The Most Disrespected 1st Seed in NBA History 

Jokic is the only player in NBA history that could average 30 13 and 10 in a playoff series and barely get any recognition.

People disrespect Jokic because his style doesn’t include step back 3s or crazy driving dunks, and they disrespect the nuggets because they play well as a cohesive unit, no crazy highlights.

Those comments from Kendrick Perkins also started a negative discourse around Jokic creating more disrespect.

Seeing Jokic in person and how massive he is compared to everyone else is amazing. He moves so well, his passes are elite, and he has a great post game. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anyone else like him, ever.

Respect to Swishout for calling himself out too for being wrong about the Nuggets

Im really hoping that Denver could finally get that ring, to finally earn that damn respect from everyone in the NBA from fans to media

Jokic needs some respect!!! Carrying a team for the past two years without their second best player to the playoffs!!! Show them love!!

As a nuggets fan…Respectfully…we dont give a damn what anyone thinks about us, cause it this point we been ghosted for like 3 years anyway.

We gotta have a discussion about how media(ESPN and Bron Report) were just shameless with their biased this post season. Joker dropped a 40 point triple double and NBA on ESPN was posting Austin Reeves uwu depression videos after the game. It was really nasty

Jokic is actually very good defensively. People looked at how he got exposed by the Suns 2 seasons ago with Rivers, Campazzo, and Barton being the Nuggets' best wing defenders and rolled with the fake narrative that Jokic is a bad defender.

The Nuggets were 46-19 in early March, on pace to possibly win close to 58-59 games and then ended the year going 7-10. They seemed to coast the last few weeks of the season and are probably better than their record suggests. I think part of it was the drama surrounding the MVP conversation and giving Jokic less PT. People definitely slept on them going into the playoffs and I feel like as of late the contending teams show who they are earlier in the season or around the ASB as opposed to March/April.

He's like a hybrid of Dirk Nowitzki and TIm Duncan from the way he plays. Not to mention, this Nuggets team reminded of peak Spurs where they don't play too flashy compared to Miami and Golden State but plays this disciplined type of basketball that produces Ws. It's also a great lesson that sometimes you just need to do the basic stuff to work efficiently.

Too many people fell for the trap of assuming Denver was just another Utah or Phoenix (young #1 seed in the West that gets exposed in the playoffs). If you were paying attention you'd see they were totally different. They've got a consistent core with playoff experience led by a 2x MVP who is most likely the best player in the world. Real fans knew they'd at least be dangerous. Casual fans really got exposed by this team.

I never thought I’d say this, but watching his passing game is really exciting. Confident, creative, effective… so cool. He kinda seems like Stephen Curry as far as respect and recognition. A lot of people don’t get it and he doesn’t fit the mold so no matter what he does there will continue to be plenty of people saying “yeah, but…” Whatever. He’s so fun to watch and he seems like a good guy to boot, so I’ll just enjoy it.

Nikola jokic and Jamal Murray are just doing the unthinkable as a number one seed who was excellent all year long. I also credit Michael Malone for challenging his team on the attention to detail and calling out the media for not getting the proper respect. I have also been proud of his in game adjustments especially in the Lakers series so you got to give him and the nuggets credit for winning the west and getting to the finals.🏀

I'm a Lakers fan, I'll hope and believe in them every year, but this year wasn't their year. And I'm so happy that, of all the teams they could have been knocked out by, they got taken out by Denver. Jokic is the best player in the league right now, he deserved a 3rd MVP. And the Nuggets are going to their first ever finals. That's special. The Lakers beat the supposedly up and coming Grizzlies who disrespected them the whole way. The Lakers beat the Warriors and their "championship DNA", LeBron got another piece of revenge on Curry, and the series showed that GS can't keep running it back with this squad. Those were 2 meaningful series that showed that LeBron and AD are not washed, they're right up there, capable of beating *almost* any team in the west. I hope they come back next year with a couple of tweaks and get the WCC. But this series was the Nuggets' time to show that Joker really is the MVP. They went through the teams that were supposed to be the most dangerous, and they beat them. Easily. They're firing on all cylinders, and I'm looking forward to the finals this year. As a Lakers fan, I don't want Boston getting anywhere near the chip, so I'm hoping real hard for Miami. When this round started, I was hoping for a Lakers Heat finals, but Nuggets Heat is almost as good. It's going to be amazing no matter who wins, because both Jokic and Jimmy deserve that hardware. They've both earned it, leading their teams, bringing the best out of their teammates, and showing up when they needed to. Thanks for your video, I love the content and the honesty.

Completely agree. As a Lakers fan I knew this would be the toughest matchup and as it turns out, despite 4-0 misrepresenting the series imo, Denver was clearly the better team. I have a huge amount of respect for Jokic ever since the bubble and seeing him get the respect he deserves after all the Embiid meat riding over these two years, makes me less frustrated we got eliminated the way we did.

I'm a Celts fan and I agree with everything you said. The Joker is not only the best player, there's something extremely entertaining about him. And the Nuggets are for real. The possibility of a Lakers-Celtics final was enticing but I'm way happy to see the Nuggets get there because they're so damn good.

I am definitely on the Denver bandwagon. Seeing how dominant Jokic has been this playoffs is eye-opening.

We going to see the most disrespectful Finals in the history of the NBA!! Two teams who were 1 seeds that past two years getting treated as if they’re both 10 seeds lol!! Man NBA media is toxic and too much in to fantasy land!!

Finally, someone talking about and crediting the Nuggets...

Jokic is a fraud. He's supposed to be slow, unathletic, etc... But he's the best player in the world rn. We've been played.

Cool that you owned your mistake of overlooking the Nuggets. I remember people on reddit campaigning for Embiid saying the Nuggets would be a first round exit with Jokic's defense. I was firm that they'd walk the west and I'm glad I'm right (sorta, I'm a Lakers fan and obviously wanted us to win lol).

I love that the outcome this year would be great either way - Jokic wins the chip and he and the nuggets deserve it so much. If Miami win it then Jimmy deserves it so much. As a neutral though I’d definitely prefer Miami - I feel like Jokic is gonna get a lot more chances but I doubt Miami will get a better chance than this…

I know the MVP is a regular season award, I know that Jokic and Embiid has very similar stats, but Jokic was just more efficient. But the Nuggets had the 1st seed in the West for the entire season and the 76ers finished 3rd in the East, so how did Nikola Jokic not win MVP this year? This season proved he really *is* the best player in the NBA.

The mainstream media is so shortsighted these RU-vid channels are my only source of good basketball 🏀 content

Amazing video brother, spot on! The Denver disrespect has been real, but people are finally taking notice! Hoop culture is changing here in Denver as well! Amazing that Denver did it all the right way growing this boys and trusting them to keep knocking on the door!

“You like entertainment, not basketball.” Perfectly said.

Not enough is said about how great KCP and Brown have been for this team. They make big plays when the team needs them. As a basketball fan, it has been great watching this team, all playoffs.

The reason i think jokic gets disrespected is because he is not most "eye catching" player to the casualls but if you know basketball his playstyle is literally poetry in motion

Great video. So glad you made that comment about Lakers-Celtics. I really hope Miami pulls it out in the East. So much more looking to see Jimmy vs the Joker. Spo vs. Malone. That's a much more interesting finals to me

The last time Jokic had a healthy team he made the WCF. People act like 2021 and 2022 are some big strikes against him. But the Nuggets had injuries to very important players. It's not like Jokic's own stats weren't great. He's always been awesome in the playoffs, yet for some reason there's a "lack of postseason success" narrative around him. He finally gets a healthy team, and the front office does a good job fleshing out the roster with role players and defenders that fit, and this is the result. He's the best player in the world, and has been for several years. The media just didn't want to recognize it because he doesn't fit their conventional definition of what the "best player" should look like. He's one of the 4-5 best offensive players in NBA history. That should count for something.

And the team that actually gave Denver the hardest time, and gave them the most matchup difficulties, was actually Minnesota. Anthony Edwards is the only player during the entire playoffs who looked like he was the best player on the court while sharing it with Jokic. That’s scary because he’s 21. A healthy Minnesota team with naz and McDaniels wouldve beat the lakers in the playin, would’ve beat the Grizzlies in round 1, and the warriors in round 2. I don’t think they beat Denver, but I can see it going to a game 7 with McDaniels. He could completely take Murray or porter out of a game.

Props to you for not ducking away from admitting to having made wrong predictions man, good shit

As a die-hard Warriors fan since the 1991, after I saw how the Nuggets dismantled the Warriors "without" Jokic in that game, I was telling myself the Nuggets are the best team in the NBA based on the cohesiveness, team oriented defense and offense they've displayed for that game.

Jokic is the ultimate unicorn, forcing his way into some all-time conversations. Definitely rooting for this Nuggets team

I honestly don't get the disrespect Jokic gets. I'm Dutch, only started following the NBA since about 2019, so i'd consider myself more a 'casual' fan learning the inner details of the game and all that. When I see Jokic play, I see greatness. His touch of the ball, feel and IQ for the game. The way he compensates for not being some freak of nature athlete by just outplaying everyone with his wits. I just don't get how you can see this man play (not even regarding the stats he puts up WHICH ARE FUCKING INSANE) and think he's not the best passing big the game has ever seen. Hell, i'd go as far to say he /might/ become the best big to ever play the game.

Thank you bro! Finally someone that put his love of the game first, no agenda.

I like that you admitted that you didn't think they were that good to start off with. Nothing wrong with admitting something in the past. Good video 📸

The Nikola disrespect this season is so unreal. Dude leads MVP race the ENTIRE season, but then Perkins pulls the race card and suddenly Embiid wins under a false narrative. Then he has HISTORIC games during the playoffs and no one bats an eye. Jokic is Tim Duncan 2.0. Literally needs no praise, he goes out and does the work and can cook you while saying nothing.

I think that Denver's and Jokic's defensive weaknesses were over exaggerated. People like to hold defense against them, but Denver's defense was solid over the second half of the season, and Malone's defensive scheme helps Jokic.

Excellent bro. Thanks for this great content

So happy someone finally said it 🔥🔥🔥 let’s go nuggets! And you called yourself out too, respect sir

The media shows you they're not hyping up players for actual skills, they're hyping them up because of their potential marketability.

perfect timing just sparked my spliff

They are so good and each player compliments each other so much

My brain went back and forth between your words and JIDs hahaha

You real for calling yourself out 👏🏿

The Nuggets are probably used to the disrespect from the media. They fueled that by converting it to their energy in the court.

I'm impatiently waiting on your game 6 video Swish!!

Bro always comes through with the best background beats. Crack Sandwich is 🔥🔥

I don't know if you overrated Memphis. They were missing two of their three big men, and they went up a team with Anthony Davis where it was really important to have bigs. Also, Ja was injured.

The fact people are still comparing embiid to this guy after this years playoffs is insane to me. The debate is over

You just gained a subscriber for being a real honest basketball fan.

Phenomenal analysis! I'm a fan now.

Playoff Jimmy V Joker might be one of the most storied Finals in NBA history in a couple years, and yet only a few will be there to watch it. We need fans to stop looking at headlines and looking for storylines, and start actually watching the game.

It's because he's white.............

The playoffs have been nothing short of INSANE.

Excellent video. Thanks for giving the nuggets their props

Come on swish you neither gave the Nuggets any love through all these years..

Jokic most definitely did not deserve this year’s MVP. Coasted for the last 2 months, played horrible defense and couldn’t make a shot in the clutch. Embiid was the most consistent on both ends. MVP

Lebron says something interesting in the interview after game 4... Something like:" people who don't like Jokers game is because they don't understand it, but i do"... He's one of the few players who really can understand what's going on into Nikola's mind... In game 4 there was LeBron, crazy on the bench trying to explain tactics to his teammates, but the faces around him were hilariously lost in the mist ... Very similar to Jokic screaming in the bench versus Phoenix

I got a lebron Taco Bell ad in the middle of the vid out of the most irony in modern times and thinking of draft night

fire video, giving the nuggets more recognition in 8 minutes than ESPN has all year

"You literally just like entertainment..you don't like basketball.." BIG FACTS!

Amazing video well done

Great takes.

dude. "you just like entertainment, you don't like basketball" is the whole thing here. you summed this whole silly mess up REAL quick. sending my respect for your perspective.

While the media underrated the nuggets, swishout right here set the bear to finals at minimum. I swear he's allergic to L's🔥

This team to efficient and deep all their starters can close a game for you if someone isn’t clicking also if the passing isn’t working jokic post fade and jump shot is so smooth

Love these videos Makes me wanna be more active on Twitter

It sounds like a headline from The Onion, but we're living it here in real life: Number One Seed Shocks the World by Advancing to NBA Finals

I'm a GSW fan, but much respect to Jokic and the Nuggets. Much deserved WC trophy after such a consistently great season and playoffs.

Thought my phone was bugging with the dark screen

Wauw respect. I was influenced by the west turmoil to, but I had DEN winning the west all along

Swishout got the best music choices of all NBA youtubers

Excellent observation... The sports media CLOWNs 🤡 soon will go to the "quillotin" and push the button on their own...😅

I havent (and still dont )cared about NBA much and have shat on Nuggets as the worst team in Denver after coming to America in 2010. However, watching this entire post season it was really fun to see their strategies and omg they had so many Hollywood style pass combinations that start from Jokic while other teams relied on single player performance to push. I hope this changes NBA celerity culture and Kobe Bryant individualism to giving more value to the entire team dynamic as well play making.

Props for admitting you were wrong tbh on the lakers side of things it was a close sweep they just didn't have the chemistry and AD/Lebron were on and off. Denver was my second team all year(fuck the bulls 😭) and I've been tryin to tell people how legit Jokic was, but even for me Jamal was a huge surprise. He's a massive playoff riser and they compliment each other so well helping one another when one is off or not on the floor.

He has respect by his fans.. when did we have to love a player because they did well.. I never heard anyone trashing his game plus the finals start June 1st I’m sure they’ll talk about him then you want universal respect win a ring

GREAT Analysis, You certainly know your Basketball 🏀 IQ and it's Culture.

Gotta give Barkley his flowers he’s the only guy in the media who believed in the Nuggets winning the championship since the regular season

This seems to happen to a lot of teams that play in the Mountain time zone. The Nuggets are hardly ever on ABC even in the playoffs, and when they are on ESPN or TNT they are buried in the late-late window, the Colorado Rockies haven't hosted a Sunday Night Baseball game in decades and are almost never on FOX, and the Utah Jazz, even back in the 90s when they had Malone and Stockton, and went to back-to-back Finals, only made sporadic appearances on NBC until the Finals, and are almost never on ABC nowadays. I don't know if it's because their games start at odd times or what it is but they never seem to get any recognition even when they are really good.

Love this content

i totally agree. i'm a Nuggets fan and I was worried about every series

this postseason changed the narrative, but they weren't much to fear the last few seasons when they were highly seeded. adding Gordon and getting a healthy Jamal back changed their fortunes

Coming into the playoffs Denver was my favorite to come out of the West. I thought they were the most consistent team all season, that said I never expected the Nuggets to do this well. I was expecting a 6-7 game series against the Bucks or Celtics. But due to all the surprises this year’s playoffs I don’t think that’ll happen.

As a nuggets fan, I’m glad the world is finally seeing us

One thing people don't bring up often enough is also home games in Denver. People aren't normally staying awake in the bigger markets to watch Denver unless they come to their neck of the woods.

Anyone who says that watching Jokić playing is boring is a casual, I love nothing else than to watch Denver Nuggets basketball, because it’s beautiful

I about lost it when the beat to “Crack Sandwich” came in

This storyline about the Nuggets since the turn of the calender 2023 were all true. ESPN and the media around the association usually goes to famous and popular teams. Even Vegas and Cesears' had less than 10% of it's predictions to win the NBA finals come into fruition.

After my Lakers got eliminated, I still got excited about the new champs this 2023. Either Nikola, Butler or Tatum? Damn, will be genuinely happy for either of them.

Hope someone sends Jokic all these videos while he’s waiting to play in the finals

The only other team that got disrespected this much was the 94 Rockets. They won it all and then one of the big sports magazines before next season put the Knicks on the cover with the headline "Can they get back to the Finals?". Granted they were a 2 seed, but they won it all and were already dismissed

The most downplayed and disrespected #1 seed ever. Now they needa go get that championship.

Jokic was a second round pick 41 and now he's so good everyone forget that

I'm a Lakers fan, and I would of wanted to see a celtics vs lakers series for its historyn and rivalry, but a Jokic vs Butler series is gonna be Lit!!!!!! Happy both ways. Lets just hope the heat can finish off the celtics otherwise they gon catch up to rings to the lakers. But then again I like Tatum. He smooth with it!!!

When you break down the numbers for the playoffs for the nuggets (team stats) it literally screams 2014 spurs as in a balanced offence and everyone knows their rolls, anyone agree?

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