Lots of people around the NBA have heaped their praise on Nikola Jokic recently, and rightfully so, but recently, on an episode of the Young Man and the Three, Nicolas Batum said that former Nuggets great, Carmelo Anthony, was the “toughest guy I had to guard in my career.”
This is high praise coming from the veteran Batum, who has been one of the best wing defenders in the league since he entered the NBA in 2008. He has done battle with all-time legends like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and countless others. Yet still, he identified Melo as being harder to guard than any of them.