Milwaukee Bucks Champion Gets Honest About Nikola Jokic

Milwaukee Bucks champion Pat Connaughton has a lot of respect for Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic

Recently appearing on the Dan Patrick Show, Milwaukee Bucks champion Pat Connaughton spoke on the dominance of Nikola Jokic.

"He makes everyone around him better," Connaughton of Jokic. "He obviously has great individual moves, great individual skill. He wants you to send two guys, he wants you double-team, triple-team him, because it makes the game easier for him. He doesn't have to move that much, he can pick you apart, and then he can kinda go to work and do what he does." 

This is what makes Jokic so unstoppable, because while other players can hurt a defense in one or two ways, Jokic has several ways he can pick the defense apart. Making the game look so easy, Jokic often doesn't even look to score, yet still draws multiple defenders. Able to facilitate out of double and triple teams as good as anybody in basketball, Jokic really makes a defense pick their poison, which makes him so unstoppable.

Jokic has been at this level for several seasons now, but many remained hesitant to crown him the best player in the league until he showed it throughout an entire playoff run. Doing that in historical fashion this postseason, Jokic silenced any of his remaining doubters by becoming the first player in NBA history to lead a playoff run in points, rebounds, and assists. 

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