Be honest.
If we told you a guy from Serbia with a 5-inch vertical would win more MVPs than Kobe and Shaq, would you believe us? No, you wouldn’t. And that’s a big reason why Jokic didn’t win MVP again this year.
Winning a 3rd straight MVP would mean you did something LeBron and MJ couldn’t do. Something that hasn’t happened in 37 years. Something that only a special, generational talent that we’ve never seen before can do.
But that’s exactly who Nikola Jokic is. He is so f—king good at basketball for no reason. He can shoot less than 10 shots and still completely control a game.
And if he hasn’t convinced you already, just look at what he did in his NBA Finals debut...
🔸Joined Michael Jordan as the only players to lead both teams in points and assists in a Finals debut 🔸Joined Jason Kidd as the only players to record a triple-double in a Finals debut
🔸Joined LeBron James as the only players with at least 27/14/10 in a Finals game. It took LeBron 42 Finals games to reach that stat line.
The best player in the world doesn’t need another MVP. He needs a FMVP…📷
🏀 FINAL SCORE 🏀
Jamal Murray shows out once again as the @nuggets secure a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals!
Nikola Jokic: 24 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB
Anthony Davis: 28 PTS, 18 REB, 2 BLK
LeBron James: 23 PTS, 12 AST, 7 REB
Game 4: Monday, 8:30 PM ET on ESPN
“Me and James, we can't win alone. That's why basketball is played 5-on-5. We need everybody to find ways to be better.”
- Joel Embiid after being eliminated 😬