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Originally Posted by Seadood228
@McBeef, quite a few writers are on board with Jokic>Towns last year, some even have him as a better prospect going forward. I wouldn't even go that far, but we're talking about next year and Jokic was pretty far ahead of him in every category, not just a single stat... And especially the more important one, wins and the effect on winning percentage in lineups.
this all sounds like hating, so i want to make it clear that jokic is a really good player and one of most watchable guys itl. i'm just arguing against him as literally the best single season asset in the nba, i still think he's a top 10 pick in this
ultimately i think the differences are in the degree of skepticism people have, it seems like everybody is discounting his stats to some extent because nobody claims he's quite as good as that (i.e. all-time great)
i think until he actually does start racking up actual wins and has some playoff success, i'm going to be skeptical for a variety of hazy reasons:
- he succeeds in a unique way, will better scouting blunt him?
- his defensive stats are absurdly good for such a crappy athlete
- low minutes, even post-asb he was ~30mpg
- we still do only have a partial season of data on him as a seemingly top-tier player
- general belief in regression to the mean, lots of people look historically great and then regress just because that's how stuff works
these can all be addressed with more of the same from jokic + some more team success