Nikola Jokic was listlessly taking part in the customary postgame ritual of fist-bumping and hugging players on the opposing team when Joel Embiid came up to him. However, when Jokic did quickly did his one-armed hug and tried to move away, Joel stopped Nikola from escaping by clamping his arm on Nikola’s back. “I’m gonna…
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Nikola Jokic 28 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (1/23/2019)
I would like all Paul Millsap apologists to answer for his performance in this game. He was 1-of-8 from the field and eighteen minutes as the starting power forward, but ceded many of the PF minutes to Trey Lyles because he was taking a big ol’ suck and a gigantic ding-dong. A lot of players…
Read MoreNikola Jokic Triple Double 19 Pts/11 Rebs/12 Asts Full Highlights (1/19/2019)
When I looked at the box-score of the Cavs-Nuggets game at halftime, with the Nuggets up by 24 points, I actually said out loud “Jokic isn’t going to get to play again.” Those are the words I said. The only reaction I got at the time was from my cat Japurri Purrker, who looked up…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 40 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (1/13/2019)
Jamal Murray walked up to Nikola Jokic in the locker room after the game. “Hey Nik, some of us were gonna hit up the clubs tonight. You in?” “Nah, you guys go ahead,” Nikola answered. “I just want to relax tonight.” Jamal accepted this reasoning without complaint; after all, Nikola often declined to take part…
Read MoreNikola Jokic Triple Double 18 Pts/14 Rebs/10 Asts Full Highlights (1/10/2019)
The group of Nuggets players walked through the tunnel back to their locker room, high fives and back-slaps proliferating. At the center of the group, and receiving most of the accolades from his teammates, was Nikola Jokic, who was grinning sheepishly. At that moment, everything seemed perfect: the team had won, the Nuggets were still…
Read MoreNikola Jokic Triple Double 29 Pts/11 Rebs/10 Asts/1 Game-Winner Full Highlights (1/8/2019)
One of the things that MVP candidates have to do if they want to be more than just an MVP candidate and be the actual MVP is hit game-winners. No one really remembers random shots from the middle of the second quarter unless they’re REALLY crazy. But everyone remembers game-winners. Before I was an NBA…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 24 Points Full Highlights (1/7/2019)
That’s great. Nikola Jokic sits out for the first half of the fourth quarter, the game gets out of hand, he comes in too late to stop the game from getting even more out of hand, and he sits back down after playing for 90 seconds. I understand that Mason Plumlee can do some things…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 39 Points/6 Assists/1 Dunk Full Highlights (1/5/2019)
NIKOLA JOKIC DUNK STREAK ALERT! NIKOLA JOKIC DUNK STREAK ALERT! NIKOLA JOKIC HAS HAD TWO GAMES IN A ROW WHERE HE DUNKED AT LEAST ONE TIME! ALERT ALERT ALERT It is my sincere hope that Nikola Jokic does not dunk for a third game in a row. Not because it wouldn’t be a totally awesome…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 26 Points/6 Assists/1 Dunk Full Highlights (1/3/2019)
In the dimly-lit back room of a Denver nightclub, loud swears in a language that was not English filled the air. “You rat, that was my trick!” Nikola Jokic yelled, throwing down his hand of cards in a fit of good-natured anger. “Don’t you know the damn rules?” Nemanja Bjelica took downed his cocktail in…
Read MoreNikola Jokic Triple Double 19 Pts/14 Rebs/15 Asts Full Highlights (1/1/2019)
Nikola Jokic just set back Serbo-Turk relations a couple centuries with the way he abused Enes Kanter tonight. I feel like I should double-check my historical facts to see if the Ottoman Empire ever abused Serbia or if Serbia ever abused the Ottomans or if they were even enemies at all or if they had…
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