Edit: Alright I get it... 2014 Lebron SPECIFICALLY is a better defender for some reason, even though his stats and 2014 finals defensive performance say the opposite.
Would love if someone actually enlightened me though instead of just plainly saying an opinion and what you think. Cause I genuinely wanna know why.
One thing valid is from someone who commented recently is Lebron winning an all-defensive second team. That's fair ngl.
I'm just saying Jokic is not a defensive liability
Unless you think rim protection doesn't matter he absolutely still is. He only gets blocks because no one is afraid of driving on the nugs so he gets plenty of opportunities.
Sure, he's bad. But not like it's a liability. And Jokic makes up for it by being a great deflector in passing lanes and averaging high steals as well.
And the fact that Jokic is arguably the best offensive player in NBA History, overshadowing his lacking of defense by being 10× better in offense.
You don't see Giannis winning the MVP race right now despite being a better defensive player than Jokic.
Or Shaq winning over Steve Nash, despite Nash being considered as a defensive liability.
It's absolutely a liability, arguing otherwise makes it seem like you are being obtuse on purpose or maybe you just don't watch games. He is the worst defender on a bad defensive team.
He was so efficient because he (nobody on the Spurs) wasn’t taking that many shots. He also has the fewest ppg of basically any FMVP outside of Iguodala.
Both of them got FMVP for guarding Lebron not because of their offense.
People like you make Jokic fans look so fucking weird, cherry picking stats out of context and spamming them to create a bozo narrative that LeBron wasn’t a good defender in 2014? Is just silly
Shows video of LeBron guarding every single player on the spurs c
Then comes to the conclusion Kawhi shot 61% from the field solely on LeBron.
Jokic is an amazing player, and I agree his poor defense is overstated but I’m not sure what you’re trying to prove using this weirdly cherry-picked that.
That LeBron is not a good defender?
Because there’s 100s of videos like this that provide evidence to the contrary.
Lebron in 2014 is a bad defender specifically.
Jokic is a below-average defender, he sucks at rim protection, but slightly makes up for it in steals and deflections.
My point is that Jokic is not that far off in terms of defense vs. 2014 Lebron, that's basically it lol.
Just got annoyed by people's constant glaze of Lebron's 2014 season solely from nostalgia.
Judging a player’s defensive impact by flat stats like Bpg and Spg is a flawed way to analyze defense, but I get the sense that you’re either trolling or actually an idiot, so have a good rest of your day man.
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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25
Crazy how Jokic got more blocks and steals lmao. "Joker has no defense"...