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?

  • KasherH@fediverser.communick.devB
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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.

      • wrongerontheinternet@fediverser.communick.devB
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        1 year ago

        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.