NBA Coaches SHOCKING Messages To Nikola Jokic

NBA Coaches SHOCKING Messages To Nikola Jokic

The Joker is the best thing that basketball has to offer right now he is dominating the game in a way that not many players have been able to with pure skill that requires little to no athleticism his play style is very intelligent and probably a reason why

There is not a single coach around the league that does not appreciate the Joker’s game coaches like simple yet effective stuff and that is exactly how the Joker plays or at least he makes it look simple let’s hear what some of the coaches around the league have had to

Say about Nicola Nicola has been playing under coach Michael Malone’s guidance ever since he got into the NBA matter of fact the Joker’s rookie year was also Mike Malone’s first year as the Nuggets head coach basically the two have been growing together both as a coach and as

A player so it is obvious that they have tremendous respect for each other if somebody is aware of the Joker’s strengths and weaknesses that would be coach Malone who pointed out how underrated Nicholas defense has been in the 2023 24 NBA season especially in the comeback win against the Suns where the

Joker finish the game with two blocks and six steals yeah it’s um well it’s a Difference Maker I mean that that allowed us I mean it wasn’t just nicoa but Nico’s activity in the paint I mean you know what gets tiresome is like people criticize Nico’s defense because

He doesn’t average three blocks a game but if you really are a basketball purist and you watch the game and you see he’s got some of the best hands in the NBA bar I think he’s top five or six in deflections per game uh he breaks up

Passes with his feet he had a big block at the end going up getting vertical so he’s never going to athleti anybody but he is going to outsmart you tremendous anticipation great hands and uh I think one of the most underrated defenders in the entire NBA Monty Williams is the

Current coach of the Detroit Pistons and has been one of the more consistent coaches around the league during his time as a coach he has never led a team to great success but he has never underperformed as much as some of his colleagues his more successful years

Were during his time with the Phoenix Suns where he was unfort ately fired after the Suns loss to the eventual Champions Denver Nuggets led by Nicola Monty Williams was extremely impressed by Nicola and the compliment pieces around him saying that they were the perfect fit to win it all me the

Complimentary you hate this the guys around him all guys who can hoop Gordon should have been an All-Star this year Murray in my opinion is an All-Star then you had Pope and brown doesn’t get enough credit for his growth development as a player they have the young kid from

Kansas he does not look like a rookie Jeff Green I think Jeff is God parted the Red Sea I think Jeff was he crossed over with everybody he been around so long man it’s like they just have a lot of good players Mike’s one of the best

Coaches in the league hands down put all that together with joic that’s why they’ve been the best team in the world Steve Kerr is probably one of the most talented coaches in the NBA ever since he started his coaching career it has been nothing but success for him and the

Golden State Warriors during the 75th and NBA anniversary Steve Kerr was named as one of the 15 greatest coaches of all time and rightfully so the 2016 coach of the year has great knowledge about the game of basketball as he enjoys learning from the other great talents around him

Including players such as Nicola after the Nuggets beat the Kerr L Warriors Steve Kerr gave Nicola and Denver their credits but it wasn’t anybody’s best night you know um they really took it to us obviously joic was amazing I mean he just completely dominated that game and

Put us on our heel over and over again and um so you know again they’re the champs for a reason took control of that game late second and was tough night for everybody and we’ll we’ll bounce back Kerr continued to explain how tough it was for the Warriors to stop Nicola yeah

I mean that’s it’s a lot to ask of Draymond to to guard him you know the entire time out there he’s just uh you know such a dominant force in in every way he’s so smart defensively had for Steels anticipated a couple of passes that that he stole the pass at the end

To to Gordon for the dunk you know but I think with two minutes left was I mean I was kind of right behind him he didn’t he didn’t I don’t even think he saw him he just knew he would be there and uh so yic controlled the game 16 assists I’m

Willing to bet they they don’t lose much if at all when he gets 16 assists because that means everybody else is going too tyou has had a very good coaching career going for him so far A Champion with the Cavaliers in 2016 Lou has made a name for himself as good

Coach in the NBA but even a great basketball mind like tyo can find himself struggling when trying to game plan against the Denver Nuggets or Nicola to be more precise no I thought you know Zoo did a good job just being physical a lot of times Zoo don’t

Contest his shots because you know jok is great at drawing fouls getting you in the air and so we just been making a conscious effort just making sure that you know when he does shoot it even the one leg you know fadeaways he can make those shots just get a contest early on

You know in that first quarter we didn’t get contest he made two threes and I thought Zoo did a better job just trying to get out and getting the lake contest on at best and so you can’t let the MVP you know just you know teed it up and

Shoot open shots and so his jump hooks his floaters you want to challenge all those shots and make it difficult and I thought you know Zoo did a good job with that Quinn Snyder is one of the most experienced coaches in the NBA being a part of the coaching staff since the age

Of 26 Snyder has more than three decades of experience under his belt being as experienced as Quinn Snyder is the game feels different to you you see things differently and that is perhaps why Quinn gave us such an interesting take on Nicholas’s game I think he’s an

Artistic player and you know his ability to orchestrate a game but the other thing I think equally there’s a level of kind of humility with which he plays and it’s more than him being unselfish trying to grab onor some things that don’t just say he’s a great player cuz

He’s obviously that but he’s really unique and I’d say why haven’t you seen him before Frank vogle was the head coach of the 2020 Lakers championship squad vogle has been a coach for more than two decades now and is an experienced coach who commands discipline on defense with strong principles and well-timed rotations

Ahead of a matchup between the LA Lakers and Denver Nuggets in the NBA bubble Frank vogle was asked about his approach for Nicola it starts with uh with Joker you obviously a lot of different coverages go into you know Garden his you know all all the action that he’s in

You know he’s the most unique player in the NBA you know a lot of our our Focus today was you know just to go over those unique coverages he did not reveal his lineups at the time but he did say a few words about how the Lakers were planning

To attack him and I’m not going to release my my lineups but you know where there’s a lot of value in uh you know trying to stretch him out uh make him guard on the perimeter as much as possible and um use the space that we’ve been using offensively you know but I’m

Not going to release what uh what lineups that we’ll use with that Greg papovich is probably the greatest coach in NBA history a five-time champion and a mentor to many Legends Allstars and even overperforming role players coach pop has basically achieved everything a coach can during his career during the

2023 24 NBA season the San Antonio Spurs organization has one goal in mind and that is developing Victor wanyama coach pop was tasked with this one and he has truly delivered wanyama is having a great rookie campaign and has only gotten better and better as the season

Has gone on papovich has been showing Victor clips of NBA greats like LeBron James and Michael Jordan among many others but never of Nicola and he let us know exactly why he hasn’t done so I I don’t think anybody can do what Nichol does I haven’t shown him

Any he’s a oneoff amazing fantastic phenomenal and this was not the first time that coach pop has given Nicola credit for his greatness coach pop truly appreciates the Joker’s game and has even gone as far to compare him to a certain NBA legend yic yic he’s too damn

Good it’s not fair all the things he can do and you know he’s so funny I love the guy he he doesn’t look like he’s doing anything you know he’s not going fast he’s not jumping high you know it’s kind of Larry birtish you know in a way but

Talk about skills and anticipation and decisions he’s he’s fantastic great hands scores in Every Which Way involves all his teammates uh so you know he’s the head of the snake for sure coach Tom Tibido has made a name for himself because of his tenacious approach on defense and all the principles he

Demands for his players to follow coach thibs has been coaching for 43 years now so he knows what it is like to game plan for the best players in the league now the head coach of the New York Knicks coach Tom Tibido was asked how the New York Knicks would approach Nicola ahead

Of their matchup against the Denver Nuggets but before explaining the game plan he had to give Nicola a couple of compliments I mean joic is you obviously it’s his uniqueness and he’s AOW to deal with MVP candidate every year just and it’s not just you know what he’s doing

It’s what he’s bringing out of his team as well so so uh very unique very skilled uh tough smart very gifted passer playmaker can beat you with the shot the dribble the post the pass you know the decision making is very unique and and then it’s a lot more than just

That they’re you know well balanced on offense and defense uh Murray’s a low to deal with they fit together extremely well uh you know when you look at what pope brings to the team Gordon is a very unique player as well Porter gives him the shooting um so it’s uh it’s a very

Well balanced team fibs then continue to share their approach well the thing that’s unique because you’re put into those situations anyway because of the dribble hand off in the pick and roll and so you often times there’s going to be switching that occurs and then you

Know we have a lot of confidence in OG’s ability to guard you know every position on the floor and for that matter a guy like Josh Hart does this saying you know so that gives us versatility you know we there’ll be stretches where Julius will

Have him as well and so uh but you can defend him you know great and he still has the ability to make the play make the shot and so it’ll require everyone working together and try to make him work for things while most successful NBA coaches were either role players or

Had started coaching from a very young age well Jason kid is an exception a 10-time All-Star as a player who led the league in assists for Five Seasons Jason kid is regard guarded as one of the best point guards of all time his High basketball IQ was what set him apart as

A player and it still serves him to this day making him one of the better coaches in the NBA today like all others though kid finds it hard when trying to game plan for Nicola and that has made kid appreciate his game a lot when Nicola

Passed LeBron James and Jason kid on the all-time triple double list kid showed a lot of love for the Joker and his game it’s incredible what um you know the Joker’s uh career uh he’s aamp Champion MVP you can list him as a center but he’s a point guard fills up the stat

Sheet it’s great that he’s done I just don’t want the older guy to to to leave me so hopefully the older guy stays right where he’s at but he’s going to he’s going to get 108 or 107 here the way he’s playing he looks like he’s

Young so um but it’s cool Joker’s going to he has a chance to to get a lot of triple doubles if he’s healthy uh just the way he play and finally the most paid coach of all time Eric spola coach SPO is of the greatest coaches ever but

What makes his story even more inspiring is that he didn’t start coaching from the very beginning but had to build his career from the ground up being employed as a video coordinator for the Miami Heat in 1995 Eric spola built a name for himself as the years went on and was

Finally named the Miami Heats head coach in 2008 16 years later coach SPO is a two-time NBA champion a top 15 coach of all time and the highest paid coach in NBA history so when SPO talks you better listen this is what he had to say about

The Joker when the Miami Heat played Nicholas nuggets in the NBA finals and a reporter suggested that the nuggets are worse when Nicola is playing more of a scorer’s role instead of a passers that that’s ridiculous you know it’s just that’s the untrained eye that that says something like that this guy’s an

Incredible player you know twice in two seasons he’s been the best player on this planet you can’t just say oh him a score that’s not how they play they they have so many different actions that just get you compromised uh we have to focus

On what we do you know we try to do things the hard way um and he requires you to do many things the hard way um and we he has our full respect and when somebody does a good job containing the Joker coach SPO makes sure to give them

Credit First of all nobody will go to until minute for minute against yic other than Bam Bam signs up for that and put himself out there and be vulnerable you know to the competition and that’s that’s the competitor of all competitors uh and you know that that just sets the

Tone but it is difficult you know you have to negotiate so many different things uh uh at top of the floor in the post you know they started posting up a little bit more and then once you start getting comfortable with that go to the

Two man action and then you have to do pick and roll basketball you know and then ball all a sudden will go back to him and then now you have to play you know him off the dribble and and try to you know disrupt passing angles and and all

That uh you know but that’s why bam is Bam all in all coaches respect Nicola and rightfully so as the Joker has been giving them Nightmares on the court and probably off of it as well as they try to figure out different ways to try and contain him and Nicola just walks past

Them but that is what great players do they adapt to the ways that other teams approach them and that is exactly why Nicola is one of the greatest basketball players of all time shout out to the Joker

Nikola Jokic is one of the best NBA Players in the league, and NBA coaches such as Gregg Popovich, Erik Spoelstra and Michael Malone have all went out and said what makes the joker so good.

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