Nikola Jokic might be the best offensive player ever. 

Man do I feel blessed as a Nuggets fan from Denver. The man is not only the best player in the world, but he has 0 interest in celebrity, no social media, no desire to go to a big market city, no drama at all ever... The guy is a unicorn.

I have been saying for the last three years, that Jokic has mastered basketball. It's funny listening to the haters make up excuses and fake narratives in their attempts to downplay his greatness.

The 2023 NBA Finals MVP is the first player in the league to ever lead all players in points, rebounds and assists in a single postseason. Nikola Jokic averaged 30.0 points, 13.5 rebounds and 9.5 assists in 20 games in the 2023 postseason, there's amazing perfomances like kobe 60 in the finals or MJ 6-0 but jokic to me has already made his case as an all time great, the rest of his journey is just icing on the cake enjoy while it lasts 🐐

Joker is the best basketball player i have ever seen. Ive been an NBA fan since the late seventies.

That 60% on turnarounds is insane

I think jokic understands something that few players in nba history have truly understood: basketball is fundamentally a team sport. By feeding his teammates, he elevates them, gets them in rhythm. Knowing that they’ll get the ball if they get open makes people try harder to get open at the rim or the 3 point line. It keeps everyone engaged. Additionally, his humility and selflessness encourages his teammates to be selfless too. It’s like “if the best player on our team isn’t selfish, how can I be?”. The result is a positive culture devoid of egos and pride impeding success. Everyone starts playing for each other, and for the most important goal: winning. You can see this especially in how AG and KCP revitalized their careers after coming to Denver, and dedicating themselves to their roles on the team. I think the key to jokic’s success is that he constantly is looking for ways to get his teammates involved. He doesn’t want to play 1 v 5, he wants to play 5 v 5.

Jokic is 285 pound Dirk with Magic passing and Hakeem interior play

Thank you for acknowledging scoring is more than just volume. A lot of uneducated seem to think otherwise. Jokic is absolutely the best scorer in the NBA.

I'd like to add about the Minnesota series; Jokic was shooting poorly in part because of his wrist. in the first few games, he had a wrap on it, but in game 4 or 5, he missed a few free throws he should have made, got frustrated, ripped the wrap off and his efficiency skyrocketed for the rest of the playoffs

Jokic putting the league on notice. Best player in the world.

Nikola jokic is one of the only players that can make your offense go from stagnant to constantly getting and executing on quality shots to ever step foot on the court. His two MVP years are so underrated because everything around him was falling apart. He quietly carried what was genuinely one of the worst lineups in the NBA to being real contenders the year Murray and MPJ were out.

were in the JOKIC ERA

I've watched Wilt Chamberlain ,Lew Alcendor Kareem Abdul Jabbbar, Moses Malone, Hakeem olajowon, david robinson,Bill Walton and Shaquille O'Neal during their prime years but jokic is different. Hes a complete package

Yeah! He's a increable player. I've never have seen something like this. He made me fell in love for basketball again. jokic and Luka are my favorite players to watch nowadays.

The fact is if you put any average player in squad with Jokic and he is willing to run the floor, cut, screen will have chance to be above average and score at will....

His playmaking ability is far more advanced than eny player I've ever seen. He broke every type of defense, just insane level of awareness...on top of everything, he is the most efficient scorer in the history of game and elite rebounder...If Nuggets manage to win 2-3 more chips, he will be side by side with Jordan and Lebron...

I agree. I can't think of any other player who is elite at every phase of offense. When you consider passing, screening, post scoring there's just no one else

I think he pretty clearly is the best offensive player of all time. Not that it isn't close or something, but that he's just that incredible. There's never been someone with his total combination of offensive skills. Movement on and off ball, dominant post player, always near the top of the league in screen assists, best passer in the world, elite shooter from every level of the court [even from 3 during the playoffs where he's 41% for his career].

You said "unparalleled combination of size, strength and touch shot making". I would have to add his sublime footwork to that list. ⛏️🏀🏆✌️

Probably honestly. In the half court. Dude is immortalized.

I have never seen a player with such an impact on the game since I have been watching basketball since 1995. Jokić

I have never seen someone talk this fast for so long while ONLY speaking facts that I've been dying to tell others. This purity and quality of the facts is unforseen. This is the first video of this channel that I am watching and it's an automatic subscribe for me. No brainer

for me Jokic will easily eclipse what LBJ has in 5 years.

Hes just a joy to watch. Makes basketball look effortless and fluid. He embodies everything i was aspiring to be when i played

Put Jokic on any team with any roster, any batch of scrubs and they’re an instant contender. Barring injury, he is on a trajectory to be the greatest center ever. If he wins a few more rings in Denver, he’s in the GOAT conversation.

One of the luckiest moments of my life of sporting enjoyment was my teenage daughter getting me back into basketball because she liked MPJ in the bubble years. Immediately fell in love with the NBA again, of course, thanks Jokic and the Denver style of play on offense. Thing of beauty.

Top 5 of all times at the end of career.

You were right. Joker is the best center ever, and he does it effortlessly.

No question Jokic is a great player, I am a big fan. With that said he will need more rings before we could have the goat conversation about him. Hoping he earns many more rings. He has a 300 IQ in the game praying he stays healthy.

The only reason I would really want the all star game to be serious is to see Curry & Jokić on the same team

Good analysis. Places where Doncic and Jokic coming from places where people consider basketball more than just a game.

Best player ever. He makes basketball look TOO easy.

Jokic, Murray and AG are the best trio I’ve ever seen in person! I never got to see MJ or Magic though so please don’t come after me. BUT being a Denver native I got to see many legends for dirt cheap. Which is why we KNEW Joker was MVP before the league even had a radar on him. We’ve all went to games just to watch LeBron or Kobe shit on us… now we go watch to see our team shit on yours… Nothing compares to the big 3 we got here, their chemistry is UNREAL! Makes you just awe at how they can get the ball from one end of the court, into the basket in less than 3 seconds with a MEAN alley oop 🤯 I’m paying for my playoff tickets rn 😂🔥

Bro when I saw his game the first time I was like yo he something. But I been saying he is Lary no trash talk. Man is undeniable and gets whatever he wants and his defense is good.

Yeah he is really one of a kind.

The entry passes are criminally underrated since not many guys in the nba can pull them off

When someone is smarter than all the others and has all the talent...what can you do?!

His passes are just so unconventional I love it

the amount of times ive seen players lower their heads in desperation after jokic does something is wild could be a comp video of its own

Before, I thought it was Steph. His ability to distort everything just from the fear of him maybe shooting eventually without even touching the ball is insane. But, Joker is just doing stuff that's unheard of so consistently. And if someone tells you size doesn't matter they are lying

He shot 9 times vs kings and he was +37 thats bannanas

10:41 - this assist is crazy; the defense doesn't even understand where is the ball

I'm not from Denver but the Nuggets are my favorite team to root for, other than my home town. I just found a video you guys posted over 3 years ago, with the thumb "GREATEST OFFENSIVE BIG MAN EVER". It's truly impressive how early you were onto this guy.🔍

Currently the best player by a large margin. If he keeps this up he will be the GOAT.

Consistent uploads from you guys are a blessing😩

He's the 2nd coming of Larry Bird in a 6"11' frame, but without the trash talking

Nicely done! Thank you.

highest level of play I've ever seen. he's an amazing player and goat is within reach

He could go down as the best big man ever, I know catching Kareem is nearly impossible but we all know Jokic would leave Kareem in the dust even in his prime

Great video, loved you spitting facts for almost twenty minutes!

Great video ❤

You guys are the best

Awesome video on point

Amazing video man, that is a subscribe for me. You mentioned everything I was thinking while watching the video, and gave a fair comparaison to the other best offensive players ever. Prime Shaq would have been another comparaison we could have made, but like you said Jokic is the best all-around offensive player ever, even transition isn't a week point for him (compared to Lebron and Jordan yes of course, but compared to other Bigs clearly not, this guys run likes hell too !)

Throwin yall a sub. Seems like a well thought out knowledge channel 🫡

gr8 video man

Most on point analysis I’ve seen. Give him at least 2 more chips and he’s in the goat debate, imo 🤷🏻‍♂️

He's arguably the greatest player ever... look at the stats he leads the most with Michael Jordan. #1 in Per alltime, #5 in DPM, #1 in BPM, #1 in winshares per 48, #3 in NBA history in TS% beind Deandre Jordan and Gobert, two low volume non-shooting centers. He also lead every advanced metric just about like Hollingers value added or 538 Carmelo. This is not just all a coincidence you can't put to much faith in any one stat but when then they all point to the same it thing it shows he does something which the stats are detecting even beyond the box score, his feel of the game and intelligence produce results for his team to as great of an extent as any player ever.

He’s good let’s see what happens in the playoffs

so well written

If you’re under the age of 60, Jokic is the best player you have ever seen. PERIOD!!

Great video 🎉

Saw the glimpse of it waay back in 2019

An amazing player with a Larry Bird-like BBIQ.

ever since the bubble i knew jokic and the nuggets were gonna be a problem for the league, but fuck i didnt know it was going to be this deep tho, shits insane

imagined this! an nba team is having a try out and this whole nuggets team is participating without even knowing each one of them, definitely jokic will be last one to be pick thats just how underrated he was before.

Awesome video, and I like to think what teams going against the Nuggets in the playoffs gameplan against Jokic. I still think "making" him a scorer is the better option, even though like you said he IS an elite scorer. But Jokic's playmaking is what makes them cohesive and flow as a team, it's a small sample size but I don't think it's a coincidence he's a career 0-4 in the playoffs when he has 40 points in a game. And plus I'm sure he'd rather make the right pass than iso everytime, you don't want to give the star what he wants. Will it work? Probably not, but it's the best I can think of 🤷

nah , he's a team and pass first player so ppl sleep on him being able to literally force baskets every offense if he wanted to 💀

The Joker's unique trait is his humility. For most people, when you're better than everyone at something you have a big ego about it. When you're winning at the highest level that only feeds you ego. Unlike most players, and pretty much all of the greats mentioned in this video, they have massive egos. Jokic doesn't. When you don't have a big ego and you truly love your team and teammates it's easy to pass the ball even when you're not well covered. His ego doesn't affect his decisions.

Many people don't want Jokic as MVP because they think an MVP should make the most awesome baskets. But what makes a most valuable player is the creation of easy baskets.

Jokic is the perfect answer to these young fans who think these new NBA players are too fast & athletic for the older NBA players to compete with. All that crap about someone like Bird being too slow and non-athletic to be able to play in today's league is laughable now. Speed & jumping ability is fine, but it doesn't replace skill & IQ.

Great and detailed analysis

Only player who can stop Nikola is Nikola. If he is bored of doing his regular job.

Yes, if he can continues playing like this for another 5 or 6 years, and win 2 more champions, I will consider him as the GOAT offensive player EVER. The key here is that the potentials of players around him are fully utilized, which is the reason their offense has been so good, the reason they could win champions last season.

Somebody's gotta come up with a new nickname for this prodigy. "Joker" is too easy...

Don't know about the best but he is the funnest to watch scents Magic/Bird.

Jokic be having HOF dimer badge

If jokic was a little bit more athletic and better on defense, he would definitely be in the goat conversations by now.

Nikola Jokić 🐐

what a player and 2x mvp , am very amazed and started watching euro league recently. not surprised how they play in nba. hon estly the play there is much better than american

in the end, he'll br top 5 for sure

One should analyze scoring in 4th when the game is close, this is where he scores, not looking for volume in less important games

Jokic is all time level with Jordan and Lebron

Mr. Inevitable

He's playing great basketball, racking up impressive stats, MVP's, all-star appearances, & now he's won a championship & Finals MVP! I like his game and would like to see him add numerous more of all the aforementioned! He's got the clutch gene in big games and in the closing minutes of important games! He's not the first to accomplish all that! Add multiple scoring championships & consecutive Finals MVPs/Championships to his resume, then compare that to the others before him later in his career! Today, his accolades don't earn him an honorable mention even!

Jokic will win more final MVP's that the regular ones. He is built for playoffs technically - master of the slow half-court game - and mentally - doesn't get foul calls in regular season so his game is carved out for physical game. It is laughable when people try to put Embiid in the same tier. Embiid is simply not tough enough and his game is over reliant on foul baiting.

100% YES YES YES YES

Is say that mj's last 25 games before Phil Jackson took over the bulls, when he was forced to play pg when he averaged an EFFECTIVE triple double, were the best offensive period we've seen, but it was too early for that kind of playmaking and Phil preferred the triangle

In a few years, the GOAT debate will be MJ vs Jokic, and I think the only clear plus MJ will have in his corner is that he was a very effective, high-motor all-time great defender, while Jokic is an average defender. Jokic's well-rounded offensive game is seriously that good.

Saying "Jokic is a more efficient scorer than LeBron" is more complicated when adjusting for era. Jokic's career best league adjusted scoring (TS+) is +21, which is better than LeBron's +20, but their top 3 most efficient years go +21, +17, & +16 for Jokic, but +20, +20, & +15 for LeBron. There isn't a clear winner there (yet, if Jokic keeps it up he will clear LeBron's efficiency).

I paused a bit to think about the other candidates and yeah I guess I have to agree. He has incredible efficiency, he can do everything on offense, shoot 3s or mid range, move off the ball, move with the ball, score in the post or the top of the key, get offensive rebounds, with the best passing ever from a big man. Like... Kobe and Mj and AI were incredible on O, but he is actually a better passer than them. We can debate about shooting efficiency because there's a lot less contact in the modern game, but the passing isn't close. Also they were not as good if they didn't have the ball in their hands.

I’m a big fan of Joker, he’s in the convo for all the reasons listed here and more At the same time it’s really difficult to compare eras, saying “Joker’s true shooting percentage is greater than peak Lebron” is silly cause the league has changed so drastically in 10 years time 2009-2016 Lebron playing small ball 5 in today’s era would be wild

Nicola is not a player. He is an offensive system himself.

Bro has 0 flaws offensively.. if he was all defense level player he would be by far the goat

Absolutely

Imagine when a team will say they will allow Jokic to score 50 points than to allow Jokic to pass like crazy.

Just goat. No need for adjectives.

I think he is the best offensive player ever. There's nothing that he can't do.

Best passer in league history. Impact on winning & intangibles sky high- like Legend & Magic. Jokic lacks hops, quick feet. Everything else athletically and skill it elite. Best 7 ft shooter too.

bravo!