Author of 13 assists this night once morest Wolves, Nikola Jokic has become at the same time the best passer in the history of the Nuggets. He succeeds the illustrious Alex English.
A pivot best all-time passer of an NBA franchise? We didn’t look at team by team but it’s not really the most frequent scenario. At the same time, can we really say that Nikola Jokic is a pivot like the others? Central piece and distributor of the game in Denver, the Joker lights up the NBA with his genius passes night following night. This season, the two-time MVP is averaging 9.8 assists ! No big man has ever done so well. Only Wilt Chamberlain came close to that figure (8.6 assists in 1968). He was even the best passer in the championship that season. Jokic is “only” third in 2023 (behind James Harden and Tyrese Haliburton) but we doubt that the Serb pays much attention to it. At worst, he can always console himself with this title of Denver’s all-time leading passer.
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Eight years following his arrival in the Rockies, Jojo therefore recovers a new distinction on his prize list and it is a record which is likely to be well reinforced in the coming years given the constant progress and the young age of the pivot (27 years old!) . So here it is Nuggets all-time leading passer and leading rebounder. For points, he still has some way to go as he currently has 11,394 units once morest 21,645 for Alex English. In a few years, it should be a formality for the talent of the Balkans.
An extra throne for Nikola Jokic in Denver. Already the best rebounder in the history of the Nuggets, the Joker is now the master of Colorado caviar. It will soon be necessary to rewrite the record books of the franchise in Serbian.
Source texte : StatMuse