Full title of this video since YouTube is oppressing me with restrictive character limits: “Nikola Jokic Triple Double 35 Points/12 Rebounds/11 “Assists”/4 Steals/0 Missed Shots/0 Turnovers/1 Dunk/5 MVP Chants/1 Bewildered Rookie Dominated Full Highlights (10/19/2018)”.
This was, almost literally, a perfect performance by Jokic. He missed a free throw and had some personal fouls. Other than those minor blemishes, he was flawless. At least on offense. I don’t care about defense, and you shouldn’t either, because the way the NBA seems to be going this season (someone’s going to score 175 this year I can feel it) I don’t think defense is gonna be talked about much.
Sure, some of the assists were really iffy, but that’s how it always has been with the Nuggets statkeepers. Anyone who has been watching Jokic highlights knows all about handoffs to Gary Harris and Jamal Murray who then take a couple of dribbles before scoring.
There’s really no reason I should still be making highlights of this guy. He is, by all measures except maybe PPG, way too good for my role-player-centric channel. But I like him. I like him a lot. And this is my channel, after all. I do what I want. If he keeps doing this, maybe I’ll reconsider my position, but he was doing stuff like this all last year anyway and that didn’t change my mind at all.