WEAKNESSES/CONCERNS
Jokic’s weaknesses revolve around his bottom-tier athleticism. While he moves his feet pretty well from point A to point B, he lacks the quickness and vertical agility that the rest of the league owns.
These deficiencies will be most glaring on the defensive side, where he’ll struggle to keep up with NBA-caliber speed. Whether he’s guarding power forwards or centers, he’ll have trouble staying in front of them or consistently protecting the rim. He also won’t be as effective on the boards as he is in the Adriatic League.
The slow-footed tendencies will also hurt his chances to create offense. Even on closeout drives, his slashing will get corralled pretty easily by help defenders, and he won’t be able to elevate over upper-echelon defenders.
In addition, he should speed up his shooting delivery in order to maximize his spot-up chances.
MVP says….🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
Essentially the Bird scouting report: Can’t run, can’t jump, bad back pathetic.
Larry had the last laugh too!
You can’t measure this ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️…Larry had it Kobe had it MJ had it LeBron has it. Steph has it. Can’t be measure how bad you want it. Now Nikola has it❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thing is..that scouting report isn’t necessarily wrong. That’s a snapshot of where his game was at that specific point in time and it’s a reason why he went that far down in the draft. Lotta GM’s have lost jobs drafting on “potential”.
Yeah…hindsight and all…Marc was chubby and considered a utility guy at best. Boris Diaw outperformed his peers based on skill…the outlier is Reignman. NOBODY saw 60 pounds on a lanky 6’11 Trampoline with controlled aggression. Damn man…
Also draft projections are based off of measurable metrics. A great passer on a team of mediocre shooters doesn’t look like a game-changer. Nor is there a workable way to deduce the impact better shooting has on an above-average to elite passer. Put decent shooting around a guy like Jokic and voila! Honestly the same thing worked for LeBron. He had nobody to pass to in his first stint in Cleveland. Give him some talent to work with and you see how the recipe changes for success. LeBron had otherworld athletics tho, was only a matter of time for him.
Boom! Rubio drafted by Wolves, they stink with shooters!..Grizzlies thought they needed size and drafted Hasheem Thabeet instead of the BPA one James Harden. Harden on Grit and Grind whoa nelly! All it takes is one bad draft all your ♟♟♟pawns are gone and the Queen is unprotected and you get canned….Khaaaaan!!! 😂😂😂😂
Chris Paul with shooters in Phoenix vs. all The Bigs you could want in LA?
Hahahahahaha