First woman to compete in a 3PT contest on NBA All-Star Weekend and she goes out and puts up 26! From the NBA line!
Sabrina Ionescu is one of the best shooters in the world PERIOD
AS HE SHOULD!! “In Boston, the median net worth of a white family is $247,500, while the median net worth of a Black family is just $8.”
$8…to $247,500. In BOSTON.
"I want to attack that wealth gap here in Boston, create a project... Help stimulate the overall economy and I want to bring Black Wall Street here."
Jaylen Brown on his plans for the community with his new $304M Celtics deal 🗣
(via
@NBCSCeltics
)
The only players in NBA History to average 25/5/5 through a minimum 50 career playoff games:
Michael Jordan
LeBron James
Steph Curry
Jerry West
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nikola Jokic
And….
Jamal Murray
600 Points | 1st in the NBA Playoffs
269 Rebounds | 1st in the NBA Playoffs
190 Assist | 1st in the NBA Playoffs
The only player in NBA HISTORY to accomplish this feat
1 of 1
One of the greatest players ever
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has put more on the line socially than almost any athlete this side of Muhammad Ali and Colin Kaepernick. This Anti-Vaxx nonsense has to stop. If the training staff, coaches and stadium personnel have to be vaccinated then so do the players. Period.
The narrative around Deion is so nasty. “They are fighting for clicks” like Prime ain’t single-handily rebuilding the worst team in FBS LOL
We know why folks don’t like Prime
I am glad more NBA Players are coming out and admitting that worshipping sports is not a quality way of living your life.
In its proper context, sports are great. A tool. A means to many ends.
But it cannot be the foundation of your life.
Kenny Smith: “Everyone is still chasing you. Do you feel there is anyone you’re chasing as the Denver Nuggets right now?”
Jokic: “Oh, we are chasing the Denver Nuggets, too.”
Inside the NBA Crew: “Ooo, 👀.”
Jokic is gonna be a GOAT, man.
Nikola Jokic Game Three Vs the Phoenix Suns:
30 PTS
17 REBS
17 AST
1 BLK
10/17 2PT (58.8%)
1/2 3PT (50%)
7/8 FT (87.5%)
66.6% True Shooting
+5
Never-Before-Seen NBA Playoff Statline
BEST PLAYER ON THE PLANET
YOOOOO…
Nikola Jokic just walked up to Mat Ishbia during pregame, smiled, shook his hand and then HANDED HIM THE BASKETBALL AND WALKED AWAY
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Joker is a SAVAGE dawg LOL
1st Clip: Draymond Green
-He repeatedly walked toward the officials and yelled at them for 30+ seconds
-Argued with ANOTHER ref at the FT line
-No technical
2nd Clip: Nikola Jokic
-Gets fouled. No call.
-Walks up and yells at ref > :30 seconds
-Thrown out of GAME
In the playoffs Nikola Jokic has now beaten:
Kevin Durant
Kawhi Leonard
Devin Booker
Paul George
Damian Lillard
DeMar DeRozan
Lamarcus Aldridge
Donovan Mitchell
Anthony Edwards
Rudy Gobert
"Not a Playoff Riser"
Hey Serbians…
Leave some MVP and ‘Best Player On Planet Earth’ Awards for the rest of us.
Thanks,
The Rest of the World
Nikola Jokic
Novak Djokovic
Vasilije Micic
Giannis flamed out in the first round of the playoffs and gets beat 4-1 by an 8th seed as the favorite…
Stays at
#1
for ESPN
Jokic averages 30/13/10 on 63% TS got an entire playoff run on the way to a 16-4 record for a title…
Stays at
#2
for ESPN
Jokic literally averaged…
@latimes
African-American students were in the single-digits in admittance percentages yet they were being blamed for why other ethnic groups were not getting into these schools. Anti-Black racism really convinced many of these Asian families that other Black kids were the problem.
Nikola Jokic is a Supercomputer
Joker gets Nurkic out of the paint by telling the referee he’s violating the 3 second rule and then spins to that exact spot for an easy score. All within 3 seconds.
He’s 1 of 1.
Nikola Jokic calls for a defensive 3-second violation on Jusuf Nurkic.
Nurkic gets out of the paint and Jokic takes advantage by attacking with the quick spin to the basket 🧠🏀
(via
@keatonrwarner
)
I am so proud of Jamal Murray. He deserves all of his flowers.
1 of 4 players to ever average 20 PTS and 10 AST in an NBA Finals series
Magic Johnson
Michael Jordan
LeBron James
Jamal Murray
In the playoffs Nikola Jokic has beaten:
Jimmy Butler
Bam Adebayo
LeBron James
Anthony Davis
Kevin Durant
Kawhi Leonard
Devin Booker
Paul George
Damian Lillard
DeMar DeRozan
Lamarcus Aldridge
Donovan Mitchell
Karl Anthony-Towns
Anthony Edwards
Rudy Gobert
CERTIFIED | NBA CHAMP
In the playoffs Nikola Jokic has now beaten:
*LeBron James*
*Anthony Davis*
Kevin Durant
Kawhi Leonard
Devin Booker
Paul George
Damian Lillard
DeMar DeRozan
Lamarcus Aldridge
Donovan Mitchell
Karl Anthony-Towns
Anthony Edwards
Rudy Gobert
One of the Greatest Players Ever
THE DETROIT PISTONS ANNOUNCERS ARE PISSED THAT THE REFS HAVE THROWN OUT MALONE AND JOKIC
They explicitly state that the fans did NOT come to see the refs play this game
This is THE most important photo of the year for me.
Michael Porter Jr. is the Nuggets 3rd highest paid player and one of the most talented players in team history.
He’s 25. A key starter. A champion.
He has All-Star potential and he’s being subbed out for a 2nd year player…
In the playoffs Nikola Jokic has now beaten:
*LeBron James*
*Anthony Davis*
Kevin Durant
Kawhi Leonard
Devin Booker
Paul George
Damian Lillard
DeMar DeRozan
Lamarcus Aldridge
Donovan Mitchell
Karl Anthony-Towns
Anthony Edwards
Rudy Gobert
One of the Greatest Players Ever
In the playoffs Nikola Jokic has now beaten:
Kevin Durant
Kawhi Leonard
Devin Booker
Paul George
Damian Lillard
DeMar DeRozan
Lamarcus Aldridge
Donovan Mitchell
Anthony Edwards
Rudy Gobert
"Not a Playoff Riser"
I still CANNOT believe that the LA Lakers got the official NBA Referee account to issue a PUBLIC APOLOGY and no team has received anything of the sort ever since LOL 😂
Like everyone else, referees make mistakes. We made one at the end of last night’s game and that is gut-wrenching for us. This play will weigh heavily and cause sleepless nights as we strive to be the best referees we can be.
Nikola Jokic in Game Two vs the Suns:
39 PTS
16 REBS
5 AST
2 STLS
1 BLK
15/24 2PT (62.5%)
2/6 3PT (33.3%)
3/4 FT (75%)
61.4% True Shooting
26 Points in the 2nd Half
BEST PLAYER ON THE PLANET
PUT SOME RESPECK ON HIS NAME
2-0 Series Lead
I spent the last two months of the season hearing about the reasons Jokic couldn’t win three straight MVPs and they pointed to playoffs and defense.
And now Embiid has 13/5/1 on 4/16 FG in a Game 7 down 26 points through three quarters and getting taken advantage of in space.
Giannis Antetokounmpo went and played a FULL GAME vs the
#1
seeded Denver Nuggets and the B2B MVP in Jokic on the toughest back-2-back in the NBA WHILE HURT.
Then he sits Vs the DETROIT PISTONS because they are the worst team in the East.
That’s how it should be done.
Nick Wright said that Steph Curry is one of the 12 to 8(!) best players of all-time in front of real people who think he’s a top 3 player of all-time 😂😂😂😂😂
I’ve never seen a team get so many flowers for getting swept in my life. Lead block on every show.
“The Lakers got swept but it was the closest sweep I’ve ever seen.”
Jokic got swept with Facu/Rivers in the backcourt and folks called him a fraud and the worst MVP in 35 years.
@Phil_Lewis_
AAVE getting dissected by people outside of the community and then Black people having to apologize for it is but another example of folks superimposing their culture into ours. Instead of asking questions, folks assume and now he’s apologizing for using language HIS community…
Four biggest plays of the game:
1. No call on Jimmy Butler stepping out of bound on Gabe's 3PT
2. KCP fouls two three point shooters for no reason
3. Clear missed goaltending on Murray's layup
4. Out of bounds off of Strus gets called on Jokic
Three point loss
Bruce Brown says that the Nuggets/Lakers series was personal for them 👀
He says he doesn’t know why but even Joker ‘wasn’t playing no games’ with the Lakers 💯
The Nuggets don’t get enough credit for sweeping the LA Lakers.
You have to BEAT LEBRON JAMES, Anthony Davis AND the (always favorable) whistle in the 4th quarter.
THEY GOT SWEPT even though they dominated the Free Throw battle.
They asked Skip Bayless if Nikola Jokic is the Best Player in the World and he says, “I can’t give up on Embiid” and referenced their January 28th regular season matchup when Embiid had 47 LOL
I’ve never seen a regular season performance mean more for an ‘MVPs’ legacy.
🚨TW 🚨
The conversation MPJ is creating here is important. People are going to joke and laugh because people don’t think women in sex work are real people but we have lost many high profile sex workers to suic*de and drugs overdose over the last several years. In 2017, a well…
NIKOLA JOKIC IN GAME FOUR TO SWEEP THE LA LAKERS:
30 PTS
14 REBS
13 AST
3 BLKS
1 STL
44.4% 2PT
50.0% 3PT
83.5% FT
GAME WINNING SHOT OVER ANTHONY DAVIS TO SEND THE DENVER NUGGETS TO THEIR FIRST NBA FINALS
BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD
Never forget that Nick Wright did NOT have Nikola Jokic in his Top 50 players of the last 50 years AFTER Jokic had won TWO NBA MVPs.
But he did have LUKA DONCIC ranked at 20 who has no MVPs, no Finals MVP and no Finals appearances.
“Worst MVP in the last 35 years” he said.
“We have a new sheriff in town. And that means the Best Player in the world…and that is Jokic.”
We are witnessing an all-time heel turn from the NBA Big Media.
Nikola Jokic vs the
#1
Defense in the NBA:
31 PTS
11 AST
6 REBS
1 STL
10/20 FT (50%)
10/11 FT (90.9%)
62.4% True Shooting
+19
47-19 Record (71.2%)
BEST PLAYER IN THE NBA
BEST PLAYER ON THE PLANET
GIVE HIM HIS DAM 3RD STRAIGHT MVP
This morning Keyshawn Johnson said he would still pick Joel Embiid over Nikola Jokic because he’s values two-way play.
It’s funny because he is a Laker fan and he also picked Anthony Davis over Joker.
Some people cannot be convinced.
Nikola Jokic
Jamal Murray
Michael Porter Jr.
Aaron Gordon
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Bruce Brown
Christian Braun
Peyton Watson
ALL LOCKED IN NEXT YEAR
RUN IT BACK
Michael Jordan played in the league with Prime Magic Johnson, Prime Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone and the Bad Boy Pistons.
And yet Bird said of Jordan, “It’s just God disguised as Michael Jordan.”
It’s become trendy to downplay how great Mike was but the dude…
Rich Paul: "I just think LeBron's antlers is in platinum and Michael Jordan's may be in gold. Why? Because he had to be compared to Mike. Who did Mike have to be compared to?"
(Via
@GilsArenaShow
)
Kendrick Perkins suggests that Nikola Jokic is winning the MVP this year because he is a white European.
On National Television. This talking point started two weeks ago and is gotten worse and worse ever since.
LeBron James kept every player in the Eastern Conference from getting a ring for 8 straight seasons…
AND THEN he was so good that Kevin Durant and Steph Curry teamed up the year after LeBron beat the Warriors in the Finals…
“Who did LeBron keep from getting rings?”
*These are the three best players to ever touch a basketball
*Each of them has an argument to be the GOAT
*These three players are in a tier of their own in basketball history
LeBron | Jordan | Kareem
Just for context…Nikola Jokic:
-Received his first MVP Award
-Dropped 32/20/10/0/1
-Lost
-Was called the worst MVP in 35 years the next day on national television and multiple people said CP3 was the real MVP
The standard set for Jokic only rivals some of the best ever.
I don’t think the MVP slander is justified.. but could you imagine the media tomorrow morning if Jokic went for 15/3/0 the day after receiving MVP and getting blown out by 34 points?
The entire Denver Nuggets team had to watch the media hand Embiid that MVP because of the narrative that Jokic was stat-padding, not a historically great player and had voter bias on his side.
Jamal is sharing how the TEAM felt. It was the nastiest MVP narrative I’ve ever seen.
Steph Curry has known Draymond Green for 12 years and he’s watched Draymond sabotage parts of his own career for a good portion of that time.
You gotta feel for him. Draymond cannot help himself.
Joel Embiid is one of the greatest regular season players I’ve ever seen. His ability to score at all-time levels vs Charlotte, Detroit, Washington and Atlanta needs to be studied.
I’ve not seen a single segment devoted to Nikola Jokic putting up an NBA never-before-seen statline of 46/12/11/4/3 on 16/22 with 30 PTS in 4th Q/overtime on First Things First, Undisputed or First Take. I’ve seen LeBron, KD and Westbrook though. This is what we mean
@Rjeff24
.
Tracy McGrady says that Nikola Jokic is the MVP and it’s NOT CLOSE. We are seeing a wave of former (GREAT) players come out in support of Joker’s 3rd straight MVP…
Charles Barkley says that Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic and Jayson Tatum are the Faces of the NBA going forward.
I agree those are the likely four.
We had to listen to folks for YEARS tell us that Michael Porter Jr. was a cone on defense, couldn’t playmake and was only an outside shooter.
MPJ has been one of the best Two-Way Wings in the NBA Playoffs AND one of the best scoring threats in the NBA.