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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)
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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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[–] bigbenis2021@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He’s not a great help defender but that’s fine because he’s not the defensive anchor of the team. Overall he’s slightly positive. Obviously you would want him to be better but when he’s such an offensive juggernaut it really doesn’t matter.