At the beginning of this decade, Nikola Jokic was considered just another one of the great big men in the NBA, and now, he's being talked about with some of the greatest centers to ever play this game. Oklahoma City Thunder fans can see that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is now following this exact same trajectory with his career.
If we think back to 2020, we remember that Anthony Davis was seen as nearly as good a player as Jokic, or possibly even better, depending on who you asked. Davis' game-winner over Jokic in that bubble playoff series only served to cement this viewpoint as factual.