{"id":18170,"date":"2019-01-12T09:34:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T14:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=18170"},"modified":"2019-03-06T12:25:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:25:27","slug":"nikola-jokics-legendary-play-far-beyond-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2019\/01\/12\/nikola-jokics-legendary-play-far-beyond-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Joki\u0107’s Legendary Play Goes Far Beyond Just The MVP Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nikola\u00a0Jokic<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has been a revelation this season. Even more than last year, as he is in the MVP conversation right now. And he is leading the Nuggets<\/a><\/strong>, the fourth youngest team in the league, who missed the playoffs for five years, to the first seed in the west. His season numbers, though outstanding and historic, do not really pop out at the regular fan. But his impact and his game is something the NBA has almost never seen. We take a look at how Jokics has the Nuggets in prime position to succeed now and for years to come.<\/p>\n

As of January 11th, 2019,\u00a0Joki\u0107 is averaging 19\/10\/8 as a seven-foot center. This has made people take notice, and as a result, he has been put in the MVP conversation along with an All-Star lock. If he ends the season averaging more than seven assists, which he is doing now, he will be the first seven-footer to average such a stat line since Wilt Chamberlain<\/a><\/strong>. However, Joki\u0107 has many more of these legendary and almost never done before numbers. He has found himself in the same room as players like Wilt Chamberlain<\/a>, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/a><\/strong>, Magic Johnson<\/a><\/strong> and more, in certain categories.<\/p>\n

Nikola Joki\u0107’s Legendary Play Goes Far Beyond Just The MVP Conversation<\/strong><\/h1>\n

What is so “Historic” and “Legendary” about Jokic?<\/strong><\/h2>\n