This was not a good game for Nikola Jokic. Even the best players have off nights sometimes, that’s just the way things go. There’s no reason to panic, or to declare Mason Plumlee the future of the franchise and send Jokic to the D-League (G-League?????). Now is not the time to start second-guessing certain trades…
Read MoreTag: Nikola Jokic
Nikola Jokic Triple Double 17 Pts/21 Rebs/12 Asts Full Highlights (2/13/2017)
Nikola Jokic pulled up to the Pepsi Center several hours before the game and immediately realized that something was amiss: The arena was on fire. Feeling a sinking sensation in his stomach, Nikola got out of his car. There were just a few small pockets of flame on the roof of the building, but even…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 27 Points Full Highlights (2/11/2017)
Next step in Nikola Jokic’s development: cultivate an audience in the US that isn’t basketball dorks. Basically, appeal to the Curry-lovers and Kobe-stans. It’ll be hard, because of certain characteristics he possesses (whiteness, flabbiness, etc), but it’s doable. First, he has to grow an afro. Years of focused research has shown that Urban Millennials love…
Read MoreNikola Jokic Career High 40 Points Full Highlights (2/10/2017)
Nikola Jokic walked back to the visitor’s locker room with his teammates. All his teammates except one: in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter, Jusuf Nurkic had claimed he felt ill and had run down the tunnel. Nikola privately questioned whether illness was really the cause of Jusuf’s early departure, but kept his thoughts…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 18 Points Full Highlights (2/8/2017)
Foul trouble strikes again for Nikola Jokic! He’s finding out that it’s kind of hard to be play defense in the NBA if you can’t really change directions that quickly. “Play defense with your feet, not your hands” is what the coaches preach, but that’s easy for them to say. They’re not the ones who…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 13 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (2/6/2017)
Before anyone says anything: yes, that is an unaltered image of Nikola Jokic in the thumbnail. Unrotated. That’s the angle he took to show his displeasure with the referees. Nothing says “I think you made the wrong call” like tilting your whole body 45 degrees to the left. Also before anyone says anything: yes, 13…
Read MoreNikola Jokic Triple Double 20 Pts/13 Rebs/11 Asts Full Highlights (2/3/2017)
“Are you sure this hip replacement will work? It feels funny.” Nikola Jokic asked, still somewhat dazed from the anesthesia. “That’s just the medication talking, dear.” replied the nurse, who was busy entering data into a computer next to Jokic’s bed. “The horse who we got the hip from lived a long healthy life, winning…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 29 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (1/26/2017)
The All-Star reserves have been revealed, and Nikola Jokic is not among them. To what can we blame this seeming oversight? It is tempting to blame Serbians for not coming out in support of their man, for not flooding social media with hashtags and tweets in a large enough torrent. But they are not at…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 23 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (1/24/2017)
Attention Serbians: it is snowing right now where I am, and it is not snowing right now where you are. I just thought I’d let you know, because I’m looking outside my window right now and it’s really atmospheric and picturesque (people who leave their Christmas decorations up for way too long are da real…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 18 Points Full Highlights (1/22/2017)
Karl-Anthony Towns was mad in this game. Mad about all the attention Nikola Jokic has been getting recently, mad that he himself is not getting as much attention. KAT was so mad that he kind of dominated this matchup of young star centers, putting up 32-12-7-4-1 versus Jokic’s 18-8-4-1-3. It is with the resolution of…
Read More