Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins, Jalen Rose and Mike Greenberg debate whether Nikola Jokic or Joel Embiid is the better center and whether the Philadelphia 76ers or the Denver Nuggets have the best chance to win the NBA Championship.
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39 Comments
One of the rare times when Kendrick & Stephen are actually making sense and Jalen has it wrong.
The joker is in the tougher conference and is a top team overall and if i were to build a team around one its gonna be him
big win by stephen A
Embii is a one man show and thats why he make it out the second round… But that European is gonna make some noise in the playoffs this year.
Other thing that Jalen can't believe was when Kobe torched 81 on him.
If sixers get the 1 seed and jokic still wins the mvp the voters are just racist lol it’ll be 3 years in a row they’ve moved heaven and earth trying to not give it to embiid. Absolute joke
Lol Jokic won almost every battle against Embid, but haters will hate
Lol no sir perk, u don’t get no credits, joker is putting it down raw, embid is dealing with harden, joker does it right, u sir have been called!!!!!
a 7 feet Kobe vs a 6'11 Magic😂😂😂
This aged like fine wine
Embiid is the better scorer and defender, the two biggest aspects of basketball, embiid is the better player, but jokic has the better team
Free throw he is better
Embiid is indeed a better center than Jokic. Jokic, however, is a better captain than Embiid.
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Yall funny…. If I had said Clipper's Chris Paul was better than Steph at that time yall would say I'm crazy…
This is the same thing..
Chris&Joel are elite Defenders, Steph and Jokic are average(Also, Steph never wanted to stop the next team's best guard and we have to put that against him)
Jokic and Steph put up monster historical numbers….
But Chris and Joel are still performing at an elite level offensively….
Yall didn't give CP3 a tie because of the big gap between their defense
So why yall doing it now?
I'm a defense-first guy, So my answer is Joel
However, I'll rather have Jokic on my team because I love teams with ball movement and Jokic is going to play 90% of the season vs Joel who probably would play 70%
Embiid is the best center in the NBA yall complaining about FT but there's no way to stop him other than foul him
Stephen A summoned it perfectly
bruh, the east is much tougher also because LBJ went to the Western Conference and some star players fled to the West i.e. KD, James Harden, Demar De Rozan … Bucks and Celtics would be anyway a factor but especially 2-3 years ago u had a feeling that some players were running away from the trouble facing the King in the PO.
It's crazy how the East used to be so weak and now they're the best conference in the league
Perk talks and sounds like a complete utter retard
Embiid, he’s more of a true Center and dominant, plays defense. Jokic is more of a finesse player. Embiid can get 40+ on Jokic but Jokic can’t get 40 on Embiid.
When has Denver altitude ever mattered in the NBA? Lol they never did anything in the playoffs
Oh Jalen you idiot
Well, Jokic will not be winning his third MVP. Just like the 3rd year with Giannis. Jokic actually deserves it this year (unlike last year). Let's see if he can win a finals MVP instead. Embiid is playing too well. Embiid won MVP with that game last night.
Embiid: 47-18-5
Joker: 24-9-8
What bothers me about NBA fans, is that they almost completely ignore defense. Embiid anchors statistically the best defensive team in the league. When it comes to team defense, the center is the most important position, stopping and altering shots in the paint. And when it comes to a defensive center, it doesnt get much better than Embiid. Joker gets a slight edge on the offensive side due to his vision even though I think Embiid is the better scorer. But Embiid is a vastly better defender than Joker. So in my opinion, Embiid is the better player but again, I believe defense is half the game and I value it alot more than a typically NBA fan.
Jus cuz embid had one good game what a joke
I told you jokic is overrated and embiid is better 😂
Joel embiid has one good game and people lose their minds 😂 embid is inconsistent, poor playmaker, poor shot selection, and a worst rebounder than jokic.
He really not better than jokic lol he’s more dominant
BOTH ARE GREAT OFFENSIVE PLAYERS .. BUT JOEL EMBIID#21 IS A BETTER DEFENSIVE PLAYER .. EMBIID IS BETTER ..
Love how people write someone off and act like their opinions are facts based on one game.
Jokic had a bad game, Joel dominated, but it is just one game. Between these two, I'd say it is pick your poison scenario, they are both great.
Cant jump on to a curb but nobody can stop him 😭😭
Talk to me when Embid wins half of Jokic's MVPs.
Jalen Rose always has the worst takes
Both are great
But I have to roll with Jokic BC those 10 assists are fueling the best Offense in Basketball.
Of course SAS is gonna say Embiid. He plays for Philly, and he black. SAS has been openly biased against white players. I thought Luka wasnt gonna be good. He still puts down Jokic, eventho he has won the last 2 MVPs and might be on his way to winning it again. In todays NBA, the only way Embiid is better than Jokic is defense. Jokic is better scorer, shooter, passer, rebounder.
According to SAS, Embiid > jokic cos of defense. But somehow, Giannis is isn’t better than KD?!
East is tougher than the west, but no one in the league is still beating the warriors in a series