Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has long been considered one of the best players in the NBA, if not the best.
He stuffs the stat sheet every night with ease, has won three MVPs and brought the first ever championship to his franchise, and yet, what he’s doing through 18 games to start the 2025-26 season might be the most impressive of them all.
The Joker has somehow found another level to his game, appearing even more aggressive in finding his own offense while still consistently facilitating open looks for his teammates. Jokic is the type of player who is one of one, and the fact that he continues to find new ways to dominate is scary for the rest of the league.
Everyone can agree that very few players, if any, in today’s NBA possess a better offensive skill set than that of Jokic, and earlier this week, former head coach Stan Van Gundy took it one step further, saying Jokic might flat out be the best player in the history of the game.
Days later, the praise for Jokic continued around the basketball world, and this time, it came from one of his peers who is viewed in that same conversation for the greatest of all time, LeBron James.
“There has not been a more dominant, complete player that I’ve played against,” James said of Jokic.