NBA TODAY | Jokic is the most DOMINANT player ever – Perk: Nuggets will win another NBA Championship

NBA TODAY | Jokic is the most DOMINANT player ever – Perk: Nuggets will win another NBA Championship

The Nugget to the best team in the NBA since the All-Star break but did Minnesota expose a recipe to Dethrone the Champs here plus this ain’t Texas come on Chan ain’t no hold them there we go shout out the queen we saw something in the third match up between Luca and

Wy that we rarely have seen and tonight the top two seeds in the East they match up in Boston could this be a preview of the conference Championship KEH NBA Today starts right now welcome to NBA Today presented by Levi she is ch he is our senior writer

Brian wior we have Austin Rivers Kendrick Perkins I’m Malika Andrews we have a jam-packed show to get to after Anthony Edward’s dunk submission for dunk of the year right against the Jazz we thought how much could he still have left course they went on to win it all

That year they also have slightly better both offensive and defensive numbers than last year which is a little bit scary we haven’t seen repeat champions in The Last 5 Years but I really think that Denver is looking like the team that maybe could put all of that to rest

But perk are this year’s nuggets are they better than last year’s championship team they are they are and and it’s because of the starting five and it’s the pieces around Jamal Murray and joic and it’s Michael Porter Jr over the last five games he’s averaging a dub

And last night was a prime example of four quarter minutes right and he had those timely three-point shots this this dunk at The Rim snatching the screws out the basket he finally looks healthy we have to remember when this kid was coming out of high school and when he

Was in college he was the number one player in the country it was just injuries that slowed him down but now we’re seeing him more comfortable Michael Malone has more faith in him like he’s taking these these shots in the in the crucial moments of the game

And it’s like soon as I thought Minnesota was going to run away with this game once they got the league I’m like no here come joic and here’ll come a little sprinkle of Michael Porter Jr right but it’s still pretty incredible to think that that the the Minnesota

Timber wolves on the second night of a back to back were putting in that type of work against the defending champs because despite the loss as we mentioned the wolves are still just a game out of first two more matchups to go against the Denver Nuggets left on the schedule

You can look here Minnesota was short-handed of course last night the second night of a back toback still they were one shot away from sending this to overtime against the defending Champion so Chan of any of the teams in the Western Conference do you think that Minnesota is the biggest threat to the

Nuggets absolutely because they were built when healthy by Design to rival the nuggets and they have the ability I mean we’re talking about a night where they’re missing a number of their stars but they still had heart and that heart came from Anthony Edwards and so to me

This Timberwolves team I know the Clippers maybe if it was a month ago would say oh it’s absolutely the Los Angeles Clippers based off of their defensive prowess based off of the next steps that we have been witnessing with that guy right there the greatest showman currently in the NBA this is the

Team that I would be most worried about when fully healthy because their offense may not be perfect I believe car Anthony towns fully unlocks it especially as a stretch big but they’re long and they can compete with the best of the best we just saw that yesterday now the nuggets

Have always been the favorites for me I know they’ve been a little bit slow starting the season but we all knew that if they were able to continue what they had they would still be favorites but they’ve actually gotten better that’s the truth of the matter I mean Jamal

Murray was coming off last season in injury season now he’s just completely comfortable and you nailed it perk Michael Porter Jr when I watched the Nuggets play in person he was the one that blew me off the floor 610 able to shoot I mean it just feels like they

Have refined their weapons and they go with what they know and what they know is that they’re a team that can compete when they turn the lights on after All-Star break yeah I mean I I definitely think Denver is still the favorite in the west I think they are

The best team in the NBA even with Boston’s record and what they put in the regular season I’ve seen Denver uh reach a different level when they get to the playoffs especially when they have adversity they have the the best player in the NBA plays on their team um that’s

Just the bottom line he’s the best player he’s the most efficient player and he’s a guy that dominates the game not just through scoring but using the assets around him I do love the emergence of Michael Porter Jr with that being said do I think they’re better

Than last year I don’t I don’t think they’re I think the loss of Bruce Brown and Jeff Green is vastly underrated I love P watt he’s a young talented player I think he’s going to be big for them in the future but I think Bruce Brown and Jeff Green they’re playing experience

Playoff experience guys who have played on playoff teams when it comes to playoffs it’s going to it’s going to hurt this is a team that got 13 bench points last night they don’t they don’t get a lot from the bench scoring Bruce Brown used to have 18 himself in playoff

Games Jeff Green would come in and have a huge impact I I I love Michael Porter Jr’s health I love how he’s playing I love how he shooting the ball I’m happy that’s one of my best friends but I don’t believe in terms of overall team I think there’s a little bit more

Vulnerability vulnerability to this team especially when we see last night case in point first off they just lost to Dallas and then we just lost we just saw them lost to a Minnesota Team without their two bigs uh Minnesota has been built to compete against this team by

The same guy who built Denver by the way con Tim Connelly so I think all in all I love Denver as a favor but they’re definitely more vulnerable this year and I think teams can compete Clippers included I know they’re a mess right now but this this game actually showed their

Vulnerability a little bit because I actually think Minnesota probably walked away from this game not feeling so bad about itself no um they got trusted on the boards but because they were missing all their bigs sure this was a game all the way down to the last second on the

Second night of a back toback and they found some some schemes defensively that gave Denver a little bit of problem you know yoka only had two assists in this game now they obviously still shutle over 50% they still won the game good job but but Denver has some some

Vulnerabilities another thing is just their they’re rebounding Off the Bench they don’t have great size why are you look so confused Kendrick well because they’re V look they’re vulnerable on the road but they’re not vulnerable at home and right now the Denver Nuggets especially with their record they’re

Looking like they’re going to have home court advantage throughout the postseason so we’re talking about their lack of experience or lack of depth for as their youth on the bench I’m not worried about that those guys are going to play better at the crib and I said

This at the beginning of the season I said it it would be wise if the Western Conference if teams in the Western Conference would keep Denver nug the Denver Nuggets from having that number one seed that is going to matter they are an exceptional team at the crib

Sorry m home playoff advantage through the west but the NBA Finals through Boston they season swept them they swept them okay the the road through the West the road to the championship it still goes through Denver but the fact of the matter is Anthony Edwards was 0 for four

In the fourth quarter he hits one or two of those shots we could be having an entirely they were double and triple teaming him entirely different conversation all right I want to go from one Bright Young star in Minnesota to two in Texas Victor wanyama they squared off

Last night in San Antonio we’re going to pick this one up early in the first quarter how do you feel about those the Spurs uniforms the warm-ups Brian I didn’t think the Spurs were this color either it’s the month of March so it’s the rodeo in Texas you got to you know

What I’m saying they got we’re going to pull up to that but watch look at this 66 feet more than 66 feet to DK Jones Jr and it’s a chest pass Malika Aly pass don’t just making it look easy but then uh what about what about this one oh my

Goodness which is better oh I might go with the chest pass because those are hard to actually execute but like I don’t like how disrespectful it’s just too easy for him out just just toying with you got to make that shot and he did he had 18

Points 10 rebounds 16 to six his 18th triple double of the seasons oh he got that up in this one yeah I know Victor you got to watch out for him but Kyrie Irving remembered it here you go Kellin Johnson hitting the three Victor had 12 points 11 rebounds six blocks but Kyrie

Irving he really did take over down the stretch of this game I mean it’s about Madness Malika and what he’s doing for the league with both hands is straight bandness he can’t black them all block ball it’s tough to block this guy come here oh my God come on he just is a

Wizard Dallas gets the win 113 107 so Luca he did shoot just 22% in last night’s triple double the lowest shooting percentage in triple double history in the NBA among players to take at least 25 shots Luca he poked fun at his lackluster shooting performance though this morning on Instagram he

Posted a couple of these videos he does this before most pream kicking kicking the ball in from the three-point line and then he said should have used my feet in the game sure that’s how it worked uh however impressive that pregame trick shot was though it’s still

All about the full court alley pass for me so let’s see where that ranks on the alltime list of long well we’ll see we’re going to start with Nick Van XEL here this is a Shack in 1997 dime oh the extension and then Jason Williams this is from Beyond half court

This is in 1999 Austin I was seven thank you well how about one that we have for you that’s a little bit more modern we have Steph to derell Wright this is in 2011 there we go yeah I got how old are you in this one I’m not good

At math it was it was the landing come on backwards reverse we see you and then we have earlier this season we have y to Aaron Gordon off the inbound pass that was Aaron Rogers leg right there it’s the swiftness of the past that’s what I’m saying that look like a pocket throw

Crazy is that okay with being high on your list Broncos hey Broncos just one more from last night for real you Magic Hey Broncos did we miss any Uh Fore W E Down Che no don’t get B go go good speech Speee Fore Foreign foreign foreign speech speech Speech Fore

NBA TODAY | “Nikola Jokic is the most DOMINANT player EVER!” – Perk: Nuggets will win another NBA Championship