If the Joker starts showing up on defensive top 10 lists, the league is truly cooked
Seeing Nikola Jokic’s name attached to ridiculous offensive stats, numbers, and leaderboards has become commonplace in the NBA, but this year, he’s even making waves on the defensive end. So far this season, of the 50 duos who have defended the most picks this season, Jokic appears twice in the top 10.
He and Christian Braun are allowing 0.78 points per pick defended in 100 opportunities, and he and Cam Johnson are allowing an equal 0.