Nikola Jokic: Basketball is better today

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The only "egregiously wrong" thing here is your reading comprehension.

Notice how I'm speaking about his back-to-the-basket game as a point of him being limited offensively. Yes, we are all well aware his shot profile primarily consisted of him being a jumpshooter, which is why I made it a point of emphasis that with his back to the basket, all he really had was a hook shot.

Perhaps next time when you get involved in other folks' conversations you actually take the time to read the chain of responses properly before jumping in.
And you’d still be wrong because his go to was his turn around fadeaway to the baseline or his drop steps into his jumper with his back to the basket. He would use little baby hooks going into the lane but that’s about it. if you actually knew what you were talking about about you would highlight how he needed to be fed and was more reliant on guards helping him get to his spots more than other centers and how awful he was passing out of basic double teams.
 
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And you’d still be wrong because his go to was his turn around fadeaway to the baseline or his drop steps into his jumper with his back to the basket.
In your attempt to save face, you've embarrassed yourself even more.

After it's already been established he was primarily a jumpshooter, you then try to split hairs by trying to force jumpshot actions into the discussion. Resorting to playing away from the rim by taking jumpshots is a limitation with your back to the basket.
He would use little baby hooks going into the lane but that’s about it.
I'm glad we got there in the end. So basically you quoted me for no other reason other than to beg for my attention?
if you actually knew what you were talking about about you would highlight how he needed to be fed and was more reliant on guards helping him get to his spots more than other centers and how awful he was passing out of basic double teams.
Actually, if you knew what you were talking about, in comparison to other centers during the 90s, he was well-above average in this department, certainly when it came to getting to his spots. As much as the 90s gets gassed for its litany of big men, the sheer majority of them were stiffs, and while Ewing had his limitations on offense, he wasn't in the same boat as the likes of Mutumbo, Ratliff, Dudley, Bradley, Spencer, Muresan, Kleine, Ostertag, Geiger etc.
 
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