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Given that it's often been quite a divisive topic in the past, what's the current general consensus on Nikola Jokic's defensive level? Is he a weakness, a positive, or somewhere in the middle? (alien.top)

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

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Denver last playoffs and this regular season so far have shown another level of defense to in the past playing at a borderline top 5 level in both instances

However many still view Jokic's rim protection as a major issue and simply think Denver have done a good job of hiding this

Personally I'd probably say he's obviously not All Defense level or anything but at this point is probably someone between a neutral and moderate positive overall

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

On a personal level I'd say he's a slight positive. His biggest value defensively is reading what the other team is doing and putting everyone else in position to better stop it. Local podcast was talking about a late game possession where Jokic told everyone where to be and it made the play much harder on the Clippers.