Peregrine01 wrote:TroubleS0me wrote:Peregrine01 wrote:
Great story. Thanks Doc for sharing. He was an absolute basketball prodigy hiding in plain sight from day one. He just never fit the mold of what people thought would make a great player. And yes, I do think he's the greatest passer we've ever seen.
My favorite quote which perfectly describes Jokic's natural-born coordination:
Vicentic asked Jokic to engage in a two-ball dribbling drill, and Jokic took to it naturally, as if he'd done it all his life.
"You practice this?" Vicentic asked.
"Never," Jokic replied.
uh-oh...you don't believe in Magic?
I watched Magic and him and Nash were probably two of the best at getting the ball to where they wanted to get to. I didn’t see Magic see the future like Jokic does.
LeBron is extremely good at knowing plays, the timings of them and where all other 9 players are on the court during the play.
How Magic and Nash differ from LeBron is their intuition and ability to see and create highly-efficient opportunities for other players, seemingly out of the blue.
Jokic is the best of both worlds. He is decisive within the offensive sets and plays and understands every moving part of the play a la James. He also can create on a whim and audible in nano-seconds while within the framework and structure of a play. Nash and to a lesser extent Magic loved chaos and thrived in it while Jokic is stoic and nimble-y operating within the framework of structure.
