With Nikola Jokić off the floor, the Denver Nuggets' offensive rating is 86.3 - the Worst in #NBA HISTORY.
With Jokić on the floor, their offensive rating is 125.8 - the BEST in NBA history.
CRAZY 🤯

This is the epitome of what "MVP" means. Should be going for his 5th straight?

With Nikola Jokić off the floor, the Denver Nuggets' offensive rating is 86.3 - the Worst in #NBA HISTORY. With Jokić on the floor, their offensive rating is 125.8 - the BEST in NBA history. CRAZY 🤯  This is the epitome of what "MVP" means. Should be going for his 5th straight?

Through ***three*** quarters this season, Jokić is averaging 23.9 points, 10.8 rebounds and 8.5 assists, somehow mirroring his full-game averages during his first MVP season of 2020-21: 26.4 points, 10.8 rebounds, 8.3 assists.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nikola-jokic-and-the-triple-double-boom-will-the-nba-have-to-temper-scoring-again-181629476.html

On a separate note, is stat inflation setting on?  We’re on a historic pace here, folks. We’re not even at the All-Star break and there have been 87 triple-doubles this season, putting the league on track for 152 triple-doubles, which would break the record of 142 triple-doubles set in 2020-21. To put 87 triple-doubles in perspective, the #NBA  had not seen that many in a full season until 2016-17 — and we still have about half the season left. Actually, there have been more triple-doubles this month than the entire 82-game slate in 2009-10. Drilling down even further, Josh Hart has more triple-doubles this half-season than Dwyane Wade did in his entire career.

Through ***three*** quarters this season, Jokić is averaging 23.9 points, 10.8 rebounds and 8.5 assists, somehow mirroring his full-game averages during his first MVP season of 2020-21: 26.4 points, 10.8 rebounds, 8.3 assists.  https://sports.yahoo.com/nikola-jokic-and-the-triple-double-boom-will-the-nba-have-to-temper-scoring-again-181629476.html  On a separate note, is stat inflation setting on?  We’re on a historic pace here, folks. We’re not even at the All-Star break and there have been 87 triple-doubles this season, putting the league on track for 152 triple-doubles, which would break the record of 142 triple-doubles set in 2020-21. To put 87 triple-doubles in perspective, the #NBA  had not seen that many in a full season until 2016-17 — and we still have about half the season left. Actually, there have been more triple-doubles this month than the entire 82-game slate in 2009-10. Drilling down even further, Josh Hart has more triple-doubles this half-season than Dwyane Wade did in his entire career.

Scoring has been climbing as of late, but this year the stat inflation has revealed itself in a more subtle way.

Nikola Jokić and the triple-double boom: Will the NBA have to temper scoring again?

Bobby

There is not a single more valuable player in the NBA than Nikola Jokic:

Jerome Cody

I would take Jokic over Shaq, Hakeem, Kareem, Wilt, Gobert, Ewing. Let’s be honest here, he would dominate these guys on the court 💯 He’s way too skilled for these players. Jokic is the modern Bird that’s why he’s way better than these players 👌 If shaq was 6’5 he would be working at Amazon 💯We gotta stop lying to ourselves, okay.

D J

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