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I think he is horrible defensively.
So, I gotta thing this article's blurb is a bit of lipstick on a pig....lol
If you're laboring away under the faulty assumption that Nikola Jokic is a horrid defender, please change the approach with which you study defensive basketball. Do more than watch the point of attack when he gets switched onto smaller players, and don't focus solely on his struggles protecting the rim as the last line of the Denver Nuggets' schemes. Only then will you realize that while Jokic might never become a defensive stud, he's at least a serviceable player who works within the Mile High City's strategems.
With a nose for rebounding that allows him to prevent second-chance opportunities, quick hands that can wreak havoc in passing lanes and an instinct for positioning, he's useful in those hidden defensive scenarios that may not result in possession-ending plays. That's why the Nuggets have consistently been better on defensewhen he's logging minutes—a trend validated by three consecutive years of positive scores in DRPM.
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