Ooof

Idk if I’m ready to call his offensive peak better than Lebrons.

KD’s? Absolutely. Curry? Most likely. LeBron? Possibly.

But these ultra effecient 30 point triple doubles have become more common than they were with LeBron.

Can we stop calling Giannis or KD the best player in the world now after a quarter of a season?

Jokic has been the best player in the world for 2 years. Back to back mvp, finals MVP, and he looks as good as ever.

There’s no one on the planet in his tier right now

Good for the league.

After all the talk last year, and watching Jokic put a light-year between the two, he now wants to learn to be a passer.

Will see what happens. Good on Nurse. But a historically bad regular season to playoff fall off becoming a copycat certainly doesn’t bode well

Until he does anything in games that matters, don’t care what this top 6 player does.

I think this is about FAR more than sports to you my friend.

Nihilism may be the most unhealthy philosophy to live life by.

MJ, LeBron, Shaq for certain imo.

I think you could make a case for Bird and Hakeem as well, if we’re talking 2-3 season peaks.

Jokic does this stuff so causally man. And if you watch the game, the numbers don’t do it justice. There’s just this utter sense of control.

65% at the rim, 63% from mid range.

There’s no player in the NBA who could take this roster (without Murray) into the playoffs, imo. With Giannis stepping up, KD having a hell of a season, and Embiid learning to playmake, I’ve seen fans argue cases for those guys either being the best in the world, or, AS good as Jokic right now/as impressive.

And to those fans… I ask, why? What bias do you have that makes you say this?

There’s no one who is as impressive by the eye test. There’s no one as impressive on paper. And there’s no one close to him in ANY advanced stat this year.

This season, he’s currently having the best PER season of all time, which leaves him with the two best ever. He’s also having the best BPM season ever, a stat in which he has the top 2 ever. He also is having another top 10 all time WS/48 season ever, and WAS having the best season of all time prior to Murray going down, and his two ejections.

Yes. PER, WS/48 and BPM aren’t the best statistics, but the fact is, he’s putting up all time great PER, WS/48, and BPM seasons at a level and frequency only occupied by Michael Jordan and Lebron James. Consider the fact that he’s leading the NBA in PER, WS/48, BPM as well as in VORP, EPM and PIE this season, again, after winning the finals without another all star…

There’s no one close right now. And you can count on one hand how many players have EVER peaked higher.

Tatum doesn’t get enough credit for being a defender. Best 2 way wing in the NBA.

He never campaigns for it, but he’s been playing 2nd team defense almost his entire career.

He’s a VERY good team defender, and is a very good man defender. Teams never attack him on defense. Never.

A finals and 4 conference finals appearances before our superstar turns 26.

You absolutely cannot say the same.

Get out of the 2nd round and make the world forget Embiid’s historically bad regular season to playoff fall off, and him being the only MVP to never make a conference finals.

You guys have nothing until Embiid actually convinces people he’s a top 5 player when it matters.

Time is ticking.

This one was fair, he pulled up.

This dude is such a fraud, it’s unbelievable.

Best part of this video is him having a moment of panic, as he realizes defense is part of basketball.

Tyrese is an offensive superstar, and shame on the Celtics for not trading Marcus Smart and a few others for this guy when his value was lower.

But man, until that roster can either figure out a defensive system that hides him, or he improves as a defender, it’s hard to see him as anything more than a more effecient Trae Young.

Luckily, he’s just budding and there’s a lot of room for growth.

Replace Jokic with any other player in the NBA, legit, ANY other player in the NBA, and they’re a 1st round exit.

The gap between Jokic and anyone else in the NBA is large enough to the point that no one, regardless of how biased they are, should be arguing someone else is as good as him.

This is MJ vs the field, and LeBron vs the field territory.

The longevity and accomplishments aren’t there. But in terms of on court impact alone, during a peak run? The gap between Jokic and the next best player is as big as MJ, Shaq and Lebron’s advantage over the league.

If the Nuggets can get ONE more upgrade on the caliber of MPJ, and Gordon, they’re going to win 3-4 championships, and Jokic is going to crack a lot of people’s top 7’s.

Jokic is nearly as good as any player ever.

He’s breaking basketball. It’s an absolute joke that in today’s age, THIS dog shit of a team can turn into a championship roster.

I’m gonna say it, his court vision, playmaking and passing abilities are even beyond what we’ve seen from Lebron

SGA over Tatum is a bit silly.

Tatum has the best +/- in the NBA, and is on the best team in the NBA.

He’s gotta be higher than 5th, a lack of box score/utilization numbers shouldn’t be a detriment here. If the Celtics are the best team all year, he should make the final ballot and stay top 3.

That said, it should still be Jokic’s to lose with Jokic second.

63%ts and 44% from the field LOL

The NBA hasn’t been a grown man’s league in a bit

The amount of joking going on in this thread is a bit pathetic.