Kirk Goldsberry

He is the most qualified guy to take that step forward.

Him and Peyton Pritchard, I expect to be bigger volume scorers.

That's just a stress ball that's for basketball.

No big deal.

Oh, I got an article on The Ringer tomorrow.

The seven charts that define the quarter century in the NBA.

So check that out.

he's the most skilled player in the world. He does everything at a very high level, except one thing, which we'll, we'll get to later, which is why Michael Malone got mad at me. PFT, you know, the story, but, uh, One thing that I came across this year doing a best shooters of the year column at the ringer was that Nikola Jokic was the most efficient jump shooter in the league, big cat.

he's the most skilled player in the world. He does everything at a very high level, except one thing, which we'll, we'll get to later, which is why Michael Malone got mad at me. PFT, you know, the story, but, uh, One thing that I came across this year doing a best shooters of the year column at the ringer was that Nikola Jokic was the most efficient jump shooter in the league, big cat.

he's the most skilled player in the world. He does everything at a very high level, except one thing, which we'll, we'll get to later, which is why Michael Malone got mad at me. PFT, you know, the story, but, uh, One thing that I came across this year doing a best shooters of the year column at the ringer was that Nikola Jokic was the most efficient jump shooter in the league, big cat.

And that's not even his calling card. This dude is one of the best rebounders, one of the best passers, one of the best close range scorers, has the best floater in the league, but he's also an incredible jump shooter. And that's not even a strength. So long story short, he's just the most skilled big man we've ever seen. His stats are insane across the board.

And that's not even his calling card. This dude is one of the best rebounders, one of the best passers, one of the best close range scorers, has the best floater in the league, but he's also an incredible jump shooter. And that's not even a strength. So long story short, he's just the most skilled big man we've ever seen. His stats are insane across the board.

And that's not even his calling card. This dude is one of the best rebounders, one of the best passers, one of the best close range scorers, has the best floater in the league, but he's also an incredible jump shooter. And that's not even a strength. So long story short, he's just the most skilled big man we've ever seen. His stats are insane across the board.

And if you look at the box score from the Game 1 victory against OKC, it looks like a Wilt Chamberlain 48-22. What are we doing? This is insane.

And if you look at the box score from the Game 1 victory against OKC, it looks like a Wilt Chamberlain 48-22. What are we doing? This is insane.

And if you look at the box score from the Game 1 victory against OKC, it looks like a Wilt Chamberlain 48-22. What are we doing? This is insane.

Yeah, at least our age. And there's some old heads who saw Wilt score, like, 60 or average 50 and 50 or whatever. But we're not those dudes. Like, I was thinking about Shaq this morning because he's the most dominant center of my life, right? Like, this dude... single-handedly won the 2001 NBA playoffs. It destroyed everybody in his path. Jokic is putting up way better stats than that guy.

Yeah, at least our age. And there's some old heads who saw Wilt score, like, 60 or average 50 and 50 or whatever. But we're not those dudes. Like, I was thinking about Shaq this morning because he's the most dominant center of my life, right? Like, this dude... single-handedly won the 2001 NBA playoffs. It destroyed everybody in his path. Jokic is putting up way better stats than that guy.

Yeah, at least our age. And there's some old heads who saw Wilt score, like, 60 or average 50 and 50 or whatever. But we're not those dudes. Like, I was thinking about Shaq this morning because he's the most dominant center of my life, right? Like, this dude... single-handedly won the 2001 NBA playoffs. It destroyed everybody in his path. Jokic is putting up way better stats than that guy.

Again, with one exception, which is interior defense. The way to beat the Nuggets is to attack him in the paint, something the Thunder haven't been able to do yet. But they're the worst paint protection team left in the playoffs. I wrote an article about it a few years ago and former Nuggets coach Michael Malone took exception with my analysis. But that's exactly the one weakness this guy has.