Jokic

"I 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬 to play basketball." 🃏🏀 "My personality maybe is different, or I accept victory and accept success in different ways." 🎙️ Nikola Jokic on the narrative that he doesn't care about basketball

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Every decade: 2020s Points - Nikola Jokić Rebounds - Nikola Jokić Assists - Nikola Jokić Steals - Nikola Jokić Blocks - Myles Turner 2010s Points - LeBron James Rebounds - DeAndre Jordan Assists - Russell Westbrook Steals - Chris Paul Blocks - Serge Ibaka 2000s Points - Kobe Bryant Rebounds - Tim Duncan Assists - Steve Nash Steals - Jason Kidd Blocks - Tim Duncan 1990s Points - Karl Malone Rebounds - Dennis Rodman Assists - John Stockton Steals - John Stockton Blocks - Hakeem Olajuwon 1980s Points - Alex English Rebounds - Bill Laimbeer Assists - Magic Johnson Steals - Alvin Robertson Blocks - Mark Eaton 1970s Points - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Rebounds - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Assists - Norm Van Lier Steals - Rick Barry Blocks - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1960s Points - Wilt Chamberlain Rebounds - Wilt Chamberlain Assists - Oscar Robertson 1950s Points - Dolph Schayes Rebounds - Dolph Schayes Assists - Bob Cousy 1940s Points - Joe Fulks Assists - George Senesky

So has no one clocked that Savannah has an extra vote? It was pretty clear that Jeff only read 3 votes against MC before she was officially voted off, whereas she needed 4 to be voted off in the group of 6 🧐 #Survivor

HAVE YOURSELF A NIGHT NIKOLA JOKIĆ. ⚒️ 55 PTS (33 IN 1H) ⚒️ 12 REB ⚒️ 6 AST ⚒️ 18-23 FGM ⚒️ 5-6 3PM ⚒️ 34 MIN ⚒️ DEN W He's just the 4th player in NBA history to score 55 PTS on 78 FG% or better 🤯

#Survivor just turned up a notch this szn 🔥

SEE YOU SOON FRED AGAIN 🫨

@DanBesbris I got Naz Reid for Middleton and Diabate

Have you made any trades in your fantasy basketball leagues yet?

Julian Strawther sends a message “We’ve got the best starting 5 in the league.” (Via @DNVR_Nuggets )

Keanu is certified a Big Brother legend… onto The Challenge next #bb27

this might be the easiest veto in Big Brother history #bb27

why would they lock in their score with another minute lift?? #bb27

Keanu.. the underdog story… i like it #bb27

Nikola Jokić probably just had the best half-decade of numbers in NBA history. Since the start of 2020-21, regular and postseason combined, he ranks 2nd in total points, 1st in total rebounds, 2nd in total assists, 1st in total steals and 1st in total raw plus-minus. Over the same stretch, he's averaged 27.1 points, 12.4 rebounds, 8.9 assists and 1.4 steals in 35.2 minutes, with a 65.6 TS% that's 8.2 points over the league average. In 2024-25 alone, he averaged a triple-double while leading the NBA in "points added by overall shooting." He led the league in that category in three of the last five seasons (with Giannis Antetokounmpo leading in 2023-24 and Stephen Curry leading in 2020-21). His marks for box plus/minus in those five seasons rank 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 7th all time. His combined box plus/minus over those five years and 425 games is 12.8. That's 3.3 clear of second-place Giannis' 9.5, and the distance between those two marks is about the same as the distance between 2nd and 9th. His 13.1 box plus/minus in just the regular season gives him the highest ever for any 364-game span (that's how many he's played in the last five years). The best non-Jokić span of that length is Michael Jordan's 12.2 from 1987 to 1991. This run has also pushed him all the way up to first place on the all-time leaderboards in box plus/minus, win shares per 48 minutes and player efficiency rating. Jordan and LeBron James make up the rest of the top three in two of those leaderboards, while Jordan and David Robinson round out the top three in the other. And all these numbers aren't of the empty-calorie variety. During these five years, in the regular and postseason combined, the Denver Nuggets are +8.6 points per 100 possessions with Jokić on the floor and -7.2 when he's off. We've seen players like LeBron, Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook average triple-doubles or near triple-doubles. We've seen players like Curry and Kevin Durant combine scoring volume and scoring efficiency in seemingly impossible fashion. We've never seen a single player check all those boxes in quite the same way Jokić has (especially not over five years). You've probably seen some of my "blind polls." You've probably been mad about one or two. At this point, I've gotten pretty good at predicting the results. And I can pretty much guarantee that these five years from Jokić would beat any five-year stretch from anyone. Wilt Chamberlain (when you adjust for pace), Jordan, LeBron, Curry, you name it. You can certainly argue that other players across NBA history have been better basketball players than Jokić, but it'd be hard to craft a convincing argument that anyone else has had better individual numbers during any half-decade run.

It didn't make the loudest headlines. No superstar swap. No viral Shams bomb. But with Denver Nuggets sending Michael Porter Jr. and his $38.3 million contract to the Brooklyn Nets in a bold, what turned out to be a 4-for-1 deal…it's becoming clear: the Nuggets may have quietly pulled off one of the 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 moves of the offseason. Denver has turned MPJ's albatross contract into Cam Johnson, Jonas Valanciunas, Bruce Brown (yes, he's back), and Tim Hardaway Jr. Four legit, battle-tested rotation players for the price of one talented but inconsistent scorer. And just look at this new lineup: 🔹 PG: Jamal Murray / Brown 🔹 SG: Christian Braun / Hardaway Jr. 🔹 SF: Cam Johnson / Peyton Watson 🔹 PF: Aaron Gordon / DaRon Holmes 🔹 C: Nikola Jokic / JV The Joker finally has a true backup big in JV, Johnson brings shooting and length on the wing, Brown brings that familiar defensive edge and playoff IQ, and Hardaway Jr. adds instant offense off the bench. That's real depth, the kind that wins you games in May and June. The MPJ extension was always a swing. Coming off a breakout 2021, Denver had to lock him in. You don't let 6'10" shooters with 20 PPG upside walk. And let's be real: he helped bring home a banner in 2023. But injuries, inconsistency, and a ballooning cap hit made it tough to sustain. So the Nuggets pivoted. Quietly. Efficiently. Like a team that knows what it takes to contend in the Jokic era. It's looking more and more like Denver just reloaded for another deep run; smarter, deeper, and hungrier than ever.

@_navtejsidhu 😂😂

I hope I’m not speaking too early but this season has so much potential #BB27

I’m curious… drop a gif with your favorite Big Brother player here. I’m tryna see something.

Denver has informed Jonas Valanciunas' reps that the franchise fully intends to have him honor his contract as the Nuggets view Valanciunas as a critical center addition to back up Nikola Jokic and play alongside him. Greek team Panathinaikos pursued Valanciunas in recent days.