Who is better? Nurkic or Jokic?

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  1. riverman

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    Nurkic says he doesn't want to talk about Denver so I don't want to talk about his Denver time....keep that out of his head for good is my motto
     
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    Right now Jokic is little better player. Jokic is much closer to his peak and he cannot be lot stronger or heavier , kind of limited. Will always be kind of player that you can stop , due to his physic . Nurkic , sky is the limit ... Game Denver Portland will reveal who of these two can bully who ?
     
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    Jokic and it's not even close.
     
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    The best player is going to be the player that's get there team in the playoffs. They will play against each other here pretty soon I guess we will find out than.
     
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    It doesn't have to do with the playoffs. You cannot say Nelson is better than Lillard if Denver gets the 8th seed. Not even if Nelson plays better than Lillard you can say that.

    I understand the excitement about Nurkic, I'm excited too, but if you have seen Jokic play in a few games you know he is on a different level. He is already a franchise player in his 2nd season in the league.
     
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    Here's my thoughts:

    I'm really happy we got Nurkic.

    It does not matter if he's better than Jokic.
     
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    Nurkic is better.

    If Jokic played for the Blazers then he would be better.
     
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    I just want to see them match up. I'm pretty sure Nurk won't be afraid of him.
     
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    Nurkic is better because Jokic would have required a lot more than Plums and cash. Plus we got a pick! Either player would have worked perfectly with our team. Jokic has shown more of a shooting touch though.

    Thank you Denver!
     
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    I know that Evan Turner is better than Chandler Parsons....I think our team with Nurk and Turner will be better than Denver...if your team is better, nuff said
     
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    They owe us one since every trade with them before this has been them fleecing us.

    Felton for Miller/1st (Many have suspected we also passed on Faried for Nolan Smith because of this deal, the 1st in this deal actually became Shabazz Napier)
    1st/Barton for a half season rental of Afflalo.

    It is actually kind of weird how many times these two division rivals trade with each other.
     
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    Jokic tonight vs Celtics.
    21 PTS
    10 REB
    7 AST
    4 STLS
    1 BLK
    Nurkic is clearly the better player. Talk about a couple of players ballin.
     
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    Nurkic has a mean steak that needs to be accounted for. And he's not close to being in shape yet.
     
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    Can't wait to see them play against each other.
     
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    Haha bro it's closer than you are leading on
     
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    Nurkic has the same ppg, rpg, and apg in Portland as Jokic does in Denver but Nurkic has more dog and bpg so at the very least, its close. I'll take Nurk's steals and blocks over Jok's 3s.
     
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    Those stats against a very good Boston team versus Nurkic's stats against a bad, depleted Philly team. Apples and Oranges it seems.
     
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