During All-Star Weekend, Jokic celebrated his 27th birthday. It is worth mentioning that before the age of 27, Jokic has received 5155 rebounds and 3107 assists in his career, becoming the only player in NBA history who can get 5000+ rebounds and 3000+ assists before the age of 27.
As a big center, Jokic can rebound 5,000 rebounds before the age of 27 is normal, and there is nothing to praise, but a center can deliver 3,000 assists before the age of 27, which is very rare, which is also the biggest difference between Jokic and other centers.
Jokic is nominally a center forward and a center on the court, but his style of play is not the typical center play, and the so-called organizational center, it can be said that he is a point guard who appears in the center position, so he can deliver so many assists and become the player who has the most triple-doubles of all centers.
The organizational skills of the center players are very average, the number of assists is also very small, and among the top ten players in the total rebounding history, Abdul-Jabbar, Carl Malone and Garnett, who have more than 5,000 career assists. There are only 1,000 times less, such as Howard and Moses Malone, and it is not as good as Jokic now.
After winning the MVP last season, becoming the first center to win an MVP since O'Neal, Jokic is still a popular candidate for MVP and is expected to defend his MVP title.
How well Jokic has performed this season and how much it is worth the team can be seen in the team's net win data after he went on and off the court. When Jokic was on the floor, the Nuggets beat their opponents by 15.3 points per 100 possessions, and when Jokic went off, the team lost 5.4 points per 100 rounds, and the net difference reached 20.7 points, ranking first in the league.
In contrast, the other MVP candidates are much worse, Curry's data is 15.0, the alphabet brother's data is 12.5, DeRozan's data is 10.9, Embiid's data is 10.7, and Paul's data is 6.3.
From this point of view, Jokic is entirely likely to defend the MVP, but due to the Nuggets' deep injury this season, there are two core players missing, so their record is very average, only 33 wins and 25 losses in the West sixth. With such a record, Jokic is not very likely to defend his MVP title.
However, in the face of injuries to many teammates, Jokic can also lead the Nuggets to play in the upper middle and upper reaches of the league, which highlights his ability. Without Jokic, the Nuggets would be a completely fishy team and would be at the bottom of the West.