{"id":1225,"date":"2025-04-11T05:33:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T05:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2025-04-11T05:33:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T05:33:33","slug":"a-former-crack-if-we-say-that-of-jokic-then-lebron-is-always-the-best-player-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=1225","title":{"rendered":"A former crack: &#8220;If we say that of Jokic, then LeBron is always the best player in the world&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#747474\">By Jo\u00ebl P\u00fctz | Sports journalist<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Monstrous for a few years, Nikola Jokic has clearly established himself as the best basketball player on the planet. Finally, not for everyone &#8230; A former member of the big league has snubbed him in favor of LeBron James, with a bizarre argument.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-570012\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Who is the best player in the world at the moment? Where this question is interesting is that it does not necessarily concern the MVP. If Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is likely to be rewarded for the first time in his career, he who turns to more than 32 points on average while the Thunder has the best assessment of the League, most observers will designate Nikola Jokic here.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, what could be more logical since the Serb runs in a triple-double medium with 30 points per game. An unthinkable production for a pivot a few years ago, but that the star of the Nuggets is practically trivializing in the 2020s. <em>Fanduel TV<\/em>the former leader Sebastian Telfair nevertheless left the triple MVP side by suggesting another candidate &#8230; more unexpected:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">The Lunar Declaration of Sebastian Telfair on LeBron and Jokic<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>LeBron James is still the best player in the world. Obviously ! Because when we talk about the Joker, we talk about his last four to five years, we are talking about all of his MVP titles, his title of champion. So when I think of a guy like LeBron, I take all his career into account, especially what he does these days. This guy always evolves at a high level, he is always the best player.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"next-post\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"next-post__text\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tRead<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The 5 -playing trade that would allow Spurs to form a Big 3 with Wembanyama and Fox<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>If I had to build a team and I had to win a series in seven games with it, I would certainly start by choosing LeBron.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Funny to justify this support for Chosen One, and quite unfair to the Big Man of Denver since he arrived in the League well after LeBron. However, Telfair recognizes that n \u00b0 15 has entered history with its performance:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Jokic is definitely a top 10 all-time player. I don&#39;t know exactly where he&#39;s in it and I don&#39;t want to get into the debate, but the stats of this guy? You can&#39;t find 10 players who can align such stats as regular as this guy. He has really changed the game, the ball will go through the pivots for the next 20 years.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>I think it was Memphis who launched this fashion with (Marc Gasol). When you arrived in the middle of the field, you gave the ball to your pivot and he was going to dictate what was going to happen. Now Jokic has taken over this. You no longer need a leader replacing now because you have leading pivots, if your leader goes on the bench he will just resume his role.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Sebastian Telfair thinks that LeBron James is still the best player in the league, but his method to justify this is quite strange. Anyway, it is Nikola Jokic who is in the running for a new MVP title and not the Lakers star.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"category\" content=\"nba\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] By Jo\u00ebl P\u00fctz | Sports journalist Monstrous for a few years, Nikola Jokic has clearly established himself as the best basketball player on the planet. 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