Denver Nugget star Nikola Jokic is often compared to Larry Bird, which is only partially fair. The funny part is, when people talk about Bird, they often suggest that he would be too slow to play in today’s NBA, but Jokic is far slower than Bird has ever been, and he’s doing just fine.
The first reason is compared, because they both have visible vision and passing skills. The bird has the ability to pass to people when its back is turned. Somehow he always knew where everyone in the court was at all times.
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Jokic also has something, as we can see here: He’s in the corner near the halfback bench when he whips a behind-the-back pass through the defense to former UNC player Cameron Johnson, who is the only depth in the opposite corner. All the offseason guards were taken: Lauri Markkanen, Jusuf Nurkic, and Svi Mykhailiuk.
I think this is a rare story that Avis couldn’t do. Why?
Because I move the ball far, that quickly, behind your back, it takes a lot more energy than Bird. But if you had told Birdie, the basketball sociopath would have just told you that he didn’t need to do it, because he had so many other things going for him. Then he would tell you what he was going to do, and then he did it, and then he scolded you, because you didn’t even know it was coming.
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