Which player is actually ‘best’ at guarding Nikola Jokic

For whatever reason before the WCF in 2023, there was a conception that Anthony Davis does very well against Nikola Jokic however that narrative has completely flipped.

I’ve seen Nurkic, Ayton, Draymond and Gobert mentioned before but the facts (stats) seem untrue.

While there might not be a Jokic stopper, is there an actual player that defends Jokic well to the point of keeping him to or below his averages?

  • CamctrailBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    LeBron actually did better vs Jokic than AD, at least in their playoff series

  • pickledelbowBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m definitely biased but Embiid held him to a pretty low stat line the last time they played head to head

  • ilickedysharksBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    We’ve actually had success putting OG on Jokic but that’s more for guarding the Nuggets as a team than Jokic 1 on 1

  • hornet04BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Dwight Howard did a great job. Jokic will always get his numbers but Dwight made him work for it and made it harder to create for others.

  • 0dias_ChrysalisBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve seen Giannis lock him up 1v1 enough times to be baffled Bud would walk away from it as a game progresses. Hopefully this year Griffin let’s Giannis takes the defensive missions more.

  • SharcbaitBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    When the Wolves play against the Nuggets at full strength, KAT is usually the primary defender on Jokic not Rudy. It frees Rudy to keep Gordon off offensive boards and he can rotate to help against cutters.

    Not saying KAT is going to stop Jokic, just saying anyone who thinks Gobert does is wrong.

  • armandocalvinisiusBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Willie Cauley Stein

    Im not kidding

    Tall dumb center is his kryptonite, that type of guy so chaotic so jok cant read them properly