Nikola Jokic's Impact: Is he Overrated in NBA Playoffs?

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00:00I think my problem with the perception presently around this series

00:06Nikola Jokic is for many people the clear upfront unanimous not only best player in the world

00:18but so great he is deserving of five consecutive league MVPs and absolutely

00:26on a planet of his own in today's game so why is it that the Denver Nuggets getting absolutely

00:36rolled up in this opening round series is so acceptable to people why are you not willing to

00:45hold the the standard that we typically associate with all-time greats in their prime

00:55to Nikola Jokic again it is the opening round of the playoffs it's not round two or three it's not

01:05the finals because he's been there once it's not the conference finals because he's been there twice

01:10it's round one and I know it's like wow really Jokic hate off a triple double he's averaging a

01:17triple double I mean really I I just am trying to understand JY tell me I'm crazy I'd rather that

01:30I am trying to understand how is it that that Nikola Jokic is everything that people believe and I'm not

01:40saying I believe it that much less than them and it now feels as if they are drawing dead in round number

01:47one I'm gonna make a point that that may be kind of interesting to people

01:54how overrated do we now think that finals went over an eight seed Miami Heat may be into the equation now

02:03in regards to you get a championship you get put on a pedestal right you get put you got put on a

02:10pedestal right if you turn around you look at this Denver team they've come way back down the earth

02:18yeah I like them to go with seven games I that's probably out of all the predictions I have that's the

02:26one right now I feel the worst about and it's not even close because they've been arguably

02:33non-competitive and half the series game number game last game they lose by what 20 almost 30 points

02:43over 30 points I should say right game number one they're down 16 in the second half you start

02:50looking at the roster and what's going on and saying is it Nikola Jokic or is it everyone else

02:57you gotta you gotta put them all together folks you can't separate one without the other because

03:05the goal of the number one player in the planet the best player on your team it doesn't matter if

03:12you're a point a shooting guard small forward power forward center you must uplift the rest of your

03:19organization I don't see that in Denver how many times do I need to look at Michael Porter jr

03:28give you 20 25 points in a game and then come back and give you two of nine from the floor

03:35how many times I have to talk about the fact that after last season you lose a guy like kcp

03:42a a a a hard hat nails glue guy glue guy you lose a bruce brown over the last couple years you lose

03:50uh a jeff green over the last couple years not even guys guys that get in the mud that fight in

03:55playoffs and I gotta relay rely on christian brown now good player good kid but they don't have you

04:03look at their roster and you're like what what do they have going for them and I think

04:09nicola jokic has to do a better job of uplifting listen at the end of the day the end of the day

04:16he had a triple double but you can't be the best player team you're getting 14 shots you can't you

04:22can't that's either scheme or you're not wanting the ball enough and you're willing to dish off the

04:29other people nicola jokic today has to get you 35 points he's got if you're the best player in the

04:36world you put the team on your back you get going early you score a bunch and then you set everybody

04:42else up it's kind of like when kevin and i did the end game live a month ago and he took seven shots

04:49versus the lakers and people are like well you know mike malone's fault this is the other guy's fault

04:56no no no you're 7-1 you have a high shot and honestly you're getting outplayed at points in regards to

05:06what they need zubalac is about playing you in the series i know he doesn't have triple doubles

05:12but the gap was supposed to be large and this kid has not made it even he's made it close enough

05:20that when kawhi and and harden and powell and these other guys get going it's such a huge gap that they

05:28can't fill denver nicole jokic has to be the best player on the floor today and i'm not talking triple

05:34double i'm talking 35 plus points at least 20 shots he must dominate with the ball early he should

05:43be his points prop whatever it is if they're gonna have a chance he's got to go over he's got to get

05:48going right away

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