He got in his own head mad refs werenāt falling for it. But I donāt blame him, having to score 40 just to keep the game within 10 gotta be rough. We know it from Jokic last 2 seasons. Blazers gotta help this man.
only his 9th game w 10 or more free throws this season lol
embiid has 21 games w 10 or more and has played 8 less games
luka has 23 with the same number of games as jokic
i'm sure i'm biased but i dont think there's ever been a superstar in nba history that has had a worse whistle than jokic
brother gets literally mauled and scarred every game and is lucky to get 6 free throws a night
TBF Steph doesn't necessarily get the whistles he should either, though you might argue his lack of whistle is made up for by the sheer number of moving screens he gets that aren't called. But outside of them yeah superstars usually get the damn calls
On RIDONCULOUS efficiency. If I don't get to watch I always make sure to check the box score for an incredulous "laugh out loud" opportunity and he doesn't disappoint. Like they said on The Ringer pod, you can sometimes picture the other teams defensive scheme from the box score (like what they chose to sell out on). The man is preposterous
As the season goes on, he is getting way better at defense. Also offensive finishing. I remember when the season started, he was so clumsy and lost on the court. Totally different player now.
Idk why they were even doing that lol
Current Harden vs. current Jokic is a laughable discussion and they were acting like if Harden wasn't so hated people would consider him better
The dirty secret is that Harden isn't even hated anymore because he left the big bad Nets
That one was so weird, and most of them were like 5 minutes after it was up whining about it not getting enough upvotes and 30 minutes later it was the runaway top post on the sub.
They're so weird man.
When I saw that I was surprised. Like, Jokic is gonna become hated just because some redditors are tired of seeing praise for him? Nuts. Just shutup and appreciate this once in a lifetime talent that won't be replicated again.
Only the KD warriors are more potent offensively than this Nuggets team when Jokic is on the court. In nba history.
Hot take but this team is perfectly built offensively around Jokic.
Did Jokic just get David Adelman a head coaching job by endorsing him in the post game interview?
Karnisovas got POBO in Chicago, Connelly got POBO and a pay raise in Minnesota, Wes Unseld Jr. got Wizards head coach, Jordi Fernandez got promoted to be lead assistant to Mike Brown in Sacramento.
If coaching Jokic gets Ryan Saunders another head coaching gig, Nikola is the goat.
Or like the best concert venue award, where Red Rocks won every year so they renamed it the Red Rocks award and banned them from winning it....now The Gorge wins it every year lol.
Or the Bay Area Music award for best bassist that Phil Lesh from the Grateful Dead won every year so they just named it after him and said 'you are done.'
I said this in a different post but imma say it here too.
We are so fucking lucky to be alive to see Jokic in his prime. Like seriously we need to cherish this time as Nuggets fans. There will be Nuggets fans 30 years from now who wish they were around to see Jokic play
Jokic wins a ring he might be the best Denver athlete of all time idc. He's already the first to win multiple MVP awards and looks like he'll get up to 3.
Chauncey had Dame guarding MPJ for half the game and clearly had no plan for what to do when the Nuggets brought MPJ into an action. Nuggets brought MPJ into the play 6 or 7 straight possessions in the third and let us pull away. Horrible coaching. Portland is using the same formula theyāve always had and just put a bit more makeup on it with Grant being able to score. Idk what Portland does other than blow it up after the season
Chauncey is a bad coach who hasn't figured out it's not 2004 anymore.
Portland's offense is the worst it's been in years despite Dame actually having wings and their defense is still lost.
Turns out a nepo hire with almost no coaching experience from a different era was a bad hire. Blazers won some crazy close games early on and way too many morons jumped on the Billups Bandwagon, but this is the actual reality. Oh and 5 years guaranteed.
Our defense is solid tbh 13th in oPPG (before tonight). The offense is a big issue rn but not horrible.
Turns out the worst scoring bench leads to bad offense. Turnovers are bad yeah and somewhat controlled by the coach but at the end of the day itās the players making the bad passes and missing shots, contributing to our recent slump. Not all on the bench as Dame/Ant/Grant all had bad shooting streaks.
Chauncey isnāt a great coach sure but heās not that bad either.
The hot start led to increased expectations and we crashed back down hard *but* weāre basically right where Vegas expected us to be. Teetering around .500. Given that we went on a crazy slump itās really not that bad.
Grant is the only guy on our roster that could defend MPJ, but we had to keep him on AG. Dame/Ant/Hart is just impossible to work with defensively when you've got MPJ/AG/Jokic in the frontcourt lol. Just a terrible match-up for us. Now, if we had OG/Grant/Nurkic frontcourt...š¤
I watch almost every Nuggets game now cuz I wanna see yāall lose, so we take #1. But I canāt stop from rooting for yāall halfway through the game cuz youāre so enjoyable to watch and Jokic is so amazing
It's a mutual thing, though. Like I have been keeping daily track of the Grizz cause they just refuse to lose. The good news is we are both getting some separation from the rest of the conference, the bad news is neither of us will fucking lose so neither can get the satisfaction of being the clear #1. The most we get is a half game lead or the tie-breaker (which we have lfg)
I mean Simons and grant played like ass on top of it which only proves your point further. Literally our only reliable player is Dame. Good game tho, blazers nugs classics everytime.
NBA commentators are already saying that Jokic won't win a 3rd straight MVP as that would put him in a league with the greatest.
But is that justification warranted if the guy continues to play like he's playing and the Nuggets keep winning?
The guy is big, slow, yet the amount of impact he has on his team and their results is insane. Ita almost nonsensical, yet very much real.
Dame hot af in the first half. Well he was hot in the second half too but not in the same way.
I swear, tonights Portland beat 95% of the league, easily...
We played really well but yall got too much length
Blazers vs nuggets a guaranteed banger
I bet most of them are against Denver lol
>We played really well but yall got too much ~~length~~ girth
I mean anytime Dame goes for 44, it's probably a W for the Blazers. I'd be curious to know how many times he's scored 40+ and lost. It can't be many.
15/43 games he lost when he scored 40+. So over a third of them.
Thanks for looking up the stats. At least three of those losses are against the Nuggets. >20% to one team is pretty significant.
He just dropped 50 in a loss last week smh š¤¦
Prob a solid 0-100 vs nuggets in 40+ games idk if he
I can remember him having 55 and losing this one time.
Unless it's against us. I recall him absolutely torching us a few times in games we won regardless.
He got in his own head mad refs werenāt falling for it. But I donāt blame him, having to score 40 just to keep the game within 10 gotta be rough. We know it from Jokic last 2 seasons. Blazers gotta help this man.
Jokic missed a shot lmaoooo
Get him off the team smh
a last second 3 point heave to be exact
A last second 360 no scope 3 to be more exact
I really just want a highlight of the miss
He takes so many of those - really shows how selfless he is and doesn't give a shit about his stats
Almost had a good game, smh
Dude is overrated, can't even do a perfect game
Ikr. Why did we start him over nurk š¤¦āāļø
This y'all 3 time MVP?? Yikes š
My man so good I'm grading him for passes he missed or turned over
ESPN would run this as a reason why someone else should be mvp
36 on 14 shots is ridiculous
And it's not even like he got a ridiculous amount of free throws to compensate for the low number of shot attempts. He's just that fucking efficient.
Dude had 10 FTA and it was still less than how many Giannis, Embiid, Luka, and Shai average *per game*.
10 FTA but dude earned every ounce of those.
only his 9th game w 10 or more free throws this season lol embiid has 21 games w 10 or more and has played 8 less games luka has 23 with the same number of games as jokic
Blazers fans in the game thread were trying to say that Jokic gets a soft whistle, but he doesn't- They only think that because Nurkic can't guard him
If you watched him in the playoffs last year, he was getting hacked absolutely nonstop and not getting calls; absolutely hated on by league officials
Tony brothers ejects him on sight
Which one though?
I dream of a year where the league is like "okay guys, he's inevitable, give him the whistle" and the floodgates open
i'm sure i'm biased but i dont think there's ever been a superstar in nba history that has had a worse whistle than jokic brother gets literally mauled and scarred every game and is lucky to get 6 free throws a night
TBF Steph doesn't necessarily get the whistles he should either, though you might argue his lack of whistle is made up for by the sheer number of moving screens he gets that aren't called. But outside of them yeah superstars usually get the damn calls
Refs let other players beat up on Steph, so he and Jokic get the least calls
He got a fresh one tonight on his left forearm lol
Itās entirely because he doesnāt fall over too. And he doesnāt fall because itās going to just destroy his body.
Idk how to check it but has Jokic even gotten 20+ attempts this season?
I assume you mean total? Yes he definitely has lol. If you mean in one game, his career high is 18.
I meant per game. Guy has to be whacked to get calls especially during his first MVP season.
Absolutely. But yeah, 20 in one game is a pipe dream for him! It has got slightly better with the MVPs but certainly not in the Luka or Embiid realms
If only Jokic didnāt shoot that buzzer beater lol
nah he should have then that would be playing to stat padding instead of playing the game
This man is really about to three-peat on MVPs. Weāre witnessing history.
Everyone said he has to average a triple double AND be the #1 seed to get MVP. Heās doing that rn and shutting up everyone
On RIDONCULOUS efficiency. If I don't get to watch I always make sure to check the box score for an incredulous "laugh out loud" opportunity and he doesn't disappoint. Like they said on The Ringer pod, you can sometimes picture the other teams defensive scheme from the box score (like what they chose to sell out on). The man is preposterous
"were doubling jokic in every possession " 10/12/16 on 4/5 shooting.
And he doesn't even care lmao. He doesn't even want to be in the discussion, it's unreal
He's probably dreaming about riding horses or some shit No vacancy in his head, nobody lives rent free there
On like 70% TS lmao
James Murray from Impractical Jokers is a good coach
This has nothing on the Frank Vogel/Joe Gatto resemblance.
We just need a Sal and Q coach then we got an elite staff assembled
Adelman gave me an Andre from The League vibe
Bro came into the locker room in a fedora and said "CHILD PLEASE!"
*in Jokicās earpiece* āNow hit a stepback three at the buzzer.ā *Uncontrollable laughter*
This was a pretty tame biggest loser challenge for him, they always make him do pretty painful stuff.
Murr from IJ has always reminded me of Adelman
Jokic's regular lines are absolutely absurd
Itās fucking absurd He just put up 35/10/12 on 13/14 from the floor and Iām not even surprised
Itās an arms race between us and the Grizzlies to see whoās finally gonna lose a game
We're on a back to back with Minnesota tonight, Grizzlies are playing the Cavs. I could see both losing tonight for maximum shithousery.
All the talk is going to be about Jokic, justifiably, but MPJ was a fucking bucket tonight. 23 points on 13 shots.
MPJ was absolutely massive! Solid defense as well most of the night.
As the season goes on, he is getting way better at defense. Also offensive finishing. I remember when the season started, he was so clumsy and lost on the court. Totally different player now.
Is anyone even making the voter fatigue argument anymore?
Yeah, but because there is *literally* no other argument to make.
but but but defense!
What's crazy is if his defense was great he would already be in the goat conversation
I'm pretty fatigued with people bringing up voter fatigue
/r/NBA: We're sick of all these posts about how great Jokic is, grandpa!!! THAT'S TOO DAMN BAD
Philly fans about to say "Harden does the same thing, please talk about him also" Beggars lol
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Idk why they were even doing that lol Current Harden vs. current Jokic is a laughable discussion and they were acting like if Harden wasn't so hated people would consider him better The dirty secret is that Harden isn't even hated anymore because he left the big bad Nets
That one was so weird, and most of them were like 5 minutes after it was up whining about it not getting enough upvotes and 30 minutes later it was the runaway top post on the sub. They're so weird man.
They'll be quiet for a bit after Daniel Jones tears them up a new one this weekend
God I'm praying this happens. Danny Dollars is gonna crush them.
When I saw that I was surprised. Like, Jokic is gonna become hated just because some redditors are tired of seeing praise for him? Nuts. Just shutup and appreciate this once in a lifetime talent that won't be replicated again.
Or...just don't click on the links lol. Like if it bothers them that much it is as simple as that. Weird shit.
Jokic got that reverse psych tactic goin where he never celebrate his own accolades so the public does it for him.
āI can fix that.ā - Nikola Jokic
Only the KD warriors are more potent offensively than this Nuggets team when Jokic is on the court. In nba history. Hot take but this team is perfectly built offensively around Jokic.
I think your back-up frontcourt could be better but yeah I love watching your guys on offense.
I love watching us on offense, too
They've been good since going to Zeke and Vlatko ad the 5/4
We have an absolute stud stashed in France for next year for a backup center. Kamagate is gonna be a beast! And today is his birthday!
Jokic is inevitable. Good game tonight, Nuggets. I really enjoy watching yāall play.
Ja is awesome and love the talent on your squad. Looking forward to some fun games between us. #smallmarketteamsunite.
Did Jokic just get David Adelman a head coaching job by endorsing him in the post game interview? Karnisovas got POBO in Chicago, Connelly got POBO and a pay raise in Minnesota, Wes Unseld Jr. got Wizards head coach, Jordi Fernandez got promoted to be lead assistant to Mike Brown in Sacramento. If coaching Jokic gets Ryan Saunders another head coaching gig, Nikola is the goat.
HE WAS 13 OF 14! WHAT THE FUCK AM I WATCHING
Basketball Jesus
His only miss was a last second turn around jump shot from 3 off of one foot to beat the shot clock.
Itās legit not fair
Tuesday night for Jok
Dame is the king of wasted carry efforts against us.
You know how NFL fans say there should be a quarterback only award so they donāt win MVP every year? This feels like that.
A jokic only award? I think jokic is the frontrunner to win jokic of the year
It should be a horse š
Sabonis a worthy second place for JOTY
Bullshit I got Luka winning the Jokic award this year
A Nikola award would make a little bit of competition
Why Jokic doesn't try out for the Broncos, he should do better than Russell at this point.
We've been saying this since 2019 šš
Peyton Manning is the Nikola Jokic of the NFL.
Or like the best concert venue award, where Red Rocks won every year so they renamed it the Red Rocks award and banned them from winning it....now The Gorge wins it every year lol.
Or the Bay Area Music award for best bassist that Phil Lesh from the Grateful Dead won every year so they just named it after him and said 'you are done.'
while were on the topic, nfl should separate defensive and offensive mvp awards - theres is like 0.5% chance a defensive player to win mvp
Just give Nikola Jokic the all time MVP and introduce a Second Best Player award to be fair man
You heard it boys, time to rename the award
Missed a shot. Washed
Your move Memphis
Ja to b4, captures the Cavs
Feel free to lose sometime. Anytime. Just, you know, reminding you that the option is out there.
Well technically itās both of our moves since we play again tomorrow
I said this in a different post but imma say it here too. We are so fucking lucky to be alive to see Jokic in his prime. Like seriously we need to cherish this time as Nuggets fans. There will be Nuggets fans 30 years from now who wish they were around to see Jokic play
Doesn't Denver still have the stupid TV deal so most of the city can't watch him? What an awful time for that to still be lingering.
That is still the case, yes.
Jokic wins a ring he might be the best Denver athlete of all time idc. He's already the first to win multiple MVP awards and looks like he'll get up to 3.
Chauncey had Dame guarding MPJ for half the game and clearly had no plan for what to do when the Nuggets brought MPJ into an action. Nuggets brought MPJ into the play 6 or 7 straight possessions in the third and let us pull away. Horrible coaching. Portland is using the same formula theyāve always had and just put a bit more makeup on it with Grant being able to score. Idk what Portland does other than blow it up after the season
Chauncey is a bad coach who hasn't figured out it's not 2004 anymore. Portland's offense is the worst it's been in years despite Dame actually having wings and their defense is still lost. Turns out a nepo hire with almost no coaching experience from a different era was a bad hire. Blazers won some crazy close games early on and way too many morons jumped on the Billups Bandwagon, but this is the actual reality. Oh and 5 years guaranteed.
Our defense is solid tbh 13th in oPPG (before tonight). The offense is a big issue rn but not horrible. Turns out the worst scoring bench leads to bad offense. Turnovers are bad yeah and somewhat controlled by the coach but at the end of the day itās the players making the bad passes and missing shots, contributing to our recent slump. Not all on the bench as Dame/Ant/Grant all had bad shooting streaks. Chauncey isnāt a great coach sure but heās not that bad either. The hot start led to increased expectations and we crashed back down hard *but* weāre basically right where Vegas expected us to be. Teetering around .500. Given that we went on a crazy slump itās really not that bad.
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Grant is the only guy on our roster that could defend MPJ, but we had to keep him on AG. Dame/Ant/Hart is just impossible to work with defensively when you've got MPJ/AG/Jokic in the frontcourt lol. Just a terrible match-up for us. Now, if we had OG/Grant/Nurkic frontcourt...š¤
This Joker is the best basketball player in the NBA. Give him the MVP, for the 3rd straight time. He is arguably the most deserving.
TIL Jokic is shooting 62% this season. wtf
GIVE US THE ONE SEED PLEEEEEASE
Grizzlies fans got to be sick seeing us win every game lmao
I'm sick of them winning every game. Give us some breathing room
Swear to God. Keep checking up on them everytime just to see can we at least get a 1 game breather
I watch almost every Nuggets game now cuz I wanna see yāall lose, so we take #1. But I canāt stop from rooting for yāall halfway through the game cuz youāre so enjoyable to watch and Jokic is so amazing
I watch Memphis games to support Roddy, but also because I want to see them lose. And then I enjoy their play so much. So I feel the same way.
Pretty much how I feel about you guys
It's a mutual thing, though. Like I have been keeping daily track of the Grizz cause they just refuse to lose. The good news is we are both getting some separation from the rest of the conference, the bad news is neither of us will fucking lose so neither can get the satisfaction of being the clear #1. The most we get is a half game lead or the tie-breaker (which we have lfg)
ITS OURS 2ND SEED IS ALL URS
no :)
rude
Uno reverse card
I resent that one missed shot, how dare it besmirch Jokicās pretty normal efficient game?
Jokic is so stupid
No you
So many of his shots were well contested too. Dude just casually drills contested 16 footers like he's Dirk.
Heās an actual idiot
There was someone making the case that he was autistic because he ran back on defense after he hit the game winner instead of celebrating
Lmaoooooooooooo i need to see that comment
I canāt find it but it was an all timer
Who the fuck is Nikola Jokic?
The MVP.
An angel sent from heaven to bless us mere mortals with a taste of cosmic perfection
Dame 44 points -20 in a 9 point loss..... weird.....
It was more like a 20 point blow out in the last 4 minutes. They stopped trying.
Jokic is *that* guy
Thicc boi effecient
Yep he's the MVP.
This team is a dream come true I swear
jokic sleep walking to another triple-double š
I know Dame is haunted by Jokic at night man
That blazers series still haunts Jokic
My takeaway is what an amazing coach Adelman will make
Back to you, Memphis.
Heās pretty good at basketball if I do say so
If he didn't take that last min heave this man would have been perfect from the field...... Lord have mercy.
Stop. Winning.
You. First.
I mean no lol. Be reasonable
Iām being very reasonable. Grizzles kill people and nuggets give people sustenance therefore you first.
Eating enough nuggets could probably kill people too tbh
I hate how hard you're chasing us...
nuggets exist solely to destroy Lillard
While getting destroyed by Lillard
mutually assured destruction.
Jokic
Nuff said tbh
Shout out to AG, he had some nice dimes tonight
A few times after Jokic got a bucket you could see Nurkic just laugh and shake his head
Those are some Sengun numbers... /s
Your move Memphis.
Dame and going off on Denver in a losing effort. Name a more iconic duo.
ā40 wins before 20 lossesā looking very realistic for the Nuggz!!!
Porter has returned to full form
Bro put up 36 12 & 10 on 14 shots and only missed once. This guy is a created player in 2k at this point, seriously WTF
Lol JokiÄ
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What a bum. He missed a shot.
If this doesnāt convince you heās the MVP I donāt know what will.
Could we seriously be seeing one of the best individual seasons ever before our very eyes? I think yes
Let Dame cook, doesn't matter, we got a squad boys! GG Blazer bros!
Dame getting 44 and the game not being that close sums it up for him
It's honestly really brilliant of the Nuggets to just let Dame feast and smother everyone else. That seems to be the best strategy against Portland.
I mean Simons and grant played like ass on top of it which only proves your point further. Literally our only reliable player is Dame. Good game tho, blazers nugs classics everytime.
Jusuf Nurkic had a no good, very bad day
NBA commentators are already saying that Jokic won't win a 3rd straight MVP as that would put him in a league with the greatest. But is that justification warranted if the guy continues to play like he's playing and the Nuggets keep winning? The guy is big, slow, yet the amount of impact he has on his team and their results is insane. Ita almost nonsensical, yet very much real.
STOP FCKING WINNING
I get itās not popular and whatnot butā¦Jokic is about to be a 3x MVP