Jokic Just Threw the Greatest Pass I've Ever Seen
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Ready to transform your customer support? Go to https://decagon.ai/bball to get a personalized demo and see what Decagon can do for your team. This might be the best pass I have ever seen in an NBA game. It is preseason, so maybe it does not count, but what Nikola Jokic did here is worth breaking down frame by frame.
First we look at the biomechanics: how he scans the floor on the catch, why he already knows the weakside corner is filled before he ever sees it, how one extra dribble lets him wrap his right hand over the front of the ball, and how bending at the waist creates the space and leverage to whip it behind his back with enough wrist flick to land it right in the shooter's pocket.
Then we get into why he felt bold enough to try it, which has everything to do with the strange way Utah chose to guard him. The Jazz switch everything regardless of matchup, which hands Denver the biggest mismatch imaginable with Darin Peterson on Jokic. We go through possession by possession: Lauri Markkanen switching onto him, the gravity that pulls three defenders into the paint, Keyonte George rotating in the right direction but not far enough, Jusuf Nurkic scramming out of mismatches, and what looks like a hybrid zone with a guard picking Jokic up in the high post. Plus two possessions where Utah was lucky not to give up a layup on a sideline out of bounds play.
Jokic has been hitting Aaron Gordon on corner cuts for seven years now. Putting that much size on the floor and still ending up with a guard on him at the elbow is how you end up on the wrong side of a pass like this.
#Jokic #Nuggets #NBA
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Jokic: "assits make two people happy". Multiply that by a million. :)
Realize many point guards made passes to the knee of the targeted player.
Jokic Just Threw the Greatest Pass I've Ever Seen
BBALLBREAKDOWN
72,495 views
Ready to transform your customer support? Go to https://decagon.ai/bball to get a personalized demo and see what Decagon can do for your team. This might be the best pass I have ever seen in an NBA game. It is preseason, so maybe it does not count, but what Nikola Jokic did here is worth breaking down frame by frame.
First we look at the biomechanics: how he scans the floor on the catch, why he already knows the weakside corner is filled before he ever sees it, how one extra dribble lets him wrap his right hand over the front of the ball, and how bending at the waist creates the space and leverage to whip it behind his back with enough wrist flick to land it right in the shooter's pocket.
Then we get into why he felt bold enough to try it, which has everything to do with the strange way Utah chose to guard him. The Jazz switch everything regardless of matchup, which hands Denver the biggest mismatch imaginable with Darin Peterson on Jokic. We go through possession by possession: Lauri Markkanen switching onto him, the gravity that pulls three defenders into the paint, Keyonte George rotating in the right direction but not far enough, Jusuf Nurkic scramming out of mismatches, and what looks like a hybrid zone with a guard picking Jokic up in the high post. Plus two possessions where Utah was lucky not to give up a layup on a sideline out of bounds play.
Jokic has been hitting Aaron Gordon on corner cuts for seven years now. Putting that much size on the floor and still ending up with a guard on him at the elbow is how you end up on the wrong side of a pass like this.
#Jokic #Nuggets #NBA
For more info on the cool 3D Graphics, visit CoachPaint: https://tracab.chyronhego.com/coach-p...
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MUSIC: Fighting For Freedom by Anno Domini
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ABOUT BBALLBREAKDOWN
BBallBreakdown is devoted to deep-dive analysis of NBA basketball gameplay. If you're a coach or a player, check out the MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP - filled with an ever growing library of on court demos designed to help you improve your play and your coaching! Giving fans a taste of a pro coach's film session, host Coach Nick breaks down fundamentals, play calling, offense, defense, shooting form, officiating, and everything else basketball. In addition, see exclusive interviews with NBA players and coaches, from active super stars to retired legends.