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Which player is actually 'best' at guarding Nikola Jokic? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by NBAperspective@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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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?

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[–] Byzantinenova@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Next-Firefighter-753@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I’m definitely not expecting Chet to hang with him his first time playing him

[–] Byzantinenova@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder if he makes a Giannis transformation.

[–] YummyYumYumi@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He had a season ending injury from one push from bron, they not gonna let him guard jokic

[–] Next-Firefighter-753@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The injury was a fluke. He had no prior injury history and he was playing on a wet floor.