Because he knows basketball.

He bring controversy and brings views

How do you keep your job? Why is his job status important to you?

A panel needs to be a rainbow to appeal to different demographics. There aren't many former players that can speak in complete sentences and be seen as authentic black. I'm not being racist - even Shaq called Curry out for his pigment on TNT once. There's a reason they were pushing for Nichols to be replaced on the Finals all those years ago and it didn't have much to do with talent

Lol he started off by grunting

Anyone who thinks howard better then jokic just a moron who knows nothing about basketball.

he ain't BLM

Dwight cannot make a free throw I hated it when he was on the Rockets they would just foul him every time and he would miss a free throw every single time

This is why ESPN is in the state that its in. They have no topic to discuss that its worth listening too, worth thinking about.... they have loads of "who cares" topics.

Wilt number minus defense. Which is half the game lmao.

Never have I heard he was close to the best his Defense & Rebs & Blks was good

I’m convinced he’s glazing the right people at ESPN. Dude has the worst takes.

LOL. Jokic wouldn't be considered better than any of those guys in their primes either except for Carmelo.

@@SammyThomas-id2rv That’s not even the point though. Perk said that “a lot of people” considered Dwight the best player in the league and that’s just fiction.

He was getting first place mvp votes though

😅what

Dwight Howard was one of the reason why lakers beat them 2 years ago,

Jokic is only offensive he’s not defensive by any means so he’s not all around

@@bdavis9197 two years ago before they had the roster they do now and the experience. You think a rookie Jamal Murray was gonna go all the way to the chip with Joking? Get real.

​@TsuperSaiyan Jokic had the 9th best Defensive Rating in the league this season. He also lead all centers in steals (which are more impactful than blocks).

Kobe ain’t god lol

@@cordelegeorgia7985 But he definitely speaks facts about overgrown men with little pin heads who smile too much

Bruh, they was calling Jokic soft in the Bubble.

@@chickhearn4ever779 saying somebody smiles too much is ode and you don’t know what bean would say shut up

@@rickwild Who is "they"? cromagnons with hair paint?

You mean morons, not fans 💯😂

well spoken

No matter how garbage he is on defense, the same people that criticize the lack of defense in the league are also the ones meatriding jokic. The real question is why caucs feel like he's untouchable?

They did it to LeBron. Excuse me..... they're doing it to LeBron.

@@orochimaru3950 who?nobody was coming out the woodwork and saying he was better than lebron..comparing stats when they were younger etc etc ,if they were?I missed alot of it and they not poking holes in a players success like they doing jokic

Its why i saved this video and come back to it just to see that 😂😂

One actually won MVPs and FMVPs while just starting his prime

Prime dwight was trash just a strong athlete not a real hooper😭💯🤙🏿

@@paquinraino8180jokic has been in his prime for 4 years bro keep up

@@Dipset415is that how he carried the magic to the finals?

Very well said. @habavdekar

Lmao Dwight would really do that

ESPN DOESNT STAY #1 WITHOUT SAS NOT EVEN MCAFEE CAN SAVE THEM IF HE LEAVE

SAS isn't going anywhere.

😂😂

Dwight Howard: Stephen A Smith...COME ON!😂😂😂

😂😂😂😂 dude what year where you born

facts man people got so much nostalgia bias cant call a spade a spade, should not be controversial in the slightest to say 2x mvp and reigning finals mvp is leaps and bounds over a prime dwight, who was on his part a dominant defensive anchor and freak athlete.

@@carnage5350Dwight played against Yao, Duncan, and many other bugs. Also played against Lebron & the late great Kobe. No way Howard was winning an mvp during those years. So you can’t use Jokic’s mvps against him it’s not a fair argument. Howard did get to the finals against Lebron btw and was very dominant

Prime dwight would lock up Jocic. He was a defensive beast. Jocic is in one of the weakest all time eras for centre's.

@@pinzytoto7698​​⁠​⁠Embiid Gobert Bam is Weak now?😂😂 other way around Dwight’s Era was one of the Weakest for Centres other than Duncan and Yao there wasn’t as much Conp

Thats a good point

Prime Dwight from 2007-2011 players didn't have Contractual Influence and power like they do now so cant blame or compare Dwight in that aspect. and okay? he cant pass like Jokic but Jokic cant block shots like Dwight . see where im going with this ?

@@hebrewsamurai1stshinobi201 I see where you are going but Jokic is all around. Howard is one aspect only. Jokic is already a 2 time mvp finals mvp will probably dominate for the next decade. I appreciate Dwight Howard but team wise he is not a leader just a good addition.

@@pforiginallordofcrickets7703 Very All Around he is. But i disagree that D12 is one aspect only. 1 aspect only is a guy like Kyle Korver, literally All he does is shoot. Dwight in his prime had many aspects for a Center , Elite Shot Blocker is 1 . Dominant inside Scorer is 2 . Elite Re-bounder 3 and INSANE Athleticism Speed/Jumping/ Physique. But im not arguing whos better because i think Jokic has the edge. But i also disagree on D12 not being a leader. As for a vocal leader im not sure ? but he's lead by example on the court taking carrying his team to the Finals going through Big 3 Celtics and Cavs Lebron . (without Magics injured point guard Jameer Nelson). Some players like John Stockon lead by example but didnt say a word in the huddles really. But Dwight , im not sure if he was a vocal leader. i respect that analysis of yours though

Everyone had good defensive plays that’s just the name of the game but Jokic is not consistently good defender. In fact if he wasn’t so amazing offensively he would be unplayable considering how much of a liability he is on that end of the ball. Both ends of the ball matter but in this case you’re arguing elite Offensive Vs Elite defense.

@@tysonyett6567unplayable is ridiculous

he is trash on defense. but he is so great.

Jokic is trash😂😂😂😂

He's a terrible defender. Let's not lie about that. He is, however, FAR better than Dwight Howard overall.

They are both centers

@@LionelNkongho1987 on paper yes that’s true but on the court it isn’t true. Howard played a traditional center as Jokic plays positionless basketball. Hence my comment, you can’t compare the two.

Should've been 3

Because nba is rigged

He's been like that since the Friday movies lol

Can’t agree more definitely top 3 playoff runs!

No sir he didn’t go against the full Boston big 3 KG was hurt which gave them the advantage

@@user-qw8hu2gx9jdam a so lebron was playing 1v5 all the way to the conference finals huh?

@@user-qw8hu2gx9j janitors would imply lebron had to score 40+ every night for them to win which was not the case right? Of course his win shares and vorp would be much higher than theirs he’s the sole superstar in that team but if they were not janitors unless you’d also agree that the east was so weak that all it took was lebron essentially to beat these teams otherwise you have no right to call them plumber because all 14 of those plumbers would skunk you 1v1, didn’t know role players in a bad system that’s all it was, now if they were in the west that’s a first round exit

@@michaelhawkins8474Somebody had to say it! KG was injured, remember who the backup was…? Leon Powe lmao. So there, Dwight went up against a Celtics front court of Perkins and Power, wow…what a force

wow

not really, gobert is better defensively but no one give gobert his props. dwight cant defend skilled big. pau torch him in the finals

Comparable to Tim Duncan. But media love to Compare by skin and not skill.

@@keltners613Yea Gobert gets disrespected too often but give Dwight he props too

You talkin' about defense?RODMAN.

Most definitely does, always has something to negative to say about Jokic🤦‍♂️

He's racist af I don't care what anyone says

bruh you can see it in his face when Jokic name comes up 😂😂…nie that statement about shinning the shoes perc definitely couldnt😂😂

@@Rams8148you can dislike someone without being racist so i dont agree with that

He hates White people.

That corny

You’re literally so lame.

Cmone erica.. dwight is unstoppable during his prime..

But it's true though. A lot of people said this. You simply don't know how dominant Dwight was if you think that's laughable. One on one in their primes Jokic might win, but honestly, he's not physical enough for Howard. It's not even close. They'll have trouble stopping each other, but I give a slight edge to Joker

​@@p3rrynDwight Howard was never considered the best player in the league. He wasn't even the best center in the league until Yao retired lol

@@p3rryn A slight edge? Man, the Joker could bring him out on the perimeter on every possession and either shoot or pass from there, he could live at the elbow and run the offence from there, he would negate Dwight even a chance to block or rebound. About the physical, the man is 280lbs and while he doesn't jump to save his life he can pivot and spin quite fast, as it's been said, it is not even close.

​@@slivovitz1683you sound dumb asf and obviously know nothing about basketball

​@@slivovitz1683Prime Yao isn't better than Prime Dwight. You mfs are 🤡's

AD for Dame.... PLEEEEEASSE.. LAKERS need someone hungry like Dame, Someone that has the hunger to win, who will workout in the offseason and whole summer even if it's just shooting.. I mean what are you getting paid for all those millions(I wish a murfuker would pay me millions to do something, I'd be using that money to sharpen those skills necessary, I mean you should at least have one of those portable basket hoop net & ring... That you can pay someone to hang it anywhere you travel to)

@@everythingclub599No!

Exactly. Howard literally shut him down.

🎯🎯🎯🎯

That bubble ring don’t count 😂

Somebody should, nobody watching that mess

And avg a triple double throughout the playoffs

Who? Deandre ayton? Day to dayvis?

​@joeldanker-dake9414 people like that dude hate and say the least intelligent thing, trolls could at least try a little. Facts, straight dogged those guys, and AD was Dominating everyone else defensively before jokic.

@@lake49 motherfucker im not a jokic hater, just because i said who ? Im a hater ! You glazers need to stop calling anyone who has a different opinion a hater, i actually have jokic ranked after kareem, shaq, bill russel, wilt and hakeem on the all time center list, im not a hater he ranked 7th best center all time already

@@lake49 who did AD dominate in the first 2 rounds, he played against jaren jackson and xavier tillman, then kevvon looney who cant score a bucket

Fans stay bringing up the bubble which was not only a less version of the Jokic we see today but was a Dwight Howard who averaged like 20 minutes a game that series and ain’t have to be the leader.

you realize howard played against 2 7 footers at the same time right?

​@@HasanShah-wv2ywthank you Bynum and Odom don't get enough credit for their work. They only care about slandering people. 6'9 Dwight vs 6'10 Odom, 7'0 Gasol, and 7'0 Bynum. Yet people wanna cry about AD, old, McGee, and old Dwight

​@@HasanShah-wv2ywso was Jokic in the bubble, could even say three if we count McGee

@@HasanShah-wv2yw Yao also dominated Howard every time they matched up. Everyone criticized Howard for having no post moves back then.

No, not 1 on 1. Especially the Jokic now. His playmaking and scoring would dismantle Dwight

@@MannyParadisee still its dwight having the best chance to restrict Jokic in today's game, nobody else have the defense,.

​@@markfish1113🤡

LeKendrick kept his bro card on this one like he always does.

Facts

Dwight Howard was a top 3 player in the NBA in his prime, he 100% deserves to be in this convo

Dwight Howard was a glorified Dikembe Mutombo that's it.Jokic is the better overall player by far.Jokic is top 25 all time,Dwight is top 75, no shame in that.

​@@akshyadulal1455prime versus prime, Dwight was almost doubling Mutumbo's scoring average. Dwight was the best defender in the league, as well as Orlando's legitimate number one scoring option a significant amount of the time.

@@akshyadulal1455 Dwight beat prime Lebron in the ECF and lead a team to the finals, calling him glorified Dikembe Mutombo is just showing you didn’t watch basketball before 2011 lol

Jokic is no Dwight either..They both are great at what they do..Dwight is clearly the better defender and rebounder while Jokic is the better shooter and passer

@@shinsukecorbin425 fair. But a finals mvp and two MVPs trumps 3x DPOY imo

@@JonCom3dy that’s because Jokic does everything but that’s doesn’t mean he would dominate Dwight..Jokic would only give Dwight problems on the perimeter

@@shinsukecorbin425 And that math tells you something like 2:2, so it's even. Since Jokic is obviously much better player, we will give him such recognition just not to turn out completely stupid, but will still keep Dwight in the conversation with the story about defensive blocks and rebounds. That's the scenario you are following, ain't it?

that's what makes Jokic so good, he doesn't make it his mission to score. he keeps passing the ball so that his team isn't wasting their team moving off the ball. his guys are constantly cutting and making moves, dwight could guard and stop him from getting closer to the rim but Murray will just see Jokic as a screen and they'll start a pick n roll off that with Dwight looking useless.

@@GGtheRealestDwight played amazing against jokic while being out of his prime

😂😂😂

That’s just not true. Dwight got cooked in the post in the finals by gasol, and honestly he isnt quick enough to deal with Jokics speed when he’s worried about the mid range. Dwight was never a great post defender, there just weren’t many post defenders for him to play back then.

Perk only gave Dwight his flowers because he's been racist against Jokic since forever. 🤣

He put up numbers with no 3 pointer all in the paint

Jokic only better offensively, basketball is both ways....Dwight style locks up guys like jokic, he locked up jokic during the bubble.

Facts Dwight is a victim of being over-athletic and not having to work on his game during his prime.. He left alot on the table as a player... I also feel this way about Vince Carter

@@necallijones2790 I definitely agree!

@@bigdicdaddy6042 breh putting up 16-20 pts with no 3... you for real about 5 of those pts are from ft and another 5 or so are from put backs/tip ins so that leaves him with like 6-10 pts of being able to score in the paint which is not impressive at all cuz his offensive bag wasnt that good... only thing dwight is better than jokic is defense and maybe rebounding but not by much

Too me also Dwight never reach the potential what i expect him.

He'd always acted as if his athleticism was never going to degrade, and thus never worked on any other skill-based aspects of his game that could have put him in the upper tier of all-time centers. He had an amazing peak, but once that physical capability began to decline and he couldn't fly around or push opponents in the paint, his value as a player fell off the cliff along with it. That's what separates the truly great players from the ones who are more like comets. Jokic was basically a mirror image as he matured--he had elite-level skills, but his athleticism is built around his body control, footwork, and his almost alien ability to make the game run at the pace he wants it to run, as opposed to simply being someone who's cut like a Greek god and can jump out of the gym.

Bruh yall forgot that the Orlando magic never put a 2nd superstar with him. His team was always role players. Put him on the Golden State Warriors in their Prime without KD and this conversation would be different

​@@Dr.Think4Yourselfthe problem is do you think he wanna sacrifice himself doing pick & roll for Golden state warrior...Heck no...He the source of problem for Lakers(Kobe) for not doing that move...His inability to sacrifice for the team make him hard to a achieve greatness

I get everyone’s point, but we also need to be fair to Dwight in that the league changed while he was playing. If the league stayed the same, he would have been better for longer. When he was in Charlotte, he was still averaging like 17 and 13 with almost 2 blocks

Relax bro lol

Jokic doesn’t face any bigs!

​@@BlameItOnTheLagTTVbut he's saying the truth tho

@@jdankerdake Bro Power Fowards back then , would be centers in todays league. Dwight had to touch the paint with guys like Dirk, Duncan,Garnet, Amare Stoudamire, Zach Randolph , AL Hordord, Al Jefferson, . ALL Heavy Hitters back in there day

⁠​⁠@@hebrewsamurai1stshinobi201huh? Dirk and Duncan were in the west. KG was injured in 09. Amare was in the west. Horford, Randolph, Jefferson….now you’re just trolling

Because he couldn’t shoot he couldn’t dribble with hood handles and all he had was a big body

Dwight had no competition because when he was in his prime there was no bigs in the league, only Bynum from the lakers. And i remember in 2011 people were saying that Bynum is better then dwight.

Dwight did not dominate era. I think he could have been better in statwise but he never was great in that. He was sure really good but not great. His defence was great but Jokic would destroy Dwight too many areas.

It's not that he wasn't encouraged he couldn't shoot regardless of the style of the game dude couldn't hit his free throws.

Dwight had no post moves or really any offensive moves but he was freakishly athletic

Jokic is the more dominant player in all areas of the game.

Definitely wasn’t a top 3 player at that time, he wasn’t better than Lebron, Wade, Kobe, melo, Dirk etc. He is definitely a top 75 player of all time though.

​@@jaydot4956That's honestly debatable. In late 00s, I'd say LeBron ascended to #1 and Kobe and Duncan were still in their prime. A lot of people had Dwight ahead of Wade, Dirk, and Melo. Those guys were better for longer though

@@brooksorlando4881 I remember Dwight being the best center because there wasn’t any other center to speak of at that time but I don’t remember anybody saying Dwight was better than Wade, if anything they used to always sh*t on Dwight because he wasn’t as dominant as Shaq was offensively.

He beat Lebron in the eastern conference finals

Add might have beaten LA if it wasn't a fixed series. They didn't want him to beat Lebron either. But he did anyhow. That was the year they had the kobe and lebron Muppet dolls. The year kobe was supposed to play Lebron in the finals.

🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣

wat? ur in a cave?

U put Jokic on that magic team they woulda got swept by the Lakers

Dwight howard played with the deepest team in the entire league that you what are you idiots even going on about lol

@@icemike4uput Jokic on that team and they beat the lakers. Because he would be able actually pass to all the shooters they had. If you think howard is better than Jokic. Then you're either stupid or a racist. Nothing else would make sense 😂

He didn't talk about how the NBA trying to block the big 3 .ESPN ain't having it 😂

He did have that look like ninja you asking me about big 3 knowing your bosses are baller blockin

What is Big 3? Never heard about it here in Finland.

@@harrikuusjarvi3795 3 vs 3 basketball league created by Ice Cube featuring former NBA players

You seem to be fighting the word "the"

He had shaq and was more dominant than Kobe when they was together. Exactly why Shaq got those MVP’s 🤦🏾‍♂️

Nothin !

@@sjrahrico Shaq was better than Dwight also.

But imagine jokic gets those injuries as well

Sound stupid, different area. Yea Jokic wouldn’t even have the ball and Dwight would still shyt because of Kobe. Joker would be another Pau Gasol

One can argue that Bubble Jokic wasn’t the mvp level of player he is today, and you could say that he was a baby, inexperienced jokic that had to go against a veteran Dwight Howard, prime Anthony Davis, and a veteran Javale McGee. Games were close too for a nuggets team that was inexperienced. Dwight was a beast in his prime, he had the body and athleticism, and instincts…but sadly he didn’t develop enough skills and basketball IQ to propel himself even to greater heights.

Big difference than the over all stats. That kind of defense against Jokic mean no championship for Denver.

​​​@@DJ_Psi-CloneJokic is not the same player than 3 years ago he not averaged over 20 until his mvp season

Vs old dwight

True no one denying he was solid on defense and you right about the back stuff but without the athleticism he had basically no offense. While Jokic isn't half the athlete he was and was .2APG off averaging a triple double this year... for a center. It's not even close

This dude just said Jamal Murray is not an all-star? 🤣🤣 In 2020, Jamal Murray averaged 31 against Utah Jazz to Joker 26 Jamal Murray averaged 18 against the Clippers to Joker 24 Jamal Murray averaged 21 against the Lakers to Joker 21 Overall Jamal Murray averaged 23 to Joker 24 In 2023, Dude averaged 32 against the Lakers to Jokic 27. Murray averaged 27 points again the Timberwolves to Jokic averaged 26 points. Murray averaged 21 points against the Lakers to Jokic averaged 30 points. Overall, Murray averaged 25 points to Joker averaged 28 points. He's not an all-star? Give me Jamal Murray and I give you Khris Middleton.

Bro, that's not how that works lol. A more fair comparison is that Dwight was about as good on defense as Jokic is on offense, while also giving you 20 and 12.

@@Because_Truth_Matters All star level? Yes. Arguably all nba level but has he been a all star or all nba? No. And thats what he is saying. Dame, AD, Tatum, Luka etc etc have all been MVP level player in the regular season at one point in their career. Are they now MVPs? No.

@@tari8134 no, I am saying all this because the dude just said Joker doesn't have an all-star. Murray just averaged 25 points and Joker averaged 28 points.

​​@@MegaZack61Then tell the OP to stop trying to make it look like jokic won it all by carrying when he didn't. Jamal was half the reason why the nuggets got to the wcf in 2020 and won this year. Also don't act like he wouldn't have had at least an all star appearance by now if he didn't get injured.

Bro, for like 3 years maybe and he was borderline top 5 and hardly top 3. He might be a top 50 player if you are very generous, Jokic is undoubtably top 25 and arguably top 20 so yeah Dwight was great, but it is a landslide if they are not really on the same tear of greatness

No one tried in the bad political bubble league and no one watched either.

Jokic averaged 20/10/6 against the LAL while Dwight only played 15min a game. Howard didn't lock him down.

I'm playing devils advocate here, and I am with team jokic. Jokic had to battle MVP with an old LeBron(still in the convo), Luka, Embiid, Curry, Giannas, and Tatum.

@@kennynguyen5248 trust me I’m team Jokic too. I actually think he clears him but I’m trynna give Dwight his props. Dwights only case would be that, for the MVP, he competed against greater people all time. That’s all I’m giving him.

No. Jokic would take him away from the hoop. Then it's over

No. Jokic can just pull up to the three where Dwight has no defense. Jokic would have destroyed him.

Agreed .. 1000%

@@Caydes_ghost76 a older Howard was a problem for Jokic in the bubble. Is he gonna shoot threes the whole game?

@@rogeliosoto6953 Jokic struggled against a old Howard lmao you don’t know ball

Jokic comes running to America to make money though

​@@jonathanglover6831yep take all you fools' money (yanks) and then go and spend it in his homeland . As he should...

You forgot the part when Howard won 3 defensive player of the year 3x in a row 😂 smh

Howard: NBA champion, 3x defensive player of year,5x first team and took scrubs to the finals. Put some respect on his name

To just label him like that is so unfair. He could have had two of those accolades Jokic had but got robbed due to Rose fanfare and losing to Kobe

Jokic is better but please go educate yourself on how great Dwight Howard was in his prime lol.

You know nothing of Dwight’s achievements eh?