What NBA Legends Think Of Nikola Jokic Now 😲 

Mark Jackson

Blessed be Barkley.

Congratulations Charles Barkley ⭐️ Let’s go Nuggets and JOKER 🃏🃏🃏 so nice,full of kindness ,unique, charisma,brain and great father and husband Hello from West Hollywood 🇺🇸🫶🫶🫶 love y’all

My stepson who’s is mixed is a big hater of jokic. I think it’s because he isn’t black 😂

​@@davidramirez578 best have a talk with him

Not gonna be enough tho

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How many balls is this new superteam gonna need? :)

@@saad1008 his new grind is playing for loaded teams now 😅😅😅

KD just building superteams regardless lol

Best basketball player in the world

From my Serbia😊.

and the best part is that by slowing it down he ended showing up how low is todays NBA level in terms of the basics

@@user-xu3bg7zh9c Today's NBA relies too much on athleticism, that's why players fundamentally sound like jokic or Luka just torch everyone.

yeb these boys aint got their fundamentals down

That quote is cute, but it's dumb af. That quote means if someone scores only he gets happy. Bro, if my teammate scores, then I am happy as well. Am I supposed to be happy only if I get an assist? Like wtf is this quote. Its so damaged overrated 😂

​@@krp6680i mean that's your opinion, but it's different to score on your own, or pass it to someone and they score, because the feeling of contributing is larger in the latter, i think that's the point

@@krp6680 The happiness when you actually contribute and when you're just there can't compare.

Actually this is a quote from Toni Kukoc 20 year ago . Probably even Joker does not know that LoL

@@nebojsavelickovic5388 So you are only contributing if you provide a pass to someone. Scoring a 3-point bomb on someone's head is not contributing...? That just dont make sense man. All I am saying is giving assists are cool but it is NOT better than scoring yourself. Everything is equally important. heck even rebounding is crucial. I am a Kigns fan and I have seen some of the worst losses in our history due to horrendous rebounding

Ya T Mac was so fun to watch play back in the day.

Damn I miss those highlights in menu and in extra... T-Mac, KG, Dirk, Carter, Nash, O'Neal, James, Bryant, Duncan, Iverson, Yao, Wade, Arenas... Pozz iz Hrvatske!

@@dinchy12 Such an iconic game, I remember all those highlights and players you mentioned! Poz!

@hmp01 agreed 100% my friend 👍

I’m not Serbian, but T-Mac was my favorite player as a kid, and jokic is my favorite now after moving to Denver a few years back. It’s a beautiful thing.

Thanks for this post. Can you tell us more about his character from this cultural reference point? There seems to be this mask of indifference - the guy who face times his horses and doesn't care that much about basketball. Yet we also saw him roaring and screaming and making his team roar and scream too on every big play going down the stretch to close out the Lakers and get his revenge. Those of us who have followed him have learned about words like 'inat.' How would you describe that mask of indifference? Is that just him? is it a Serbian thing?

​@@samantharay6098one of a kind character. Look like lazy lala but very efficiant in every move.

Very interesting 🧐. He does seem like one of those guys who is lazy until he has to act and then he Tiger 🐅😂. Nobody will ever accuse Jokic of being lazy on the court and that's all that matters. He is special athlete with rock solid mindset and great family foundation. God bless em 🙏

@@samantharay6098 He is one of a kind. He really is. Even though we Serbs would love to say that we are like him, we aren't. He is the best ever, he is a gift of God himself. We as a nation suffer injustice, so that automatically means that he goes through injustice too (not winning ROTY, not winning MIP, not winning the 3rd-in-a-row MVP). But, he really is a special specimen. There is no other. He passes both the stasticial and the eye test. I write down his stats after every game. Next year he is going to break top 50 at pts, ast and reb (in playoffs), and atleast top 200 in those three categories (in reg season); i hope that Denver builds a dynasty around him, he can finish his career with 4-5 rings, and with 5-6 mvps (if the injustice doesn't reappear). add some FMVPs, top 10 in all metrics; and he is there - then he is on GOAT level! Thank you for acknowledging Nikola's indifference. We love you people, from Serbia ❤

​@@oli1521 He made me start watching basketball again after a long time not caring anymore. Modern play became boring. If the league had half a brain, they would recognize the return of Magic and Larry style basketball, true basketball, when they saw it. I think Jokic's genius might singlehandedly breathe life back into the game almost despite the league and its media. Oh, and I would not worry much about MVPs and 'injustices.' It is supposed to happen this way and only makes things better. The alltimers were always treated this way. Who is more august now, for instance? Kareem, MJ, Lebron? [Denied MVP 3peats] Or Russell, Wilt, Bird? [Given MVP 3peats] For most, the 3 I named without MVP 3peats are considered 1 2 and 3 in most people's top 5. Voters like to spread them around. For example, in 1993 they gave it to Barkley over MJ, denying him the 3peat he would have had. Then MJ dominates the postseason, including Barkley in an all-time duel, and left no doubt who was the best. Then there was Hakeem, not a 3peat case, but when they gave Duncan Robinson an MVP over him, and then he did what he did to Robinson and everyone else in the postseason, it only added to his aura to "lose" a voter's award. This year we saw a story from Bleacher Report outlining, from inside sources, how little Jokic cared about this year's MVP. I don't believe that part was a mask at all and I do not think the NBA media gave the MVP to Embiid so much as Jokic HIMSELF gave it to Embiid, just gave it away at the end. Let his minutes and stats drop when he easily could have "padded" to a 25 point tripple double which would have forced the voters to vote for him, because how can you not then? From what we saw of the postseason, as every postseason before, he could have padded" to a 30 point triple double if he wanted to. No, he just cares about winning when it matters most. And that is what he told us and, more importantly, told his team and organization when he gave up the MVP to get a bit more edge in the postseason. Not just him talking like he's selfless, he really is. More Duncanlike than even Duncan. Who even loses an FMVP???? Trust me, it is the right thing that he didn't get the MVP this year, not because he didn't deserve it - he did. But because he joined an even more elite cub than MVPs, now he is with the MJs and Hakeems whose greatness was so great that "losing" MVPs only made them look better in the long run. Da real MVPs, the people's MVPs, and ultimately the undeniable winners. Just look at the paroxysms of the media. They did not respect his MVPs, but he forced them to respect his ring. Only now can they admit that he is the best in the league, many wouldn't even put him in their top 5 after 2 MVPs. This MVP-less season was worth 5 of the previous MVPs in those terms. I don't really care how many more MVPs he gets, he is so demonstrably above the voters' whims at this point their recognition has ceased to matter. I will guess at least 4 or 5 more rings & FMVPs - or maybe he will give an FMVP to Murray. It hardly matters. We might be watching the goat.

He saw the dawg in him before many did. Some players have it, some don’t.

@@steviechampagne 💯. Imagine if Jordan would be as great talent seeker as Kobe. Charlotte would be stacked as hell.

@@tropickmanFirst player ever to put up 30/20/10 in the playoffs. And he did it TWICE. He’s changed the game and a lot of people just aren’t ready for it

He doesn’t play good defense at all..Giannis is much better

You are wrong.

@@njolson how?What’s does Joker have that Giannis doesn’t have? Giannis has a defense reward some the joker don’t have

@@bigdawg4883 I like Giannis too but Jokic is on another level. it may be his own level when it's all said and done. Giannis isn't that

@@kenwell3498Giannis melted down in that Heat series these past playoffs. Giannis was terrified of going to the foul line down late in those games. Joker doesn’t have an offensive weakness. Giannis isn’t the shooter Jokic is. Jokers the better player. Not that Giannis isn’t great or a future HOF’er himself. Jokers just a little better.

We’re not satisfied either

Shiiiit, fuck Melo… Never really cared for him… The 5’5’ Big fella Earl Boykins was my favorite Nugget player at the beginning of the Melo era!! It was long overdue that D town finally gets ring from the Nuggets!! Just need Rockies to now!!

Since Melo?! Try since pre Mutombo era with Chris Jackson aka Mahmoud Abdul Rauf circa 1990. This is a long time coming for Nuggets fans that go back to the 80's.

I'm saying I watched since English Issel Lever but then there are guys out there that remember Haywood this chip is for all of us Nuggets lifers

We had a parade in our city 🎉💪🏻

Yup, laughable

yea what a joke

Embiid had to beg Perkins for mvp and racist Perk was paid off to put on racist remarks for Jokic to lose mvp

Jokic 29 triple doubles this season Embiid 1 triple double this season

Wilbon fucked up. Still love him, but shit vote.

I don't think you have to worry about him remaining the same. He is very simple/traditional... and that is not an insult. Winning a chip or 10... ain't changing him. He can win nothing and still be happy.. because he has his family. That's the point of his story. Basketball is a passion of his, but not the only. Same as horses but they may be above basketball if I am honest... but what comes above both of these things and always will.. family. That's the Jokic message. Also, I think Malone deserves some credit here... he understood Jokic... notice all the family chants and the culture vibes etc? No man fights harder than when he fights for his own kin/blood... Malone understood this from Jokic and untapped it.

Yep, I don't worry about Jokic one bit either. I'd say that his teammates are the ones that need to step it up. Not saying that they aren't good, just saying that they all need no be on their best so that Denver can win it again.

He is in the top ten talk already to be fair.

Yeah, because it is only now that they talk about him.

winning also helps

Not sure what you mean about that...

@@arturobugarin3125 it means that championship was built, small market team, 2nd round draft superstar, who wouldve thought

@@arturobugarin3125his teammates aren’t all star

@@depdep1927 I get that Captain Obvious. But several are All-Star caliber.

There is no resembelence with Jokic and Chamberlain.

Born in Madelia, Minnesota on October 25, 1946 Bird was bred to be a jockey. He was raised on a farm and had horses all around him while he was growing up

Yugoslavia is ridiculous in football/soccer too. I can only imagine this Croatian generation, which got to a 2nd and 3rd spot in WCs, with extra talents from Serbia, Slovenia... In terms of basketball, Jokic and Doncic alone could probably take Yugoslavia to a gold medal with good coaching (especially considering team USA no longer takes the best NBA players).

​@@calamorta Yugoslavia are great team but I'm afraid they will kill each other in dressing room. 😅

Hrvatska hvala vam za vas fudbal ovih zadnjih godin

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Reggie miller is lucky to be in the hall of fame

@@anthonysalazar8279 False.

Jokic is already and by far better than David Robinson. Not even close.

David Robinson got carried those two championships

I get you, but I´d say I am with Reggie. To be considered all timer, like cream of the crop, a player of his caliber should be able to squeeze out one or two more ships - And I think they are here to stay. They did very well without two main guys. Contract situation looks good too. Let´s just enjoy the Jokic show. To me, it is fascinating to watch someone so extraordinarily good at what they do. Like his focus and chill vibe

Epic

Ledouche

​@@ESL-O.G.In which language ledouche means shower man😂😂😂

LeRacist

yeah Jokic got the last word and The NBA Championship AND THE MVP of the finals

That was BEFORE Jokic swept him & the Lakers. Now he knows Jokic is god-tier

If Steph had Jokic passing to him out of the post and perimeter, I can't even imagine.

Do you by any chance know who that guy at the end is with the ChampionsChampionsChampions sweater? I love his take the most? Is it KG

What NBA star posing for 1st rap video😂

He did make a pitstop to las vegas...

King

Facts😂 "he plays the way I like to play" is so cap

There is no one like that in the League

That is AbSerb! Where could you have posSerbly heard that from?

who asked?

​@@RKWDBMXi asked

So this is why he don't need to jump 😅. Just image if he could jump as well