I love it when people say “statistically, he’s one of the weakest MVPs of all time,” when the statistics literally say the exact opposite.

Jokic comes to work excels and goes home. I respect that.

I can understand that the media doesn't like him, but how can you as a fan of the game not cheer for a guy like him? Overcoming all odds, to become what everybody though is impossible, winning a championship for a team that never did so before. I mean he's the guy you show to your kid, this is a role model for how you should be in life. Work hard, perfect your craft, never be too high, never too low. And don't let success change who you are.

Jokic is everything that NBA culture is NOT…but come on he made the game so much more entertaining.

Jokic is a generational talent. Last time we saw a center lead his team in assists, rebounds, and points for multiple seasons was Wilt Chamberlain 1966-1968. And Jokic's playmaking IQ is up there with some of the playmaking greats. Plus he can score inside and outside the arc.

white, european and humble. that's enough for the media to hate him

Jokic doesn't care about what the median says. He's just playing and riding his horses. Applaud 👏

Because he's white and not flashy. That's literally why. Every other reason is trying too hard to dodge around the hate.

What’s incredible about Jokic’s numbers is that he is doing this while having a very low time with the ball. Unlike Luka or Shai who achieve the their insane number because they are allowed to dribble the air out of the ball, Jokic serves as an offensive hub and a connector. Sure he is also part of an offense that is built around him, but he works as a part of the big part of the system instead of being the system.

And yet everyone gave that MVP to Embiid knowing he’s a generational playoff choker. Jokic should’ve gotten 4 in a row.

If nikola was black he would be the most appreciated player and all the nba media would have gone crazy

Just imagine the shitstorm if a bunch of white reporters would hate on a black player like that….

I love Jokic and the NBA media just sucks

I love shaq but you really can't listen to his takes on the nba.

Everyone disrespects him, cause they know he doesnt give af and respond.

A big part of the hate is cuz he is from Serbia too same thing is happening to Novak Djokovic

He's playing basketball while the rest want to be in media spotlight

We Serbs are used to it (hate & media lies)!

this hate towards joker just proves that everybody will always find a reason to hate on anybody lol you could be the most nonchalant guy in the world and someone will still be like, " yeah, i dont like that".

lets be honest, if jokic is black, he would get the respect he deserves, its racism from the blacks, jealousy from players, idiocy from media

I'm 80 years old. I remember the first time I saw Jim Brown run with a football. I remember the first time I saw Charles Barkley do a breakaway layup with his left hand . i remember the first time I ever saw Rafa Nadal. I knew the instant I saw those guys that they were generational players. Nikola Jokic is just such a talent.

Media want someone who cry when he won the championship. Say "I always dreamed of this since my childhood" on an NBA trophy. Someone who worship NBA and shape his mentality and body for it. Media needs this narrative because they feed on this. They don't want people to think on how they are making millions just by commenting/overeacting on other hoopers games. It's like politics. Jokic represents everthink they hate. No athletic body, no alfa dog actions, no tears for trophies, no drama and no worshipping but still winning all the trophies. So they create a drama on him... For Luka it's something else...

I just find the idea of hating on Jokic really funny because he will legitimately not care. Like bro is just here to play good basketball and then raise horses and hasn't been on social media publicly since 2021 lol

its simple... he is not athletic, he is not a show off, he is not from a big market and he is not BLACK..... before you call me racist lets see another GOAT and i mean GOAT top 5 of all time Tim duncan - not athletic, not a show off, not from a big market, not from main land USA, No one gave any respect to him despite winning a majority of all his games in his entire career. he is the most successfull player ever and no respect... please the NBA is woke and stupid

I believe that sometimes is the aspect and playstyle for example he got eliminated in game 7 but he only lost by 8 and made 34 pts and 14 rebound oh but it is a failure,meanwhile anthony edwards in game 7 dropped 16 pts on 6/24 fg and 2/8 3 point shooting but its mj's son

A lot of people in the NBA feel threatened that a white European is the clear best player.

Ironic that Shakh, a player who never learned to shoot a free throw is critizising jovic so heavily

They be disrespecting my Serbian neighbour too much man...

Regardless of who your favorite player is, you have to admit... Nikola Jokic is better.

Racism/Jealousy pure and simple just like Caitlin Clark.

He's been the best player on the planet for nearly half a decade now

I always liked Nikola's "I don't give a shit" attitude

Jokic is just a regular guy clocking in/out on time. On his day off, he focuses on his hobbies and does not think about work. His teammates like him because he does his job well. Even so, he keeps getting the Employee of the Year award. HR and Admin hate him.

3 mvps 1 fmvp and 1 Chip in the last 4 years nikola can guve a fuck what the Media thinks about him he avrraiged 26 pog 12 and 9 durring the last 4 seasin so media 🖕

I saw lot of interviews with current and former NBA players. Some of them thought SGA was MVP some of them went for Embiid or Luka. When asked about who with would they like to play, every single one of them said "Joker" instantly, without hesitation. True basketball fan does appreciate Jokic. But for NBA, the game is just a vehicle to make money. They need a "show". Needless to say, Joker sucks in it, ha ha

I can never hate him as a young fan who recently got into NBA he’s easily my favorite player

Thanks for the comparison. As far as I'm concerned: If you hate Jokic, you hate great basketball. He is clearly the best player on the court every time I see him. Nobody's perfect. The Joker and the Nuggets had a bad series and couldn't repeat. No bench. Maybe the word 'hate' gets thrown around a bit too lightly.

What's not to love? I don't know anyone who "hates" Jokic. It's just the LeMedia who takes issue with him.

They did the same with the tennis GOAT Novak Djokovic who is on his way to become the greatest athlete of all time!

Bottom line is talent should be admired, not one’s personality. But NBA Media doesn’t make money that way

There's always been terrible narratives and agendas in the NBA media. As a Rocket's fan, James Harden got plenty of this same disrespect, but for different arbitrary reasons. Harden was flashy, marketable, and had plenty of talent, but he was a 'diva' who (seemingly) didn't have to work hard to be at the top of the league. He would rather be at the club than at practice, but he'd show up the next day and be the best player on the floor. Predictably, the media called him lazy and discredited his success because they wanted to prop up someone else instead. While I'm not saying Harden is directly comparable to Jokic (Jokic has actually won in the playoffs), the NBA media loves to find excuses to make someone the next big thing at the expense of someone who deserves praise for what they're doing now.

Jokic pissing off the NBA media is the cherry on top of his greatness for me!

Jokic is underrated

It's not racist hatred. It's his nationality. If he was American, everybody would be talking about the Big Bird.....

I'm pretty big into both sports and gaming and what's happening to Nikola Jokic reminds me of a Super Smash Bros Melee player by the name of Hungrybox. Hungrybox is considered one of the "Five Gods" of Melee because of their sheer dominance over an entire era where nobody but those five won any tournaments where any one or more of them attended. Hungrybox was incredibly efficient and during his prime was a literal mountain that you could not climb. The problem was, the way everyone else played the game was hyper aggressive and constantly trying to stunt on their opponents. Hungrybox's play was defensive and punished opponents for their hyper aggressive play. Because of this, he was dubbed boring by a large chunk of the community and started getting immense amounts of hate; especially when he started destroying everyone during his three year period as #1 in the world. Haters are gonna hate the top no matter what and that hate gets multiplied if you aren't entertaining enough.

Jokic 🐐.

American analysts feeling intimidated by the fact a sport invented in their own country is garnering better players elsewhere.

Jealousy. Sometimes racism. Sometimes because people only see his vertical and his speed. Jokic is a beast! The great players that play against him know.

3X mvp, 1st and only player to leade post season in points, rebounds, and assists, 1x champ, 1x FMVP, greatest passing big man, #1 PER, 4th all time triple double leader (soon to be 3rd). Definitely hall of fame.

They just mad he’s ACTUALLY good😂

He surpassed "one of the best centers" way back hes in conversation of "one of the best players!!!

Black racism

the uronic part is that his game is actually interesting and entertaining, the way he shoots deep 3s over good defenders, or how great his footwork is in the paint, it's all interesting to watch

Best thing about this is that he doesn't even care about awards.

He brings a team together like no other

They hate him, cause they ain’t him

It’s systematic racism in NBA, seriously hypocritical

Put yourself in the mind of an american, you were told all your life that you are the best of the entire multiverse in basketball, with a lot of player that act like they are some sort of demi god, and now you see that your "dominance" doesn't exist anymore and that europeans are dominating, MVP is serbian and the second on the list is from slovania, DPOY is french, ROTY and also the one who many see as having the potential of becoming a real legend is french, and for the second time in a row, 1st draft pick is french. New europeans legend appears every year meanwhile most of american one are retiring one by one. For a country with such a fragile ego, thats harsh to swallow

The treatment Jokic gets from ESPN is a big part of why I don't waste time watching ESPN anymore. They openly sell their biases as truths and retcon history. Long live LeKing...

The reasons why he's hated on: ▫️ He's not from Murica ▫️ He's white ▫️ He's a family man ▫️ He's a Serb

The man has less help and it's sad to see that the Paul Georges and Klays of the world don't want to play with him but rather with players who aren't as good as him.

When Embid is not injured... Embid is injured every season, which only says that Jokic has an incomparably better and stronger body than him, like everything else!

Good going Jokic .... YOU have my FAIR vote anytime ..... YOU are a.true winner ...Keep it up Champion!

The fans love him, and that includes the fans of opposing teams like me.

It’s crazy that they hate him because he isn’t “marketable” yet almost the entire NBA fan base loves him and recognizes his greatness at this point.

Oh he absolutely don’t give a damn what anyone thinks of him 😂

disrespecting and ignoring european basketball greatness like luka or jokic is absolutely most narcissistic bs i have ever heard

He isn’t black

Question: If the MVP is decided by a 'panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada', aka the media, how come he's won 3 MVPs? I honestly don't understand, can someone explain?

Jokic shots in the postseason that made AD just shrug his shoulders like "What the f*** am I meant to do?"

Think it’s just weird when he had a better, championship proven roster, minus one player leaving, didn’t lead his team to the 1 seed, didn’t have better stats than Shai, and wins MVP over him, especially when Shai was leading the youngest number 1 seed ever, with no rebounders on the roster. Just doesn’t make sense. You can’t perform worse and then be rewarded for it.

Guy scores and assists like crazy and yet people manage to put him down? Insanity

I mean tbh doncic should have won at least one of those. Dudes already 5 time first team all nba. Thats more than Steph or Westbrook. It makes some of these black players sick to their stomach to see white boys tearing it up. They will always hate jokic and doncic

thank u for the vid and i hope he destroys the nba media next year.

0:57 Where was the shocking part?

dude you are extremely underrated. respect from russia, love your videos

best part of it all: jokic doesnt care 😘

He said he didnt liked the media and all that in the NBA, so they exert their revenge the only way they know how

I have a question. what would you think the future of the Denver Nuggets would be if Allen Iverson played at least 3 more years in the NBA?

Jokic is playing together with 55 rated nobodies compared to the mvp compatition, and still delivers those stats. yeah, he might not win the games, but he is delivering stats, better than any of the others teams or his teams stats. hence mvp. not hard to figure out this one.

From a non-american it seems to be that the US ethos is so geared towards capital that they cannot fathom someone not being interested in fame, shoes deals, marketing onself as a personality and brand. Fulfilment without commercialism does not compute to the average american

Amazing video, seriously, this is great production. I love Nikola Jokić and always will, I don't care. Best player ever in my book

The same reason why Vezenkov played 6 min per game... The leaugue is getting whiter and they don't like it... Racism to the core. What will the players from the past think about their attitude today... SHAME! ... All the fighting for blacks and they do the same wicked shit...

This video was amazing and I rate it fr ❤️‍🔥💯🙌🏾

So glad people(especially from the us) can see the truth and beauty behind this astonishing player and person that Jokîc is

Can you also explained the disrepect of gobert why this modern day era the media hate centers like Jokic, AD, gobert and their not causing any drama

Everybody becomes jealous before talent. Im not a fan but seen his matches and how he regulates his team in play so i can say this much.

I agree that Jokic was robbed in 2023, should have been MVP. In 2024, the race was close between Shai and Jokic and even Luka at the end. Both Jokic and Shai deserved it, if Luka had a better seed, it would have been his. So i actually agree with everything here but you've made a big and stupid mistake. Not once did you talk about Luka's, and most importantly, Shai's numbers. In order to figure out wether a Candidate deserved the MVP award or not, we have to see what the other Candidates numbers are like. By not showing Shai's and Luka's numbers as well as the seed of the teams, your video essay doesn't come close to proving Jokic deserved MVP. I can already see the incoming replies. "Well obviously we already know the numbers". Listen, the video is trying to convince you Jokic was fully deserving of his MVP title in 2024. If it wants to be taken seriously, it needs to show what Shai's numbers were like. He went out of his way to show Shaq's numbers and Hakeem's numbers, but he can't for Shai ?

He is simply the best. Jealousy is their problem

those old head would say how amazing Arvydas Sabonis was, until his regen who actually reach his potential came up

Nikola broke NBA 😂

It's called racism.

2:10 That's really not fair, and I'm not a Jokic hater at all. It's not even about era, it's about the fact that it's just counting stats. Hakeem's stats are great, but his D? Unreal, held Ewing to like 32% shooting over like 7 games, which is insane.

People hate, unfortunately. But I respect him as a person and a player.

First ever basketball match ive seen... USA vs Serbia on the Olympics... Jokic stood out... I didnt know who he was and was like yup im rooting for Serbia now or well this dude! Then I found out abt his personality and achievements and lemme tell u... I am a fan of Nikola Jokic!

Nah, jokic doesn't even like basketball, bro plays it as a job and goes back to horse racing in serbia during the offseason 😂

He plays fundame tal basketball and is showing the lack of development in said by the flashy American system.

This year was obviously Jokic, so was last year. I don't think he should've gotten the award in 2021/22 season due to being in the sixth seed, that one should've been Giannis, but Jokic should still have 3 mvp as he was better than Embiid, and I think part of him winning was being scammed last year. I think he's probably won his last one but he's been tremendously good the last 4 years, and definitely deserved mvp over Shai and Luka. It'll likely be Shai or Luka next year, but Luka was the fifth seed and Shai just wasn't as good as Jokic this year.

If Nikola was an American or he happened to be black the narrative would be different. He is the complete opposite of what the most recent NBA stars have been , thus the media and former players attack him because they are threatened by him in a manner of speaking.

Damn, Jokic is like a real life MP. Plays better than anyone in his position in the entire league sometime consecutive years after years and they still pretend like he's averaging 7.8pts 0 reb and 1 ast a night...just like during some of those 2K MP story lines😆 all because he's not obnoxious or narcissistic.