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career high without Jokic is meaningful.

It doesn't mean that he doesn't play well.

Everyone plays well with Jokic.

Christian Brown is like, if you had Christian Brown in that Peyton Watson role over the last several, he wouldn't have scored 35.

There's no way.

But with Jokic, he's always running out, so he has the outlet pass.

He's always getting tough rebounds, this kind of stuff that he helps Jokic on the glass.

It just sucks because Christian Brown's having a nightmare season, so it's hard to remember how good he is with Jokic.

Is there any argument for Tim Hardaway Jr.

His numbers aren't quite as good.

In 420 minutes, they don't feel like they play off each other, but they just kind of do things that are good next to each other.

I'm going to get this up, actually.

I think that you're kind of seeing if he's allowed to do whatever he wants, it's bad over the last several games.

And it's like if Jokic gives him the ball, it's not that he's scared to do it.

It's like maybe he shouldn't.

Now you're open, right?

Yes.

Oh, but he is open.

Go for it.

And the worst thing of all is that he's now viewed through the lens of his contract, which is large.