Nikola Jokic is already one of the best Centers ever (thread)
Nikola Jokic right now is on a historical pace and has already has a higher 2 year peak than guys who are commonly ranked in the top 60.

Jokic coasts in the regular season, but those stats are stil already so elite. Let’s jump into the stats
Nikola Jokic’s 2018-19 and 2019-20 regular season stats

20.0 PPG - 10.3 RPG - 7.1 APG
51.9 FG% - 59.7 TS% - .215 WS/48
8.3 BPM - 2.97 O-PIPM - 4.11 PIPM

His stats are extremely well rounded and is already the best passing big man ever. He’s also lead Denver to a top 3 seed x2
Jokic also has what I call the Dirk Nowitzki effect. Both of them are extremely slow and can be caught in pick and rolls often, but other than that they are great defenders.

When you look at any defensive stat, none of them point to him being a negative.
But that’s not what Jokic is, Jokic is a post season player and his playoff numbers are all time elite.

Nikola Jokic playoffs:
24.7 PPG - 11.2 RPG - 7.0 APG
51.3 FG% - 60.6 TS% - 9.3 BPM

This isn’t just a small sample size either. 33 games with a WCSF and WCF appearance
Jokic’s elimination game stats are actually crazy. Look at these graphics
I genuinely don’t know how this constantly gets over looked. Like last years series vs Portland. Literally no one has ever mentioned how historically good he was

27.1 PPG - 14.0 RPG - 7.7 APG
52.2 FG% - 46.2 3P% - 61.6 TS%

Y’all seeing a trend?
In a two year sample size before the age of 25, he’s already reached higher heights in the playoffs that guys like Ewing and Robinson ever could.

People really don’t do their research about Jokic. People look past all of this and just put him 10th rn🤦‍♂️
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