What's the injury update for Nikola Jokic?
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What is the latest injury update for Nikola Jokic?
And then the other big note on the injury front. Should we go to segment two? Let's go to segment two here. So Nicole Jokic still out today, but we did get an update. From Shams Charania. From His Holiness Shams Charania. Are you talking about celebrity game star Shams Charania? I heard he can hit the floater, yeah. If you explain your basketball game and you just go straight to floaters. Yeah, floaters are your top three skills. That's so true. Not a good sign. Yeah, that's so true. He said the Nuggets will reevaluate Nikola Jokic in about one week. About one week. So right now we're at the four week. Wait, is he ahead of schedule still? We don't know. Right now, today, this exact moment is almost the four-week mark.
That was when the first re-evaluation was going to occur. I guess it occurred. Now there will be another re-evaluation in about one week. So if we look at the schedule for the Nuggets, it's actually kind of interesting. It is very interesting. Because let's just walk through tonight. Okay, Detroit, nobody. Michael Porter's return, I hate that he's going to miss this game. So we can probably rule him out of Thursday versus the Nets.
When is Nikola Jokic expected to return to the court?
It does, I guess, maybe make for a nice Murray versus MPJ head-to-head with no yoke supporting. That could be actually pretty exciting. So maybe there's something there. Then you get to the Clippers game on Friday. That's a second night of a back-to-back. By the way, schedule. Back-to-back, back-to-back, one game, back-to-back, one game, back-to-back. That's the Nuggets schedule right now that they'll be completing. But anyway, that Clippers game is kind of sneaky big because it's a Western Conference matchup. It's an important one. I don't think he's back for any of those three. If we say about a week, I don't think he is. But Sunday is about a week. Is five days about a week? I think that's about a week.
I think that qualifies for about a week. And I got back to you in five days. You wouldn't say, wow, he's early. And here's another thing I was thinking about. Maybe, you know, the Nuggets deliberated. They did this reevaluation yesterday. Yeah. And they just relayed the information or Jokic's team relayed the information to Shams today. So maybe about a week is from yesterday. Honestly, here's why I'm bringing this up. Then they go on a three-game road trip. It would suck if Yoke returned on a three-game road trip. And, of course, Sunday is Oklahoma City. Biggest game of the year, you could argue, because really our sights are set on Oklahoma City. And if he plays in that game and every other game, he'll be eligible for MVP.
What games could Jokic possibly be back for?
Part of me wonders if he's purposely, not purposely, he's just waiting to be ineligible so he can just focus on basketball. I thought about that too. But nonetheless, I think he will miss, even if he came back that game, I think he'll miss one other game somewhere. You've got to think. You've got to think. Come on, man. You've got to think like at the end of the season, there will be some game where they hold him out or something. You also just don't want that added pressure either. No. He doesn't. Yeah. Well, you got at Detroit, at New York, by the way, back to back. So maybe he comes back and then immediately misses one duck under. Who knows? But here's the thing. I recall when yoke was suspended for snapping the neck of marquee forest.
Do you remember this? It was against Miami and Denver. He got a suspension and then he missed more time because he had an injury. And so he ended up missing at some point in that season. He ended up missing like four or five games in a row. The wrist. It was something happened where he ended up missing time and the game he came back was at Miami. And I just remember thinking, like, only Yoke would miss all this time. And I think it was a front end of a back-to-back where the second night was at Orlando. And it's like, okay, just hold them out one more game. That one's going to be contentious. You know, it could be weird. Maybe there's retaliation. And Yoke's like, no, I'm back. I'm back for at Miami. That's the first game I'll come back from all of this.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the latest injury update for Nikola Jokic?
0:00–1:13
2
When is Nikola Jokic expected to return to the court?
1:13–2:32
3
What games could Jokic possibly be back for?
2:32–4:10
4
How are the Denver Nuggets managing without Jokic?
4:10–6:18
5
How does the Nuggets' schedule affect Jokic's return?
6:18–6:49
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