Nikola Jokic is not a center in the traditional sense. His style of play is also far from the three words "dominance" in our concept. But when Jokic is about to lift the 2020-21 regular season MVP trophy, becoming the first player in Nuggets history to receive this honor and the lowest MVP in NBA history, we also have to say from the bottom of our hearts - admire!
Jokic averaged 26 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists per game in the regular season this season, and the last interior player who averaged at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists per game was remembered by Kevin Garnett. And Jokic has played 72 games this season, leading the team to third place in the West with the season reimbursement of team leader Jamal Murray.
Although you are now the MVP, jokic was once unloved at the 2014 draft. After all, white center forwards whose athletic ability is mediocre and rely on technical mixing have been proven countless times to be parallel goods. Not to mention that Jokic's body shape control has always been a big problem, and he who loves Coke will always inadvertently incarnate into "human pork belly essence". Fortunately, the Nuggets decided to take a gamble and took the little fat man to the Denver Highlands with the 41st overall pick in the second round.
However, the weight did make Jokic suffer a lot of losses. The Nuggets, who originally had two major interior lines of Nurkic and Jokic, once wanted to give up Jokic, a clumsy dead fat man. However, Jokic's attitude and willingness to be a substitute made the Nuggets decide to correct him. And the fat guy, while trying to control his size, keeps honing his technique, and almost every year he brings you something new — low-post technique, a face-to-basket break, a half-cut basket until this season's three-point shots — and this season he shot more than three times as many shots outside the three-point line, shooting 39 percent from the rookie season. That's one of the reasons why he was eventually elected MVP, as an interior player, Jokic is so well-rounded.
Interestingly, at the 2013 World Youth Championships, Jokic represented Serbia against the Chinese team. Jokic had 8 points and 4 rebounds in that game, but for strategic reasons, the Chinese team did not send the strongest lineup in this game, and Jokic did not play against Zhou Qi at that time.
Although it sounds a bit funny, at that World Youth Championship, Zhou Qi was definitely one of the focal points. He averaged 11 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocks per game! He was named to the best team at that world youth tournament. Jokic, on the other hand, is just an unknown junior who averages 7 points per game. Who thought years later. Zhou Qi doesn't even seem to have any hope of returning to the NBA, and Jokic has become the league MVP. Also addicted to junk food, Zhou Qi's egg cake has become a stain on his career, and Coke is a small footnote to Jokic's great path. Although we still have expectations for Zhou Qi, but want to catch up with the footsteps of Jokic, who was once beaten by himself, I believe that any countryman who has watched basketball understands that this is already a dream of Nanke...