“Assist makes two people happy. A point makes one guy happy. Simple as that.”
At the time of this posting (3/29/24), Nikola Jokic has 629 assists through the 70 games he's played on the season - good for 2nd in the league behind only Tyrese Haliburton. Of those 629, 114 are listed as assists to Aaron Gordon.
The ones that jump to mind are Jokic in the post or on the roll. Joker will either receive the ball in the post or Barkley his way down there, pivot, and generate an angle to get Gordon the ball in a few others can even dream of doing. On the roll, whether he's short rolling or coming off his patented 2 man game with Jamal Murray, he'll be headed downhill and Nikola, no matter where Aaron is, will launch the ball like it is a heat seeking missile and nothing else can stop it from getting to its target.
Here’s what I wrote about Jokic back in 2017 (my second Jokic video) and it still sums up the beauty of his game:
Nikola Jokic just genuinely brings joy back to basketball with his bamboozling but brilliant bounce passing. He can thread the needle every which way, and no matter how out of control and off balance he may look, he makes the right reads time and time again to deliver the pass perfectly. Whether it’s in transition, at the top of the key, from the elbows, or in the post, he’s a threat to make a play any conceivable way. The spin he puts on the ball stupefies. The Joker, as some call him, jockeys for position, boxes his man out, brings down the board, and if they have numbers, it’s already over. He’s got that spark of Sabonis, the dazzle of Divac, and Diaw, the wonder of Walton and Webber, the gift of the Gasols, Garnett, and Green, the nuance of Noah, the brilliance of Bird and Bogut (and even Brad Miller). If you give him a chance, he’ll outlet a lot like Love, as unselfishly as Unseld, or go primetime like Penny and sleight of hand his way out of a jam like he’s MAGIC.
The Jokic to Gordon link up is actually the 10th most successful one-player-directly-assisting-to-another pairing this year. 4 of the top 10 are non-primary ball handlers: Domantas Sabonis to Keegan Murray (4th), LeBron James to Anthony Davis (5th), Nikola Jokic to Michael Porter Jr (7th) and Nikola Jokic to Aaron Gordon (10th).
Sixth on that list is actually Jamal Murray to Nikola Jokic and outside of the Denver Nuggets, no team appears more than once in that top 10.
Of those 114 assists, two clips were unavailable. I decided to omit a few others just because there was little flow or I thought the assist wasn't necessarily warranted.
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Those are literally 10 per minute for 13 minutes... 120/130 of these highlights in less than a season is insane... These are all top notch interactions
More like 6-7 per minute
@@swoog10 so? 80-85 total? Well no, count again, is closer to 10 than 7...I did the math, you didn't, so stfu or go ahead and embarrass yourself
The Murray→Jokic→Gordon setups are probably one of the most satisfying play in basketball 👏
They’re so beautiful
it just seems so flawless
Aaron Gordon is such a perfect teammate for Jokic. Big body for an easy dump off, high vertical for the oop, smart and athletic cutter. Can't go small against them cause Gordon's post ups is good enough to exploit mismatches and also a good passer on short roll. Feels like a totally different player when I watched him a few time back in his Orlando days.
they do what the other doesn't they are the perfect duo
And they have 2 perfect duos in team
Good hands too, some of the passes were hard to catch and no ego. He knows his roll and thrives in it.
Underrated AG. His bounce is really superb. He can jump so high with little take off.
Being able to turn any catch in the paint to a dunk is amazing
That's really the closest anyone has come to Stockton to Malone
hot take
Two players knowing exactly what to do, play by play. This is beautiful and pure basketball ❤
This is athleticism.
I love that he beat the Knicks on the same completely insane pass in both games
The combo that NO TEAM has figured out how to stop it yet 😂
It's nuts how many of these are him giving up the little floaters and hooks that are already some of the most efficient in the league. Basically in favour of an even more reliable bucket.
It’s just beautiful basketball they are perfect for each other 👍
AG always working hard and Joker rewarding it
This is pure poetry!
This is beyond perfection. Remember, this is born only once while we exist!!! AG---->JOK=💪👍👏♥️🔥
Jokic is the unprecedented Point Centre
That chemistry is crazy
My favorite action movie
Has there ever been ANYONE more efficient at finding the open man off the double team than Joker?? Props to AG for cutting to the basket so well too
teams haven't even solved the Jokic Murray duo, yet they already added Gordon. 😂
When AG joined Denver, I posted “lob city 2.0?” It didn’t happen that year. But it started last season and it is going strong!
Thank you!!! These are the 2 most entertaining guys in the league IMO
I was wondering where you’ve been. Great work as usual.
The last clip is my favorite.
My man :)
He could drop a minimum of 40 every single night if he was on a so-so team he would leave more in every category than he is now but he was certainly at a high scoring to that but you see how he shares the ball
AG must love this shiet. Look at 90% of the video. Roaming in dunker spot, sees Joker coming, makes two steps and boom. Out of all of them, he hasthev most easy points off Joker. He deserves it tho. Grinding all the time on D, wrestling big men in the post....
Must be fun for AG to know that if he works to get himself open, he's likely to be rewarded.
None of the teams in the West have an answer for this connection.
Or the east.
So many easy buckets... everyone's too worried about Jokic scoring himself or his kick outs to the 3 that they forget about that dunkers spot.. This is the reason Denver won a championship.. They have all bases covered pretty much
Way more effective than having bigs like Porzingis and Horford who shoot 10+ threes a game.
A.G. Superbeast 🤩
Gordon is exactly the kind of guy every high end passer wants. He makes jokic in the post so much more dangerous
It feels like they should hold assist assist stat for murray
Many would say Jokic is carrying Gordon, but that is far from the case. It's more like Jokic is the teacher and Gordon the student. By playing with Jokic, his cuts, reads, and basketball I.Q. have all improved to the point that they have caught up with his physical gifts. Would his value decrease without Jokic? Certainly, but he's definitely become a great player in his own right at this point.
He was a great player before, but it obviously didn't show. He is very disciplined and does what is asked of him, and what is asked of him he does well. Perhaps the problem is what was demanded of him before, which is why his playing qualities were not clearly seen, at least when it comes to the public.
After Yokichi entered the inside line, he said, "Gordon, here you are. You know, I'm a floor player, and if I can shoot, I definitely won't dunk!"! “
Joker is really just a 7ft point guard, it's crazy
Very smart content
What really crazy is how no one figures out Gordon hiding under the basket means that pass is probably otw.🤦🏼♂️
How can they not understand. If you and I can understand it, then it is clear that they understand it very well. Just because you understand something and know what to do, doesn't mean you can do it. I understand very well that the only condition, in order to reach the finish line first, is that I just need to do it faster and before all the other participants. But there is one small problem, and that is that everyone else is faster and more capable than me.
Poetry...
Here before 1 Million views
I have knick named AARON GORDON AS,OUR SILVER BACK GORILLA ❤❤
Sombor Brothers.
You Got Murray MPJ AG..and Jokić all high scorers,yet Jokić makes them all eat and even fifth Man....
🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Am i tripping or is there alot of no calls on joker in the post in these clips? They are litterally extending arms and leaning into him?
it's like that nba 2k where you wanna make your My Player score no matter what, that play is simple and predictable but they shove it down your throat anyway
Is there a statistic for the most alley oops made by 2 same players?
Nba jam 2024 . I know who I'm picking
Ps. I love you
What’s gravity lol.
То је кад део се разумеш
lol 1:20
I also wonder if Ben simmons would've been looked at as Aaron Gordon is if only they switched teams when he was in Philly.
Greatest duo of all times
you’re the best at what you do and i selfishly want you to stop taking breaks😂😂