And he plays with such joy

Skilled af and his motor is always on high!

love how everyone says that about Gordon like they are wise old magic fans😂

@@slatsgrobneck7515more athletic than skilled

@@kachow5830i actually am a wise old magic fan since 1989 lol. ok not wise.

I still feel Mike Malone is incredibly underrated as a coach. His work is brilliant.

Yup. Gordon was considered such a failure with the Magic. They spent so much time trying to figure out how to make him a star. They even tried to turn him into a point forward. That experience paid off big time though, after the trade. When the Nuggets picked up Gordon, it was viewed by many as a desperate attempt to replace Jerami Grant, but in hindsight, it doesn't get anymore perfect as a fit than to have the versatility and athleticism of Gordon at the 4. But another coach might've screwed that up..

I think that was always part the adjustment considering the Nuggets have at least 3 ball handlers. Murray being healthier helps because he adds to the offense with his shooting and off ball ability. Which still gives Jokic options once more to punish the Wolves for going at him with multiple defenders. Or move off ball as well. As long as the Nuggets can get to half court within 6 seconds (or ASAP) they get to play their game again and the Wolves have to be tighter with switches/scrambles in that same space.

​@@timl9724i keep thinking the same thing, gordon wouldnt be so effective and versatile without his years "failing" in the magic. its really interesting how a role shift made everything click.

truth

4) jokic

Also their screens are better, they are pushing the pace, and they’ve done a much better job setting staggers for Murray so that his defender is trailing

4) wolves defense went from intense pack wolves to, theres more important things. Reflecting gobert missing game.

4) Murray is shooting less FGS because he's not that efficient in these playoffs

i think they really need to get the G6 for more resting time

Made the the Timberwolves look like they play in North Korea.

Rudy gobert is the most overrated defender I have ever watched

no

@@phothewin6019 Made the Timberwolves look like they play in North Korea's High School League.

​@@MrDiMES123he really defends well but jokic solved him again and again and again

Exactly. Everyone acting like their favourite player is gonna do better than gobert against jokic.

We’ve seen this already. Jokic did the same thing to Anthony Davis

Yeah people conveniently ignore all the stuff Rudy also takes away from everyone else. Now you have a bunch of 🤡 talking about how Mutombo or Ben Wallace wouldn’t have “let” that happen like Shaq didn’t go for 33, 16, 5 on 57% shooting vs Mutombo and 27, 11 on 63% (!) shooting vs Ben in Finals It’s like people can’t admit Jokic is just that good.

Especially draymond green the guy who was all too happy to criticize Rudy 🙄

Naz Reid ??

He could have easily get that tripple D if he stat pad. He was 3 rebounds away from 3-D.

Well Duncan had a sturdier lower body than Jok but I agree with you when you talked about the rest!

That MVP award buff. Unfair.

The right hook off right foot was fucking nasty and didn't even make it into this video. This game was the basketball equivalent of a hot fudge sundae. Just an absolute treat.

@@Phriedahlol is that a real thing?

This game I think he saw Murray struggle a bit early on scoring, so he decided to take over. It's little recognition things like that that make Jok so special.

MVP and absolute leader Best Nuggets ever, as he proved already years ago though

@@dusk6159 melo is still ahead. When jokic wins 2 more rings and another MVP he'll surpass Melo as a nugget.

​@cyberbron2077 Melo has zero rings and zero MVPs...if you wanna talk about legacy so be it, but Jokic has FAR surpassed him as a player already

@@cyberbron2077 What the hell did Melo do to be above Jokic and his Nuggets tenure?

Plus, CB has been the best overall defender on Ant IMO. Even better than KCP, who isn't as strong or laterally quick.

​@@RS-ol8orthank you for that! Ive been saying the same thing, CB is athletic and strong enough to defend Edwards 1 on 1

@@RS-ol8or Truth. KCP is still incredible on smaller players, but his age is starting to show a little bit against players as explosive as Ant-Man.

Yep he is locking down ant

Dude is a nobody how is he locking down ANT🤦🏽‍♂️

AG has morphed his game to be exactly what Denver needs of him, being paired with Jok. Truly a selfless dude. Mr. Nugget!

See, I think he was always very athletic and poorly used in Orlando, so his dunks never disappeared and his positioning was already great on court. What he probably needed was better coaching to get his good qualities expressed. And he came to a team that was really needing an athletic guy that knew how to space the floor to lighten the burden from Murray and Jokic, guarantee very efficient buckets, since MPJ is primarily a pure shooter.

I said it right before the commentator did, but he's really playing like a scottie pippen Jr fr does it all, best defender out there too

Denver has a legit PERFECT starting 5 in terms of fit. You got the superstar best-player-alive (also the best passer alive) at Center, 2 elite shooters to space the floor (one of which is 6'10), a score-first PG who thrives in the 2man game & also an elite shooter who is just fine off-ball, and then the low-key PERFECT 5th man in AG, who has secretly become the best cutter and space-finder in the NBA. Which has really unlocked Jokic's other-wordly vision & anticipation. If they coulda just found a way to keep Bruce Brown, and Braun/Watson keep developing , this coulda been a dynasty. 3-4-5 rings. Their gigantic weakness is their lack of depth. One injury anywhere in that starting 5 & they become very mortal. That's why Brown was such a big loss. It's not showing rn bc they're all healthy (ish), but Murray/Porter are both kinda fragile. That insurance policy in Brown was a huge asset. If they all stay healthy it's irrelevant. But I just don't see them staying collectively healthy for the better part of a decade in order to achieve that (very-attainable) dynasty.

Someone compared him to Lamar Odom during the Lakers championship run, really aptly put, he is a Swiss army knife

I mean it makes sense. His handles are good enough to protect the ball until he gets it past half court. Then him and Joker/Murray can start their shenanigans. Multiple ball handlers for championship rosters have always been a great change-up against good defensive teams.

I really think Minnesota needs to chill on the full court ball handler press. If it's AG then focus on getting the correct matchups set

@@ryanmahon1 100%. They either get themselves into stupid mismatches or they have freaking Gobert trying to full-court press (which isn't going to happen).

Thanks to Michael Malone

Like Suns have 3 to bring up the 🏀...oh wait they have 0 😮

The defensive player of the year is nothing more than an anchor in an already good defensive system. Expecting of Gobert to stop Jokić in his track is foolish. A truly great offensive player will find a way to beat any defender, especially in this era where defenders have no room to operate. In the 80s and 90s the defenders were protected to a much larger degree, which I liked way more. Add to that the fact that the game was way more physical, and players themselves way more beastly, and you start to get the notion that guys like Jordan would average 50 in this era easily.

@bmsuperstar1 Get off your nostalgia goggles. The only reason people likes the 80s And 90s era is because Blacks Americans dominated those years nowadays it's no longer the case.

​@@evangelinea.k.mcdowell82 How do you figure?

@@evangelinea.k.mcdowell82 Wtf?

​@bmsuperstar1 guys in the 80s and 90s would get killed by current players. None of them were used to guarding past the free throw line consistently, dealing with tons of screens, and the pace was vastly slower. Not to mention they couldn't guard anyone without having to grab and push, they were slow on their feet. It's over for those defenders. Nuggets would average 140 a game against those teams.

Besides dirk idk who else is making that

@@MindAndMythTim Duncan but can’t think of anyone else

I'm almost sure that he started practicing that top-of-the-backboard shot in preparation for the next year's Wemby...

@@truthtelleranon they don't really do hook shots, especially outside of restricted area

Shaq really said SGA when Jokic and Luka exists

Shaq has always had the worst takes. He makes that show nearly unwatchable.

@@jona.scholt4362Aww is someone being sensitive if you don’t like the show then don’t watch it🤡🤡🤡

Luka > SGA

Shai and ant have ugly 90s outdated offense. Iso ball hog

😂😂😂

Jokic probably worst match up for him.jokic iso game and passing means golbert can’t leave and assist elsewhere and thus greatly reducing his effectiveness

Jokic could have 20 assist this game if Gobert wasn’t a defensive monster. Malone and Nuggets adjust their game accordingly, now it’s the wolves time to adjust.

@@shoguny9939 I think Ben is low key outlining in the video why the Wolves would have a 'hard' time adjusting defensively. The Wolves even in the ideal matchups where they have Gobert parked at the rim are still getting scored on by the Nuggets on half court in many ways. To a point where the Nuggets scoring pace is giving them double digit leads by half time in the last 3 games. With the Wolves unable to ever take the lead back. It also doesn't help that the Wolves offense can't keep up when the Nuggets beyond game 2 are scoring on a 127 offensive rating.

no ones saying hes a bad defender, but wemby was def the DPOY. He had better stats in every category. The wolves defense is still elite with Gobert, while the spurs defense was literally bottom of the league without wemby

​@@karljones7976we literally saw wolves defend better in game 2 without Gobert send his ass to the bench

The comments are the reason why I nearly hate the timberwolves and can’t wait for them to lose. Mavs will humble

Funny thing is that if the playoffs series were a bit longer Rudy's teams would likely have a better answer to gimmicks and his value would increase. My hypothesis is that in an 11 game series he could be class

​@@qwikscopez6619 one of the takes of all time

All season I heard that Sabonis owned AD. I just think it's hard to guard good post big men one on one.

That's the exact analysis that I give to Wemby.

Same situation for Ibaka back in 2014. Great off ball defender but got cooked by Old Man Duncan in the post in the WCF.

ouch xD

No theres nothing more to talk about

@@rgonzalo511series ended there’s a lot to talk about

@@gymrat8164 There isn't bro. The TWolves made their shots the Nuggets didn't. Nothing changed tactically that warrants a video.

​@@rgonzalo511lmfao what?

@@kartikaychoudhary8797 Can't read??

Great analysis 👏

Magic, Duncan, and Bird in one ☝️

you forgot Bird

I think Jokic is actually more Bird than Magic

​@@olafharoldsonnii4713 Minus the All-time Great defense, but Timmy and Jokic both stay grounded when defending so it's close. The difference is Timmy's wingspan. As for post moves, I think Jokic's closer to Hakeem's post moves.

The more you watch Nikola's game, the more you become amazed at the little things he does that make him so great and masterful. He just has a feel for things like that. Another is when he kills time off the clock during out of bounds when Denver has the lead. If done right, I've seen him burn 10+ seconds off the clock per possession.

@@RS-ol8or I made a comment of that exact thing a few days ago. They have been doing it since the regular season and it is a smart way to burn off 1-2 minutes of clock. Watching the team mill around and piddle with the inbounds, always have the ref check the ball then drop the ball in play and watch. Even the announcers last night made note of it.

Nuggets 0-5 against 50+ win teams in 7 game series. Wonder how Ben will try and spin this.

Awful coaching will always own him

@@chenamabobber2636 Nah he wont Awful Coaching just cherry picks plays he's as lazy as it gets when it comes to analysis

malone sucks wolves in 7🤡🤡🤡

​@@Notawarriorsfansucks so much he won a ring with one star and dismantled the best defense after two off games learning. Malone is good and Wolves can still win. Simple.

@@Notawarriorsfan C O P E

"...he hits Aaron who attempts to baptize Gobert into the sect of Gordonism" that one killed me 🤣🤣

lol you so mad. He doesnt care bro he just does analysis 😂

@@rgonzalo511 I’m happy chilling rn. You mad tho havin to defend him at all costs 🤣🫵

Don't worry, Jokic gave Antman the sixth so he can close it at home. Wait, see and enjoy

@@Rafa-uj2oi nuggets in 6 I thought ? opinions change like the night and day

@@Rafa-uj2oi Jokic missed the chance 😵‍💫

​@@Rafa-uj2oiYou Jokic fans are a special type of delusional, lmao!

@@Minnesotamelarky totally

Loved to watched him in last years play offs already. He is THAT guy. Him and Jokic pairing up and playing their A-Game puts every team in the league in big trouble.

It's very Stockton to Malone, if John was a 7 foot Serbian.

🗑

That's precisely why I like him, and I think it's also why so many former players, who are now podcasters don't. Personally, I don't get all the chest thumping, hand gestures, and assorted theatrics, after a good shot or dunk when you're losing. To me it's just wasted energy, and you look like a clown. Ya it's great you just posterised someone, but you're trailing by 15, knock off the showmanship and hustle your ass back to defend.

Reminds me of Warriors before KD joined them. An organically made good team.

How original

​@@curtiszyr SLIDE YOUR FEET, SHOW YOUR HANDS

Mutumbo was old as hell man Shaq was in the middle of his prime

Shaq just elbowed him to death.

@@guy7934Mutombo was 33 or 34 in 2001 lol, Gobert will be 32 in june … So not a big difference.

He didn’t really call him out I don’t think. At least not from what I’ve seen. He did respond to this channel calling him out though but it wasn’t a negative response.

What happened?

who is that autistic guy

Awful thinking 💀💀💀

"Idiot thinking Basketball"🤣

The Nuggs made the correct matchup changes and the Timmy's haven't had an answer.

It would have included a lot of contradictions with the previous ones. And I still think the NBA is scripted nowadays, they allowed the wolves to advance so ANT becomes the new face of the league and bring hype arround watching basketball again so they can make profit

@@obscurelightdid you even watch the game? They don’t even call foul for Ant near the end of 4th.

He has a pro-Jokic pro-Curry pro-Luka anti-Harden agenda

Nuggets fans coping hard even after a ring? So are you saying they gave it to Nikola last year as well? These type of clowns always amazed me. Y'all never stepped on any court ever calling other people actors who have honed and dedicated their entire lives to a sport. Jokic got outplayed by Naz reid in the 4th l, that's what happened because the Nuggets were too cheap to bring back their peices.​@@obscurelight

@@obscurelightu might be retarted jokic was pushing and elbowing every possession and had like 2 fouls 😂😂😂 jokic was barely getting breathed on and it would be called a foul. so many bad calls in favor of Denver that game

“WHY DID MY PARENTS HAVE ME”

I mean Kareem might be the most skilled

​@@JosephRockford Jokic is on another level, playing as a coach on and off the court, dissecting defense in real time.

Really only ones who compare are Magic Johnson and LeBron James.

Y'all know Nigeria? A man from Nigeria was pretty good as well. Drafted in 1984, ahead of MJ, by the way...

@@thanossanchez5324 Hakeem had the best footwork ever

It was never a failure. He was never going to be at the same level as Draymond Green who has enough vision/handles to be an actual point-forward to feed two of the best shooters of this generation. If anything the Nuggets were blessed enough to let Jerami Grant walk when he wanted that big pay day from another team. They just scoured bad teams who had the skillset they were looking for to play alongside Jokic/Murray.

@@t4d0W Nuggets didn't even let him walk. They offered the same money but Grant wanted to get more shots then he knew he would get in the Denver scheme so he went to Detroit anyway.

@@t4d0W you gotta admit, though, they got pretty lucky that Gordon had all those perfect little role player skills, and that the Magic were willing to trade him. I can't see other players working out that well.

​@@timl9724 I don't think its luck. Gordon wanted out of Orlando then so the GM been working the lines to see who offers. Nuggets GM Calvin Booth probably saw the opportunity while he also had pieces. It was huge for the Nuggets then because it was a mid-season trade and Gordon was already showing promise with the 25 games he played with them.

@t4d0W The trade happened under Tim Connelly.

Its the reason i can't bring a child into this world... i mean, is it that hard for the week side help to see man and ball?

Feet set, seeing ball seeing man

ICE THE SCREEN THIS IS COACHING … COACHING COACHING COACHING *slams desk*

Maybe it'd be better if we could see more... EFFORT EFFORT EFFORT EFFORT

So, i dont know enough about basketball to know: Whos right? Is Awful Coaching right that Minn coaching is Horrendous, or is the Nuggets switch up offence tactics just hard to deal with?

@@OmnicroneRED Minnesota’s defence was fine in games 4 and 5. They just made too many offensive mistakes, and yes they are not an elite offensive team, but that’s it they need to play better offence to win. i don’t think their coaches are reprimanding them about their defence, that would be absurd. they’re probably tweaking their offensive strategy and thinking of ways to stay focused while in possession. and look Denver missed a lot of open shots and lost by 40. sometimes Charles Barkley is right, if a good team misses too many easy shots they lose and vice versa.

Also a very good comment section - mostly regular viewers, a lot more decent debate than mindless arguing.

Nah, awful coaching is way better.

Oh snap they did show it. 10:15. Look at the angle Jok takes defending Ants pnr. Fantastic

Hes IMPROVING as a defensive player.

A historic collapse!

@@owmegwoagm Indeed.

Such Historical win that lead to a getting smoked by Dallas Lmao

MPJ is usually hit or miss. AG has multiple offensive and defensive dimensions to his game and value to Denver.

@@RS-ol8or facts he's the third guy and some nights the second guy. What a player he is and a warrior if you need body.

Chill, he will make video about game 6 and 7

@@Notbaokhanhsosorrybut he conveniently didn’t make a video after game 2 but immediately made 1 after game 3….

Why does he need to talk about game 6 and 7? Nothing change strategically

@@rgonzalo511 Couldn't be more wrong. And he just did, go watch it to see lol

@@HappyGrenades37 I don't need to see no video. Bro already did a whole ahh podcast episode talking about it. He said the same thing there aswell

Believe he still at least has a couple years left. Booth has made a point to draft the right players and hang on to them if they can produce. That said, look for Zeke and maybe Pickett to be moved this year.

Braun has been a winner on every level. phenomenal pick up

He can be a great player. Smart, talented, hard-working, grateful for the opportunity to learn.

They are trying to move him from the rim. Gober is trying to defend Gordon but they put ball up into Gordons hands so Gober is up with him.

He has a pro-Jokic pro-Curry pro-Luka anti-Harden agenda