Besides the Timberwolves!! Lol

He isn't better than Wemby.

Bro has one chip. Calm down buddy

​@@angelvaldez8433wemby isnt good tho? The spurs literally won't make the playoffs? Tf are you on about. Jokic would body wemby

I will give Denver a bunch of credit tho. They could have blown up the team after numerous playoff failures and panick traded Jamal Murray. They stayed the course and the perineal powers in the west got old.

me too..but the actual nba season makes me lose that passion lol..

Fair

@@andrebrown2695 lol sometimes i listen to Simmons and his passion makes me want to watch a team or player, and then I yawn. So I feel you. I love basketball but the regular season can be a bit of a slogg.

Agreed...we'll see what happens, but there's a chance he ends up top 3 all-time

Stats are far more important than the eye test, because the shots and plays that are visually appealing are low percentage (for example, crazy step back 3s, like the one Jokic hit over AD during the playoffs). But Jokic's stats are better than ever.

You know what's crazy-- Embiid has actually been better this year. I'm a die-hard Sixers fan, been following the team for years & stuck with them through the process and everything, and even for me it was hard to feel like Embiid deserved the MVP this past year. If anything, it felt like he shoulda gotten it the year before, but in the back of my head (and the minds of many other Sixers fans) it really did feel like he was kinda gifted the award. Anywho, fast forward to now, and for the start of the season, its been Embiid who's the best - not just by the eye test, but in terms of stats too. Nick Nurse's new system has him initiating a lot more plays (dare I say its almost a Jokic style of offense), and its unlocked a whole new level. He had already put up above-average assist numbers for a center (around 4-4.5), but this years he's averaging more than 6, which isn't far off of Jokic's 8 (league leading for a center). Additionally, Embiid's overall efficiency has gone up due to the new playstyle, and he's actually been significantly better than Jokic from range this year. When you factor in that he plays all-nba level defense (which Jokic doesn't), its clear that he's the #1 to start the season. It was a rough start in Milwaukee but since then he's been incredible. Even looking at PER (Player Efficiency Rating), which is the metric stat that's supposed to sum a players total skill into one number - Jokic supporters usually reference this because Nikola is usually number 1, but Embiid clears him this year. I say this because you said Jokic 'knows hes better than everybody else', so I figured I'd say that its maybe not quite everybody. Can't wait to see another match up between them, and a Nuggets v Sixers finals would be a dream to see these two generational bigs battle it out.

@williamturner9450 Embiid doesn't touch Jokic. Not.close. in crunch time I'm the playoffs we know who will show up and who will crumble. We've seen Embiid collapse in so many ways when the heat is on. I don't want to hear anything about him until he shows out when it matters

@@drink_with_the_dead okay? Just go ahead and ignore everything I said lol. Im talking about this year, in the small sample size we have. Nobody is doubting that Embiid needs to step it up in the playoffs, but you can’t deny whats going on on right now on the court

Sengun is the guy. He’s kind of Jokic-esque. He’s not nearly as good obviously, but he is the only other guy in the league who kind of does what Jokic does.

@@julianbell9161 Sengun really got that talent and fire to get on that All star level with his 21 years old of age, havin Udoka and mentor Hakeem is really gona bring him to the next level

Watching Aaron Gordon is so fun

When do you learn that Jokic makes every role player better than they are.

​@@twodogs5395exactly lol he turned Will Barton and Monte Morris into playoff rotation players

Cant play the wolves tho, cant handle that defensive pressure!

Tim was like this too

Dont confuse most of what you said with “not caring” He most definitely gives a shit more than most in the league. He was pissed off as hell last night

Bravo! Beautifully said. Huge contrast with so. many others!

It's almost as if Davis is made of glass, LeBron is pushing 40, and they are traded out for the next 5 years.

@@ts1265they can actually make so many trades with the contracts and picks they have left

Rui Vando Vincent Ad Prince Hayes been hurt ofc they gonna underperform

@@adamrichard7311They don’t have to be horrendous though. Usually teams that have a real identity, chemistry and system, are able to chug along at least to a certain extent in the regular season, even without some of their key guys being available.

Na 76ers > Boston

@@rmcilveen12 I never said that the Sixers aren't better 🤭

He was a teenager his rookie year, and he did have a very good season.

@@jdankerdake yet the media is acting like it didn't happen and Wemby is the first dude since LeBron to be this good this soon.

Because he's white and Bill is an obama supporter.

​@@HookedonChronicsluka as a teenager even with no nba games was already the best teenager ever EURO LEAGUE MVP AND CHAMPION as a teenager

@@hoppy23 exactly, it's so odd they didn't want to give him his flowers then and act like it never happened now.

That's ok, we gave up reading. ;)

​@@ericpeters0ntrue but also said at the same time. Our attention span is plummeting

Wolves betta

@@samexoldx better at winning the play in tournament trophy 🤣🤣. You’ve got one player who’s changed the game of basketball..

He averages more in every stat outside of assists. He almost averages 3 blocks a game and it is likely all of those stats will improve as well

if you havent noticed, bill simmons hates luka lol

Defense matters

@@misinfluence PLAYMAKING MATTERS!!!!😎😎

@@codymiller5027 😎😎 Luka averaged more POINTS and more ASSISTS per game in his first year in comparison to Wemby (at least at this point in the season). Go look up the stats and compare. Luka has also had better rookie numbers than Lebron in his rookie year. Luka also averaged 8 rebounds per game, which was amazing for a pointguard. Luka was also the main force and engine of the entire Dallas offense from the very beginning of his Nba career in his first year (and not only regarding his scoring responsibilities, but especialy regarding his playmaking responsibilities. Luka was basicaly setting up the ENTIRE offense for the WHOLE Dallas team already as a 19 year old teenager in his first Nba year in his big role as a MAIN pointguard and playmaker for his team in Dallas. I would argue, that there are 3 main categories in basketball: SCORING, DEFENSE and PLAYMAKING. And Luka has certainly been extremely masterful at TWO of the three mentioned, namely at SCORING and at PLAYMAKING. And this has been the case since the day ONE in his first year in the NBA. And remember what they say: GREAT OFFENSE ALWAYS BEATS GREAT DEFENCE!!!!!!!

He blends in perfectly

If one more media member asks them a question about chemistry I'm gonna lose my mind. They are the worst and they know how to stir the pot and create problems. Draymond was Asked about it so he answered-maybe a little too blunt, and everyone assumes it's all about Poole. His name's rarely come up. And now it's becoming clearer why he rubbed everyone the wrong way as he does crazy shit in DC.

They beat no one 🤣

Don't wanna appear bragging... but after this week, we will climb up again... I'm predicting a win versus Spurs.. and we have proven we can beat the GSW. Yes, we are for real this year. I'm just praying for no serious injuries.

Not only Conley, but NAW and 3 2nd rounders which were used to move up and get Leonard Miller. Everyone was talking about the Lakers trade deadline moves, but that was by far the best. Lakers with Conley and Naw last year would have had had a legit shot against Denver. DLo, Vando and Beasley looked like they did in the playoffs for the Wolves

Nuggs fan but agree with you.

streameast

TWO WORDS: Anthony Edwards, must see TV!

lol@@samr131

Real Wolves Fan here, Naz, Slo Mo, Nickel Shake milton Jmac might be top 3 bench crew in NBA

Steph gianis aint that far off

I guess people forget Luka plays in the NBA.

​​@@angelvaldez8433Luka? You mean the new worse James harden? Luka is only a ball Hog with no defense. Dallas ain't winning shit with him running the show kid

@@Jaysolate Jokic has no defense either. Remind how many all NBA defense teams Jokic has made?

@@Jaysolate And if Luka doesn't win shit it because the Mavs have the worst from office in the league. I already made a post in this comment section praising the Denver nuggets front office for not blowing things up after some many Denver playoff failures. Luka went to the WCF and the second best player on the team was lost in free agency for NOTHING.

Because he was way down on Dallas before the season and way up on the Lakers, so he’s falling back on his preseason thinking

because he hates kai and can't stay unbiased

Don't worry us real basketball fans knew Dallas would be a top 2-4 team in the West. Behind Denver it's wide open but Minnesota looking scary not gonna lie

@@strawhatdoncic105 He hates the Lakers way more than Dallas though, nobody really hates Dallas

​​@@BC-th3mxHe hates Kai, nothing to do with Dallas.

hahaha i was thinking the same

I don’t know about winning 6-7 times, but Jokic should finish top five in the voting at least 7 times (which is a heck of a prime if so). Even if you don’t think much of Embiid, he’s finished top five three times now I think to his credit.

@@fortynights1513 The reason Jokic fans are spiteful is because the "narrative" was he could not win because of lack of playoff success (despite going to the WCF and coming back from 3-1 twice in the bubble)....and then they gave it to Embiid who has had even less playoff success. Voters cant have it both ways.

@@jnachtig2 Lack of Playoff success when the Nuggets trotted out Will Barton and Monte Morris in the starting lineup. I don’t think media members watched a lot of Nuggets games the past few years to appreciate how a) how incredible Jokic is, and b) how mediocre the roster was with Murray and MPJ out.

Funny thing is, Joks first mvp was a sympathy mvp. They didn't want to give it to giannis again without winning in the finals and he won the year they robbet him...😅

@@fortynights1513 I could see 3-4 total MVPs. Kareem has the most with 6 - I don’t see him (or anyone really) getting that many. Voter fatigue is real, and it’s hard to produce at that high of a level year after year as you age and have to pace yourself for the postseason - see: James, LeBron.

Idk how they would do it without completely gutting the current roster but man if the knicks could trade for embiid to pair with Brunson I think they would be a real contender. I really think embiid is gonna ask out if the sixers in the off-season if they end up not doing much in the playoffs and lose in the first or second round again

Timestamp?

He said New Orleans. It was the New Orleans Jazz before

Embiid is pretty close, but because he flops a lot, his scoring is inflated, which means he isn't as close to Jokic's level as he seems.

@@PlanetOfTheApes999 They are on two totally different levels.

@joceja23 Miles better than lebron ever is or was. Not even close. lebron is a complete fraud.

The way the game works is - if you score 120 than you shouldn't let your opponents score more than 120. And that's not currently the case with Indiana.

Yea and they can also give up 120+ any night as well. And they have also had the 28th easiest schedule in the NBA. No way you can say they should be higher than Toronto who's had the hardest schedule in the NBA to start the season and have beaten the Wolves, Bucks and Mavs.

@@runokeyeah ok

@@wisewolftonyyeah ok

@@United010 no they aren't that's revisionist history. go back and look at how they were talking about zion

@@United010 oh ok. yeah I was saying the talk around them. I think bron and zion are in a different category than wemby and chet. to me wemby and chet are essentially on the same level. to me they will be top 5 players in the league at some point. top 30 players all time. I think zion and bron had a shot to be the goat. that's me personally though. I view wemby and chet on the luka level coming in. do you view chet in the same light or no? if not, is he close?

@@United010 nice

Dude is a liberal panderer all he's done in his tenure as commissioner is negatively cater to players about the wrong things.Dude needs to get this bad ref situations in check not no damn all star game changes

Black v White

Ant is pushing for an All Defensive team if he does that an wolves are top 3 an he stay around 27pts 6rebs 6ast i can see it

Good point but I think they are waiting to see if he can develop some type of jump shot because if he does teams will not be able to defend him like Sabonis. He will be great if he has a respectable shot form midrange

good take, i see a lot of subs on reddit suggesting trading for him because they think hes like a spacing 5 lolol@@nikolakrstic8079

Rockets fan here. Call me crazy but Sengun is arguably better than Sabonis now. And he’s only 21. It’d be a crime against humanity to trade him so quickly.

@@trumpetking11 Sengun is really good. My thought is more that his skill set requires a commitment to a kind of play style that might limit the Rockets overall ceiling. Since the Rockets are very much a work in progress your point is a good one. Maybe Sengun can build out his game to be more adaptable. Maybe he just continues to improve driving up his value. At this point there really isn't an impetus to figure out exactly how he fits into the overall picture. I do think at some point Houston will need to make a choice based on how he drives their ceiling. If I were part of making that choice I would definitely take into account both his play style and the kind of return he could bring.

Well damn, at least you’re self-aware.

Love both. Thanks

If OKC can draft reasonably well going forward they will be setting up a force. They already have a number of great pieces, and a butt-load of future firsts. They've got times for the draft picks to mature and picks to make a trade in the short-term.

trade Giddey to MN for Kat.... OKC fans would hate that move lol