Green criticized Gobert for not being able to guard Jokic in the playoffs, and what Jokic's stats are under the two's defense

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2024-05-19 20:26Published in Guangdong

Draymond Green, one of the leading leaders of the Golden State Warriors, had some clashing with Gobert, the Timberwolves' starting center. Since Gobert was locked by Draymond Green, he has also been ridiculed by many fans and media.

In the second round of the playoffs in the 2023-24 season, Jokic gave what he wanted on the inside, and after completely blowing up the Timberwolves' interior line, Draymond Green taunted Gobert again, saying that the opponent couldn't guard Jokic at all.

You must know that in the 2023-24 season, Gobert was once again elected as the regular season Defensive Player of the Year award. However, as far as his defense against the Nuggets is concerned, he will indeed receive some criticism.

Draymond Green said on his podcast that Gobert won the fourth NBA Defensive Player of the Year award in his career, but he often asked teammate Towns to defend Jokic.

Draymond Green said, "How about this, we're sitting here and seeing, Towns has to stop Jokic, who's the center, Defensive Player of the Year on your team, he's the center." ”

"It's like if Marcus Smart won Defensive Player of the Year in 2022, he did, but they're like, Jaylen Brown you should go defend Stephen. But Marcus Smart is a shooting guard, Marcus Smart, you won Defensive Player of the Year, you should go defend Stephen, right? ”

"Not only did I notice that there was a center, Gobert won Defensive Player of the Year for the fourth time. Tied with the famous Ben Wallace, great Hall of Famer Deacon Bemutombo, ahead of the great David Robinson, the great Hakim, the Dream Olajuwon and the great Dwight Howard, ahead of those guys. We have a center, we ask Defensive Player of the Year to defend the center, and we have a four-time Defensive Player of the Year on our team. ”

We all know that Draymond Green and Gobert had a holiday, but Gobert didn't understand Draymond Green too much. However, Draymond Green will not let Gobert go easily, and in his opinion, it was Gobert who caused him to be suspended and lose hundreds of thousands of dollars.

In fact, Draymond Green doesn't say that Gobert can't guard Jokic, he can't guard Jokic either. Since Jokic won the first regular season MVP of his career, both have not performed well in defending Jokic. Let's take a look at how the duo fare at defending Jokic!

After Jokic won the first regular season MVP of his career, Jokic played regular season and playoff stats under the defense of Draymond Green

He averaged 25.4 points, 12.0 rebounds and 10.0 assists per game in the regular season

In the playoffs, he averaged 31.0 points, 13.0 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.0 blocks per game

After Jokic won the first regular season MVP of his career, Jokic played regular season and playoff statistics under Gobert's defense

He averaged 29.7 points, 10.6 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game in the regular season

In the playoffs, he averaged 29.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game

Overall, whether it's the playoffs or the regular season. With Gobert's defense, Jokic played a little worse. You must know that Jokic was not completely in his prime. Now, after Jokic is in his prime, he is even more dominant.

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