Which player is actually ‘best’ at guarding Nikola Jokic
For whatever reason before the WCF in 2023, there was a conception that Anthony Davis does very well against Nikola Jokic however that narrative has completely flipped.
I’ve seen Nurkic, Ayton, Draymond and Gobert mentioned before but the facts (stats) seem untrue.
While there might not be a Jokic stopper, is there an actual player that defends Jokic well to the point of keeping him to or below his averages?
I wanna see Wemby go against him.
Jokic gonna have to arc that shot lol
He already does.
Na Jokic will bully Wemby until hes out of the playing field.
What can Wemby do against Jokic posting up?
Chet will get his chance this Sunday, interested to see what happens with it
Jokic is really strong and has great foot work. Not saying Chet is a bad player but i dont think hes strong enough or can stop him in the paint.
He had a season ending injury from one push from bron, they not gonna let him guard jokic
The injury was a fluke. He had no prior injury history and he was playing on a wet floor.
sure
Yeah I’m definitely not expecting Chet to hang with him his first time playing him
I wonder if he makes a Giannis transformation.
I’m looking forward to watching that matchup too. Of course Jokic can go from scorer time facilitator at the drop of a hat so there’s no real chance to shut him down but Wemby presents him a unique challenge for sure
He’ll get three blocks and peeps will say Wemby got him, but Jokic will finish 17/20 for 53
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If we are being realistic jokic will fold him into two. Also wemby isn’t guarding jokic
Also, you’re right, he isn’t guarding jokic
How is Wemby going to stop Jokic backing him down.
He won’t, but he might still get the block. I really don’t think the strength advantage is as sufficient as you all think, Wemby has faced big slow strong guys who wanted to post him up all game before and they mostly ended up doing terribly. It’s Jokic’s floater / touch / craftiness at that height that will give Wemby problems.
Might be the first and only player in NBA history to block a Sombor shuffle
Wemby would be a layup drill for Jokic. He just doesn’t have the weight to stop him at all. The spurs don’t want him guarding Jokic, they want him to help off of Gordon.
Even if Jokic can bully his way directly under the hoop, it’s possible Wemby can just easily block his shot due to his massive length advantage. It will be really interesting to see. You can’t really predict the matchup until it happens.
Yeah Vic has done that to a lot of other big centers (obviously none with the skills of Jokic, because no such center exists). I actually think he might bother Jokic watching the game yesterday, AD was getting bullied but still easily in position to block if he had a foot more standing reach like Victor does.
People are saying Jokic is just going to back him down, but he has the wingspan to get out of position and still recover for a block. I think it’s going to be very interesting and I anticipate him being the most capable defender of Jokic
lol Wemby is getting rolled by joker for at least 2 years