"Every imagineable advanced impact stat". How about defensive stats, are those "imagineable"?
Any "advanced" stat that leads someone to believe that the one-dimensional, plodding Jokic is "by far the best player in the league" or anything other than a defensive liability, or anywhere close to more important to their team than either Giannis or Embiid should be burned or buried -- if possible.
Those stats are not worth the paper they're printed on nor the pixels they occupy on the computer screen. Exhibit #3475 why advanced impact stats are vastly overrated and often misleading.
Find me ONE worthwhile or respected GM or NBA pundit that actually believes Jokic is the best player in the league. I highly doubt Denver's GM nor Jokic himself actually believe that.
Constant traveling and illegal moving screens aside, Jokic is, at best, the best passing big man in the game. And a good rebounder. And a very high IQ offensive player.
He's not a better scorer than Giannis or Embiid. He's not as physically dominant as either on the offensive end. And he's not even in the same universe on the defensive end of the floor.
Oh, and let's not forget the last head-to-head matchup between Jokic and Embiid a little over 6 weeks ago. It was Embiid domination!
For the record, off the top of my head, here's a list of players that, when healthy, have proven to better, more impactful all-around players than Jokic, despite whatever "every imagineable advanced impact stat" might suggest to the contrary:
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Of the two that don't yet have a title to their resume, one came eerily close to a title last season (Tatum) and the other (Embiid) was a Kawhi prayer multi-bouncing shot away from having a real good shot at winning one. Both have been better than Jokic in postseason play and, again, are widely regarded as 2-way players.
No offense and nothing personal toward you, Fantazija, but GTFOH with this rubbish. It's complete nonsense.
Any "advanced" stat that leads someone to believe that the one-dimensional, plodding Jokic is "by far the best player in the league" or anything other than a defensive liability, or anywhere close to more important to their team than either Giannis or Embiid should be burned or buried -- if possible.
Those stats are not worth the paper they're printed on nor the pixels they occupy on the computer screen. Exhibit #3475 why advanced impact stats are vastly overrated and often misleading.
Find me ONE worthwhile or respected GM or NBA pundit that actually believes Jokic is the best player in the league. I highly doubt Denver's GM nor Jokic himself actually believe that.
Constant traveling and illegal moving screens aside, Jokic is, at best, the best passing big man in the game. And a good rebounder. And a very high IQ offensive player.
He's not a better scorer than Giannis or Embiid. He's not as physically dominant as either on the offensive end. And he's not even in the same universe on the defensive end of the floor.
Oh, and let's not forget the last head-to-head matchup between Jokic and Embiid a little over 6 weeks ago. It was Embiid domination!
For the record, off the top of my head, here's a list of players that, when healthy, have proven to better, more impactful all-around players than Jokic, despite whatever "every imagineable advanced impact stat" might suggest to the contrary:
- Giannis (1)
- Embiid (0)
- Curry (4)
- KD (2)
- LBJ (4)
- Kawhi (2)
- Tatum (0)
).Of the two that don't yet have a title to their resume, one came eerily close to a title last season (Tatum) and the other (Embiid) was a Kawhi prayer multi-bouncing shot away from having a real good shot at winning one. Both have been better than Jokic in postseason play and, again, are widely regarded as 2-way players.
No offense and nothing personal toward you, Fantazija, but GTFOH with this rubbish. It's complete nonsense.
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