Initial thoughts from the Nuggets 123-107 loss to the Golden State Warriors in the first round of their Western Conference playoff series.
Wilbon rejects objectivity. It’s a poorly kept secret that many of the NBA’s major media personalties have struggled to accept Nuggets center Nikola Jokic’s historic dominance this season. ESPN talking head Michael Wilbon revealed his own issues with the mounds of statistical evidence backing Jokic’s MVP case in a bizarre “old man shakes fist at clouds” pregame rant. “I’m tired of the numbers distorting the narratives. I mean people now have to hide behind numbers or produce numbers to make any argument.