Bryant 9-T. Nikola Jokic 10-T. Magic Johnson 10-T. Giannis Antetokounmpo 11. Bill Russell 12. Wilt Chamberlain 13. Kevin Durant 14. David Robinson 15. Bill Walton

Centers are now the dominate force again. If you look at the top 10 players currently in the league many of them are centers from Jokic, Giannis, AD, Embiid, Ayton. So maybe centers will become the superstar position.

Y'all can be in your feelings all you want, he's a great player of course but you cap af if you say he's not boring to watch

Great take Greeny, superb prediction of a new era.!!😊💚🙌

Bucks and Nuggets proved. Success comes from good draft, trust to their coach and core for long time.

He is special...something america never saw...he is Nikola Jokić

0:04 / 5:35 Q: Is Nikola Jokic the new prototypical superstar? A: Yes.

Two goatest of the GOATS: M. Jordan & N. „Jobdone“ As Nike puts it: Just do it. Done. No Joke.

Serbian legend ❤

stop acting like jokic invented an unstoppable signature shot like kareem, he however does make everyone around him better with his passing unlike many centers that needed others to pass them the ball in the post

I will be attending the NEVER NUGGETS PARADE. OUR CHAMPIONS. I AM SO ANXIOUS TO SEE THEM💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Skilled bigs (pretty much anyone 6’8 and up) who can do almost everything are usually the best players in the league. Look at the past few MVPs.

I'm a Sixers fan so Embiid all day, but it should be mandatory that bball fans appreciate his game. It's singular, genuinely distinct. He ain't Diesel - but he is something to genuinely marvel at.

He doesn’t love basketball it’s just work. And I respect that.

How can he be the new prototypical superstar his dominance truly come from his size advantage….. not many ppl you gone find his size and skill set. He is just a Generational talent!

Jokic will win Dunk contest and 3 point contest same night

Dirk says hi btw. He really changed the game

He's basically a unicorn. You still have to be smart on top of big and skilled. Then you add another layer in psychology, to always stay grounded. It ain't that easy for another Jokic to come around.

Joker is the best post player in the legue. Thats what opens up his passing.

What does Jokić need to do to make Skip Bayless like him? Sick his duck? Wear an Ernestine mask? Rap like Lil Wayne and Nelly? Turn Black and be named Joel Embiid?

Jokic plays The Sports of Kings, horses! That's why he's king!

I think Americans saying Jokic is boring really brings to light the current status of American basketball, no fundamentals all highlights just selfish plays. Unlike European basketball the fundamentals and importance of teamwork is ingrained at an early age.

In Serbia players play on all positions,Pg, Center...until the age of 16 .And than they learned to be skillful like him

Yes, big men will be expected to be better with the ball now that we've seen Jokic. But you can't just clone Jokic's situational awareness, and his passing precision is also a big ask. Jokic doesn't always succeed, but he almost always makes the right decision. It's as if he was playing the game in slow-motion.

Jokic is an anomaly not the standard. The media and a lot of people who don’t respect black athletes are pushing for him to be the best

I think Pop understands that he has a Jokic in Wemby. Look for Denver Nuggets, Version 2, in San Antonio in years to come. Actually, Version 3, as Sacramento is probably Version 2 with Sabonis.

Snap out of it, folks! The guy has signed off to his horses already as early last night.

You will see even better Nikola Jokic, he is only 28 years old. This guy can hoop till he is 36 , guaranteed!

After Giannis won a championship, it was more about Giannis won only because Kyrie was injured and "KD stepped on the line". Even today they are still hating on Giannis. Kendrick Perkins even said Giannis would have to make it to the Eastern Conference finals the following yr to prove that the 2021 championship was not a fake. So Giannis won only because of injuries? Wasn't Giannis injured and played injured? Most of them never gave Giannis the BEST PLAYER title. It was always someone else for them! But now Joker is undeniably the BEST PLAYER in the league. Hey, that's life.

The thing about Jokic is, he can bang with the big boys in the post. Whenever he got matched up with a smaller player he took them to the rim like any smart big man would. He did more post play than Embiid this year! So, as a big you still need those skills. But then Jokic has the skills even the great big men rarely had. The ability to run the offense and make touchdown passes. And then, he can SHOOT from anywhere on the court. He is a whole LOTTA skills in one 7ft body

The biggest quality of Joker is not passing, not sombor shuffle but IQ. Not sure how this can be thought

Upcoming centers like Jokic? How about the young Turkish center in Houston?

No matter how hard you try or train, passing skills comes down to IQ. It comes down to if you have it or not. It’s not really something you can really train. Good luck finding other jokic like players.

in American perspective, "Jokic is boring", means he's not arrogant, ignorant, rude, disrespectful, weird, nutcase... hopefully there will be more like Jokic

Dude is so fun refreshing doesn't need atheism to dominate no weakness in offense every underrated deffender

Bravo Niki

The Heat ain't going anywhere we'll be back! Jokic just stay right there!! I'm calling a rematch for next season the Heat will be better.

So ESPN finally got the memo from NBA … “stop denigrating Jokic and begin treating him like the exciting star that he is”. Better late than never.

Jokic is the best player for me by the way im from Philippines alot of pilipino know jokic end muray

Why are saying new? Newest quiet superstar makes more sense. Dream was quiet, Karl, David and Tim were quiet. Bird was quiet outside smack talking his opposition. That is the norm.

Windy’s blinks per minute is insane I need his stimulant prescription

He´s what Porzings was supposed to be...but Porzings decided to play like a 7-foot Klay Thompson, while Jokic does everything, shooting, scoring in the paint, passing, defending, rebinding, he´s the real Unicorn, there´s no one like him.

It takes a ring to prove that some of these analyst are just clowns

... I feel like the conversation around Embiid during the playoffs was that he wasn't getting touches in the post enough. Now post skills aren't necessary? Also, the whole "passing over iso" conversations been going on since the Warriors started their run, probably during the Spurs run, too. Pretty sure the Nuggets winning isn't going to change much of anything

Yugoslavia and Serbia played positionless basketball since late 70s and bigs were coordinated! Even Divac was forced to play center alth😂he was excellent passer and intelligent player at7ft2 ! But nobody knew that Jokic was Joker, not even in Serbia, because he's so low key personality, but watching him play, is reminiscent of our street game!

Brian was the only person who did nt smile on ''fat boy'' joke.

Jokic isnt just Point Guard Center, but His IQ determine that he is one of kind, there wont be any Jokic next 20 Years

Jokic just showed the world that you can just be a boring really skilled professional basketball player and a really great teammate and good EMPLOYEE of a team. Jokic doesn't do 19 behind the back dribbles under the leg run through 3 defenders to do a low percentage shot.😂😂😂😂 jokic doesn't fight with the media and reporters. Jokic stays out of trouble. A really boring professional super skilled intelligent basketball player. Kids. Don't try being a wannabe thug or a sugar daddy with 9 WAGS (that's wife and girlfriend and a s noun word I can't write here😂😂😂)

Best center I've seen since Shaq

It is the next level they started with big men and now history is repeating itself with a twist

🎉🎉 congrats nuggets

Domantas Sabonis😂😂😂

I would take Jokic mentality over Mamba mentality any day.

I doubt it- no one else passes like he does, this may not happen again.

Windy clearly offended by the 'fatboy' remarks.

Even in Taco Bell commercial was picture of unicorn,which he represent right now

Look at those highlight that miami team was putting vincent , struss butler , adebayo on jokic... 4-1 carved them up.

You are news reporters and commentators. How do not you mention Alperen Sengun on this issue? shame

LOL "look how far we fell off" *after AD into KAT

They took a shot @ Skip with the Jalen reference 😂😂

Thats the way we play in serbia, no positions just a game of basketball

He can’t be, he’s transcendent, and the problem with that is, over the 77 year history of the NBA there are only a small group of men that are actually transcendent. I’m not talking superstars, I’m not talking great players, I’m talking transcendent. These players changed the game of basketball. And they don’t grow on trees, Nikola Jokic has a high basketball IQ, that means his vision his understanding of the game is totally different than your average basketball player. Some things can’t be taught.

There's a difference, what steph curry did, anyone can do it. i'm not saying anyone can make logo 3s, but anyone can shoot from the logo. However, not anyone can be 7 foot point guard, with a great inside and outside game.

Honestly Dirk Nowitzki started this trend.

He just appreciates playing that he plays a child's game for millions not like the majority

Calling it now Jokic vs Giannis Nuggets vs Bucks 2024 Finals

Basketball is a team sport and everyone needs to learn all aspects when playing the “position-less sport”. The Joker is no joke.

Chet’s gonna be in that conversation soon

You know how bad they wanted to ask Windy about the fat boy comment lol