• n0th1ng10@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    They’re still doubling him almost every possession in these clips not like it’s great iso defense.

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      10 months ago

      I’m not sure there were all that many times that Jokic cooked Wemby. Mostly it was Bassey and Collins that were matched up with him. Wemby also had like 3 steals off of Joker’s passes and the Nuggets sometimes struggled to get the ball inside with Wemby there. The kid is going to be a superstar in a few years with a few complimentary pieces surrounding him (like anyone who can run the point).

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    10 months ago

    Jokic literally had one of the best offensive games this season against him. I guess you could also make Jordan Poole look like Steph if you only show the makes.

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    10 months ago

    lol I had no idea what happened in this game and this video made it looked like he was locked down, only to find out he had 39.

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      10 months ago

      They accidentally forgot to include all the times Jokic schooled him, and accidentally cut off one of the highlights where Wemby stopped him, right before Jokic immediately got the ball back and scored on him.

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      10 months ago

      Joker only attempted six shots on Vic, and he made 3. He had more turnovers against Victor than made field goals, IIRC.

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    10 months ago

    I was shocked watching the game how well he held up against Joker in the limited amount of posessions he got. The Wemby at the 5 stretches looked a lot more coherent on offense too. I’m sure Joker would have killed him if they played that matchup all game (And did get him a few times not shown in the clips). But that was super promising for the future.

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        10 months ago

        Its such bullshit cutting lol , Jokic easy scored on Wemby several times. And ye he got back rebound and scored on him that possession too

        Clips just edited to not tell whole story and Jokic has 39 brother , lots of them on Wemby

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          10 months ago

          It’s almost as if the video is highlighting Victor’s defensive plays against Jokic, not just showing every matchup they had.

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          10 months ago

          The video is about the times he got good defense against Jokic. Is not a whole video about the game.

          Is a 19 years old skinny guy going against the two times MVP, of course Jokic is gonna get his points. Don’t gotta get so defensive about it.

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      10 months ago

      Victor did FAR better than Chet did, to say the least. Jokic wasnt particularly BOTHERED by him, Victor had good possessions, but Jokic absolutely didnt even feel Chet. Not even a little.

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      10 months ago

      Joker is obviously going to cook lesser guys, but damn… 2 years from now, Wemby might be at a place where he’s pushing Joker to a Game 6 or 7.

      Not sure who else is capable of such. Kinda think it’s no one. This dude is special.

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        10 months ago

        I’m sorry, you don’t think any team in the league is capable of pushing the Nuggets to 6 or 7? How does that make sense?

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      10 months ago

      Even in the future where Wemby is a more polished product, I don’t think he’s going to get the primary assignment on Jokic very often. Relatively skinny shot blockers are much more effective against Jokic when they can play help and avoid getting bodied by Jokic. Wemby will probably primarily guard Gordon when he’s in.

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      10 months ago

      We doing this now? Seriously?

      He had five possessions!

      Jesus Christ, we talking about basketball, Lebron, KD, Tatum, Doncic? Everyone thrown to the wolves. Let’s stop this crap. Play a full game, a full season and build some stats against elite played and let’s compare.

      Tired of making players goats before they walk. I grew up outside Boston and Lebron James is the greatest player to ever walk the earth. Jordan is the greatest scorer I’ve ever seen.

      Wemby might get here but let’s wait for fucks sake!

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        10 months ago

        Who pissed in your cereal? Did some go in your eyes making you unable to read too?

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    10 months ago

    You got to post direct matchup stats otherwise all people are going to see is Jokic scoring 39pts (Wemby doesn’t even play the 5)

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    10 months ago

    He makes it look so easy…damn

    Thank you for making a defense compilation OP!!! We need more content like this

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    10 months ago

    It just goes to show how Jokic does things on the court without second thinking. His muscle memory just failed against a freak like Wemby.

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    10 months ago

    This was so good I didn’t even realize it was on a loop and I was watching it a second time.

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    10 months ago

    I said this to my friend at the game, Jokic would have no trouble backing down Wemby in the post because dude’s a stick but Wemby’s length would present an issue because he is literally Slenderman