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“Jokic got whatever he wanted against Gobert....Gobert is a great defender and can’t hardly do anything with (Jokic). I think probably they are going to need to get more distribution...”
-Adam Mares on Locked on Nuggets
These are mutually exclusive statements.
-Adam Mares on Locked on Nuggets
These are mutually exclusive statements.
Saying that Jokic is getting whatever he wants against Gobert and then lamenting that other Nuggets aren’t scoring is contradictory. The whole Nuggets offense is predicated on Jokic bending a defense. He’s scoring but he’s not bending the Jazz’s defense.
It’s a fan wide problem in Denver with tweets like this as well:
Jokic could score 65 points on 25-50 shots against Gobert and if it wasn’t allowing the entire Denver offense to flow, the Jazz would be fine with that. Gobert is one of the only dudes who can frustrate and make Jokic work in one on one coverage.
Meanwhile Jokic is probably the number 1 issue with a Denver’s defense and I think everyone knows this.
I love Nikola Jokic. I think he’s a terrific player. (Nuggets fans won’t even generally give Gobert the same courtesy). But Jokic will always get the accolades and all team awards over Gobert their whole careers. And they basically play to a draw every meeting.
