The alleged "preeminent" sports news entity on the planet is actively rooting against Nikola Jokic and going out of their way to ignore his historical dominance.
ESPN ran a Taco Bell commercial while Jokic was being drafted, and the entire sports media has kept that same energy ever since. The disrespect for Jokic has been shameful.
To be fair he wasn't the best prospect out of the draft Just that no one saw that he was a keeper and worked on his game since entering the league Jokic had shown better stamina down the stretch than many young players which is a testament to the effort he put in
The fact that they try as hard as they can to promote the idea that Denver should retire #15 for Melo too should tell you all about what they think of Jokic
They hate it that someone from eroupe and isnt black. Is destroying all the brothas from the usa . Someon3 who has a six pack of beers in his belly is beating the king of syringes. The world needs to realize jokic is peak basketball.
As a black person, you just cannot convince me that the hate for Jokic and Luka isn’t because they’re white. At first I gave the media the benefit of the doubt and figured they just thought Jokic was a boring player to watch with awkward (yet impactful) basketball moves. But after witnessing how the same network loses their minds over Wemby and praises him (who also has awkward-looking yet impactful plays), it is clear to me that the hate has to do with skin color. This is what happens when you teach generations of kids that it’s not okay to be racist to black people but it’s okay for black people to trash white people and hope for their downfall… because of colonialism and slavery or something. If Jokic was black, I just can’t imagine that they would be treating him the same way. And I lost almost all respect for Shaq after he felt the need to confront Jokic about the MVP award on the same day he received it, possibly ruining the moment for him. These NBA media guys are so freaking jealous and prejudice.
yeah but i don't think shaq is racist, he's just jealous of new big men. you say they are racist and i agree and i'll add a little more. the anti-white undertones make it "okay" for them to hate joker. but the real reason they hate joker is because he makes their boss, lebron james, look bad. lebron's pull in the media via klutch sports cannot be understated. many of the epsn clown are on their payroll, and the rest go along with it because they are company men. they don't have spines. it's hard to understate how cowardly these people are. it's corporate media and none of them think independently. peace and love. we'll get through the media's dividing us black and white
Of course it's. They're literally increase the number of racism towards black people with their own racist behavior, and they did it so openly that it mind boggling. I am darker skin indian and my opinion on (american black) people are getting worse whenever I watch TV or Twitter. I used to sympathize with them just few years back when I start moving to US.
And it's not just skin color. It's skin color + being non American. The media barely cares about Giannis after his historic performance when he won the ring.
I hope so I really like the Timberwolves and Edwards but all the Lakers fans have been meatriding them cuz they want Jokic to lose cuz he smoked LeBron 3 times
This series wouldn't be as fun as now if ESPN guys didn't say the series was over. The hate on Jokic is insane and I love it. TNT is no different. It's almost like we're watching a movie where Jokic is the antagonist and other brotha's like Tatum, SGA, Edwards are protagonists.
The entire corporate media nowadays are about pushing narratives. From political, social, wars, pharma, sports, etc. the public more and more distrust and are abandoning them. No wonder. Thank God for independent channels that can bring sanity back.
LeTravel is all they have. The clowns who run ESPN want to sustain the black hero NBA player narrative to attract future generations of blacks. Joker doesn't help them in that regard. So, they ignore him. Plus, professional sports is all black Americans have, so black media doesn't want to support him, like Stephanie Ass Smith.
Has anyone forgotten that Jokic was already this solid against a much tougher defensive Clippers team in the bubble in 2020? And the fact that the Nuggets came from down 3-1 to beat them while being down double digits in each of those comeback wins en route to their WCF trip against the Lakers??
That Clippers team was the best Clippers team I've ever seen that year compared to this Clippers team with Harden. Let's also not forget that the Nuggets were the ONLY TEAM in NBA history to win 2 straight playoff series after being down 3-1.
Shaq a hater? Yeah. But I do have a sense of respect for him saying what he said out loud. Seriously though, I can see Jokic's legacy going the Kobe route. Champions through and through, but they won't admit it.
@@pasigiri i dont mind shaq saying what he thought... in another setting. He is supposed to be a co-host of a show officially announcing the winner of MVP award. Hes supposed to congratulate the guy and clap thats it, but he went on to shittalk him in an interview afterwards as well. Its just not the time and place to do that, if he said what he had to say on the next show or somewhere else id be ok with whatever(even tho hes just straight wrong and jealous of Jokic's MVPS) he wanted to say but the way he did is is just the worst possible way
@@olorin3815 honestly, he couldve just said it at the end of the conversation and even that wouldve been a little more acceptable. Opening the convo saying he voted for Shai was some straight hater shi tho.
I like how he runs up snd down the court all game, spins and dunks and gorilla slams and posts up and shoots fadeaways and dominates and make his competition look like 8th graders, but he still gets cast as unathletic. Whatever.
@@sergeipohkerova7211It's because he isn't. In fact, he uses less than 50% of his potential. Now imagine if he used all of it and actually started really trying his best.
Never, Ever Forget - Joker was drafted during a Taco Bell commercial on this Network. A 41st overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft - Who would become currently the best player in this “Alleged”, great era.
It's a good era when it comes to the skills It was just kind of destroyed by this ,,building super teams" meta that LeBron started But Jokic is just shutting all these super teams down
Jokic is the return of basketball, and I love to see younger players such as Anthony Edwards saying he is the best in the world and taking him as an example. It seems that the 2010s narcissistic attitude tired the basketball community, and finally, during the 2020s, we are witnessing the next shift with the return of fundamentals and real basketball as style and stance.
Well said. I really like most of the young upcoming players attitudes toward the game. No more of that “me me me” crybaby shi. Its a team sport for a reason
You guys remember when Jalen and Jacoby were the only ones to give Jokic his flowers way before he got his MVPs and ESPN bought them out and shut down their podcast so they couldnt talk about Jokic anymore? Jalen and Jacoby was the only place that talked about Jokic even before the bubble and ESPN shut them down. Fuck ESPN!
I've never been a big Jokic fan, but I've turned into one seeing how the media constantly disrespects him and hoping another player will steal his spot as the best current player in the NBA.
ESPN doesn't understand Serban mentality, they actually doing a favor to Nikola underestimate him, he is going to be more stubborn after that. He is playing better after Shaq told him that he didn't deserve his MVP title
At first, I was torn on who I wanted to win the title as I felt everyone (except Boston) had a solid case to win, now I choose Jokic to shove it in the medias face
It's all Shaq's fault. When Shaq dissed Joker in the MVP award presentation, he woke the sleeping giant, poked the bear, grabbed the tiger by the tail, played with fire, opened Pandora's box, shot himself in the foot, let the dogs out, put a hit on Vito Corleone, lit the fuse, drank the kool-aid, unleashed the kraken, wrote a check he couldn't cover, leaped before looking, painted himself into a corner, stole John Wick's car and killed his dog, put his foot in his mouth, brought a knife to a gunfight, boarded the USS Titanic, tugged on Superman's cape, spit into the wind, pulled the mask off the old Lone Ranger and messed around with Jim.
Probably still play down his competition. Even though he’d go through Lakers, Wolves, Mavs, and Celtics. Idk how they could spin that but they’d try their best
The day they finally truly acknowledge Jókic, will be the day that they acknowledge the truth, MJ is the Goat, and Kobe is the true second to His Airness instead of tarnishing the late legend's legacy
@@theALMIGHTY987 Who did Bill Russell play against compared to centers in the 80s-early 00s? you have to judge someone on their overall skill and level of play. Competition does matter, but the notion that a center who can lead the break, is one of the best passers of all time, and weighs 280+ lbs, can shoot the 3, has an array of shots in his game (he is far more gifted offensively than Zo Mourning, for example) could not compete against good defensive centers like Ewing and Robinson is absurd. Every single center looked bad or just "Good" against top flight opposition at times. They all got scored on, by guys who were less offensively talented than Jokic. Jokic is the best passing big man of all time, and possibly the best (certainly top 5) of passers to play the game in the NBA. I can't say he's the best shooting big man of all time, but he's the most well rounded shooter of the big men, for sure. He has great footwork, that translates to any era, as MJ showed even when he was older.
@@theALMIGHTY987 You make a good point, but at the same time, apply this principle to every big man in history. Who did Wilt go up against besides Russell? The common size at his time was 6ft4-5in. Same for Bill Russell. Jokic has already gone up against the best defenders in the league and is double teamed almost every time (sometimes triple teamed). He's taken on the likes of Anthony Davis, Embiid, Gober, Townes, Wemby, Holgren, etc.. Even went against guys his girth such as Nurkic. And Jokic is shorter than Wilt and all of these bigs I just named.
It's not only Jokic. Remember when Giannis in the close out game in the NBA finals scored 50 points with 64% from the field and 90% from the foul line, and added 14 rebounds and 5 blocks, and how little they talked about this historic performance? It is completely forgotten. Imagine if Lebron had had a performance like that in the finals and how they would haven gone absolutely nuts!
For years since they kept talking about "Who's going to be the face of the league after LeBron?" Hello!? Did you not see this man they call the Greek Freak lead a non-superteam past a superteam Nets and win the Finals and FMVP in legendary fashion? Multiple MVPs? Check. DPOY? Check. Handsome smile? Check. Wise and inspirational? Check. Best player in the world? Check. Competitive? Check. Oh I guess he doesn't check the media's boxes of being able to shoot and being American-born so no he can't be the face of the NBA even though he was All-Star captain multiple years.
@@seanprice9626 I remember something like how he led both teams in pts, rbs, asts in 2016 and 2017 Finals. But if you were to ask me an iconic moment from any of his Finals, I could only tell you that Game 7 block. Meanwhile with Giannis I can tell you about his fast break alley oop almost hitting his head on the backboard, 50 pt game in game 6 to clinch the series with incredible free throw shooting, and his block on Ayton.
ESPN gonna melt when two Europeans face-off at the WCF. The entire narrative is gonna focus on Bronny James Jr. getting drafted rather than cover Luka vs Jokic. Watch it happen.
@@skap_attack watched some OKC games these playoffs and SGA gives me serious LeBron vibes, hitting everyone with his elbows and getting a foul called everytime...
I haven't watched ESPN in 10 years. In the 90's and 2000's I watched back to back SportsCenter's to make sure I got all the news and didn't miss anything.
That game 5 performance was like watching poetry be written on the basketball court. I watched that game start to finish and was in basketball heaven. Anyone who loves the game of basketball knew exactly what they were watching.
This has now been the second time in nearly two years that RUclips has unsubscribed me from your channel - and we all know that this does not happen by accident! This is one more proof that there is a vile corporate agenda that is more menacing than most people think. Keep up the great work, Skap! The truth will never die.
MASTERCLASS couldn't have defined it better! Both Rudy and ANT were speechless about Joker's performance, they were humble enough to admit his dominance...Not the case with these networks smh....
Idk if this sounds crazy but I already believe Jokic & Giannis are top 15 all time Giannis I think you could argue against that claim, but at the very least both of these men are top 20 all time already
All of the successful European players receive hate and/or little to no press when it comes the Greenberg and ESPN. Greengerg damn near had an orgasm on set talking about Lebron and the in-season tournament win. Pathetic
As a Nuggets fan, I love ESPN and how they handle NBA playoffs. Every day, I watch a few ESPN videos to laugh. They never disappoint. Always a clown show.
I honestly didnt even mess with denver like that until seeing all this unforgivable slander on every mainstream sports network of the past couple years trying to downplay how insanely good jokic and the nuggets are. I sincerely hope they somehow 3 peat. Jokic is THAT GUY and deserves everything coming to him. Puts his head down every damn game and WORKS. 4x MVP in my eyes
At this point, it does seem almost like an intentional effort to downplay, minimize or just flat out, ignore the unavoidable brilliance that Nikola Jokić is clearly showcasing in the NBA, especially in these playoffs. The guy is literally toying with the best defense led by the 4x defensive player of the year, putting on an absolute masterpiece in game 5, and yet it seems like they would rather talk about anything, but that specifically. It reminds me of back in the day, when Tim Duncan was dominating the NBA and winning championships. You couldn’t avoid or ignore his clear all-time greatness, so what they did instead was that they minimized and shortened the coverage for it, and they couldn’t wait to find somebody more “spectacular” to watch to dump most if not all of their coverage toward them instead. They did it then with LeBron James and they’re doing it now with Anthony Edwards (who I like as a player btw)
💯 And to this day the Tim Duncan narratives are "He won because he had Parker and Ginobili" which is similar to what they were saying after the Lakers series this year: "If LeBron had the help Jokic had -- Murray, AG, MPJ, KCP, etc" Look back at that 1999 season and Tim Duncan actually outplayed the MVP Karl Malone in most of their regular season matchups. Tim Duncan was a monster and played to win, not to stuff the stat sheet.
at the end of the day the NUMBERS matter the most and when u look at the whole picture when its all said and done Timmy D and Jokic will for sure be up there on that list...and big nobody by the name of Kendrick Perkis will be forgotten...or maybe he will be remembered as one of the worst centers and worst analyst in the NBA's history
They've always hated Gobert anyways but instead of giving Jokic his flowers for scoring on Gobert's tight onball defense, they act as if Jokic's performance can only be explained by Gobert playing insufficient defense. Watch the tape and tell me where Gobert was slacking on defense. ESPN hating on both men at the same time.
my favorite was Keyshawn on undisputed..... first words out of mouth after jokics performance were "goberts not a good defender, how did he win DPOY"...... atrocious.. ZERO credit for Jokics masterclass and dismantleing of the DPOY and #1 d IN LEAGUE
If denver wins the title, just wait for them to say “ We were just trying to give you that fire! we wanted to make it personal for you so you’d win!!” lol
Here's the thing about Jokic vs. Shai. There is a very good chance we're going to get to see them play each other in a 7 game series and see for ourselves who's the better franchise player.
ESPN again. I went through their website and got into an article about the greatest NBA Finals performance based on GmSc or Game Scores. When I checked all GmSc data from 1983 to current, all the numbers were fake. Here are the actual numbers: 2021 Giannis - 31.9 2000 Shaquille O’Neal - 30.6 2017 Kevin Durant - 30.3 2002 Shaquille O’Neal - 30.1 1993 Michael Jordan - 29.6 2017 Lebron James - 29.6 1991 Michael Jordan - 29.4 1987 Magic Johnson - 28.3 2018 LeBron James - 28.3 2023 Nikola Jokic - 27.7 2001 Shaquille O’Neal - 27.4 2018 Kevin Durant - 26.9 2016 Lebron James - 26.5 1992 Michael Jordan - 25.8 This network is such a fraud. When I emailed them about it, they pulled out the article and replaced it with a "single game" performance metrics to cover up for the games where their cashcow choked. 😂
@momoca-kun Your argument makes NO SENSE! Not sure why you’re bringing lebron into this because even if this is true he is on the list 3 times to jokic’s 1. So I believe that 3 is more than 1 yeah? Mj is on it 3 times. Shaq who everybody is slandering because of his comments is on it more than Jokic! So what stupid point are you trying to prove?😂
The standard explanation for why Jokic is hated is because his "style of play is boring" like Tim Duncan...but that's not true at all. Jokic's play is RIVETING. He passes like he has eyes on the back of his head. Half of his passes lead to SICK, bring down the house Air Gordon alley oop dunks. The two man game with murray either results in jokic making these floaters and hookshots that look like they're straight out of a game of horse or murray making those pretty mid-range jumpers. And jokic will splash a clutch 3 when necessary too. How could you not be entertained?? Sports media must spend more time promoting the greatness that Jokic is displaying, for the good of the game...
This is interesting they cover Nicks against Pacers, and winner of that match-up almost do not have any chance to win championship, it is just look like another sport. This series between Minnesota and Denver is one of the best series in last decade, and Gobert was pretty good against Jokic on defense, but Jokic was genius.
I noticed how undisputed did the same thing. They led the show with anything other than the Denver series. It's so obvious. I think they have been intentionally catering to a certain demographic that would hate jokic. It's why they jumped the gun the moment there was anything to criticize jokic for. I'll stopped paying for ESPN and fs1 5 years ago and it wasn't nearly this bad.
Keep doing the good work. One thing that's really bothered me as of late is the fact that OKC was the top seed this year, and I knew absolutely nothing about SGA (since I wasn't watching the games or paying attention to OKC closely). Meritocracy is dead in sports journalism, players like SGA, Jokic, Brunson, Ant Edwards, etc. should be getting the most attention. No one should be giving a shit about Lebron. When Jordan played with the Wizards, the media had moved onto Iverson, Shaq, Kobe, Duncan, etc.
Someone recently said this to me regarding lebron: "I think the problem is the media spending so much time and money pushing LeRing Chaser since high school. He couldn't handle the pressure and teamed up with superstars to get the chips. Instead of letting a player naturally come in and shock people like Jordan/Jokic, the media created a narrative to try to bring LeRing to that level. He's not, and time will not be kind to him. The narrative can't go on forever and the media will have to move on to the next upcoming star." Lebron seems to be a glorified role player that the league touted as the goat to keep this generation satisfied and engaged.
as a american I am humiliated by our media treating jokic so harsh(probably because hes european) but happily he probably doesnt know who tf the "get up' people are, max kellerman would be praising jokic
Unfortunately, Jokic and the Nuggets aren't perceived as marketable to their audience. It all comes down to his personality and how it affects their ratings, not true basketball coverage.
Yeah but this is dumb. Anyone who likes basketball can appreciate this team. They are not marketable by the media's standards, but their standards are only limiting themselves. They could MAKE the team and the players marketable just by talking about them.
@@mekacrab It's how the world works. It's why Jokic, 3x MVP is underrated and Anthony Edwards is being constantly compared to MJ. One has charisma, the other lacks it.
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ESPN ran a Taco Bell commercial while Jokic was being drafted, and the entire sports media has kept that same energy ever since. The disrespect for Jokic has been shameful.
To be fair he wasn't the best prospect out of the draft
Just that no one saw that he was a keeper and worked on his game since entering the league
Jokic had shown better stamina down the stretch than many young players which is a testament to the effort he put in
The fact that they try as hard as they can to promote the idea that Denver should retire #15 for Melo too should tell you all about what they think of Jokic
They hate it that someone from eroupe and isnt black. Is destroying all the brothas from the usa . Someon3 who has a six pack of beers in his belly is beating the king of syringes. The world needs to realize jokic is peak basketball.
He has been clowning them ever since as if the same media sold the carpet bombing of his country ... oh it did.
why Taco Bell commercial , what does it mean please?
As a black person, you just cannot convince me that the hate for Jokic and Luka isn’t because they’re white. At first I gave the media the benefit of the doubt and figured they just thought Jokic was a boring player to watch with awkward (yet impactful) basketball moves. But after witnessing how the same network loses their minds over Wemby and praises him (who also has awkward-looking yet impactful plays), it is clear to me that the hate has to do with skin color. This is what happens when you teach generations of kids that it’s not okay to be racist to black people but it’s okay for black people to trash white people and hope for their downfall… because of colonialism and slavery or something. If Jokic was black, I just can’t imagine that they would be treating him the same way. And I lost almost all respect for Shaq after he felt the need to confront Jokic about the MVP award on the same day he received it, possibly ruining the moment for him. These NBA media guys are so freaking jealous and prejudice.
yeah but i don't think shaq is racist, he's just jealous of new big men.
you say they are racist and i agree and i'll add a little more. the anti-white undertones make it "okay" for them to hate joker. but the real reason they hate joker is because he makes their boss, lebron james, look bad. lebron's pull in the media via klutch sports cannot be understated. many of the epsn clown are on their payroll, and the rest go along with it because they are company men. they don't have spines. it's hard to understate how cowardly these people are. it's corporate media and none of them think independently.
peace and love. we'll get through the media's dividing us black and white
Of course it's. They're literally increase the number of racism towards black people with their own racist behavior, and they did it so openly that it mind boggling. I am darker skin indian and my opinion on (american black) people are getting worse whenever I watch TV or Twitter. I used to sympathize with them just few years back when I start moving to US.
You're right and xenophobic
Jokic is literally from eastern Europe who never enslaved anyone.
They were actually enslaved by Romans instead.
And it's not just skin color.
It's skin color + being non American.
The media barely cares about Giannis after his historic performance when he won the ring.
I hate ESPN. Hope the nuggets finish the series today
I hope so
I really like the Timberwolves and Edwards but all the Lakers fans have been meatriding them cuz they want Jokic to lose cuz he smoked LeBron 3 times
ME TOO! And the game is ON ESPN
@@skap_attack What has happened to the wolves 🤔??
The Nuggets happened to the Wolves. They woke the sleeping giant. Series is over tonight.
This series wouldn't be as fun as now if ESPN guys didn't say the series was over. The hate on Jokic is insane and I love it. TNT is no different. It's almost like we're watching a movie where Jokic is the antagonist and other brotha's like Tatum, SGA, Edwards are protagonists.
ESPN is simply a clown act.
It's a complete crap
Straight facts here.
Who's even watching it?
It's owned by Disney, that should tell you everything. Always ask who works for who and who owns whom and you'll understand things better. lol
The entire corporate media nowadays are about pushing narratives. From political, social, wars, pharma, sports, etc. the public more and more distrust and are abandoning them. No wonder. Thank God for independent channels that can bring sanity back.
ESPN is just garbage. They are still talking about Leflop and he was bounced out the playoffs 2 weeks ago.
LeTravel is all they have. The clowns who run ESPN want to sustain the black hero NBA player narrative to attract future generations of blacks. Joker doesn't help them in that regard. So, they ignore him. Plus, professional sports is all black Americans have, so black media doesn't want to support him, like Stephanie Ass Smith.
Jokic is exposing the entire NBA media as “a complete crap”. I love to see it.
Has anyone forgotten that Jokic was already this solid against a much tougher defensive Clippers team in the bubble in 2020? And the fact that the Nuggets came from down 3-1 to beat them while being down double digits in each of those comeback wins en route to their WCF trip against the Lakers??
That Clippers team was the best Clippers team I've ever seen that year compared to this Clippers team with Harden. Let's also not forget that the Nuggets were the ONLY TEAM in NBA history to win 2 straight playoff series after being down 3-1.
It’s funny how everybody started hating on Jokic as hard as possible and now they’re all silent
It isn't funny...it's pathetic.
@@skap_attack I wonder if Shaq is going to address his awful take or just move on like all the LeBron media clowns when he loses in the playoffs
Shaq a hater? Yeah. But I do have a sense of respect for him saying what he said out loud.
Seriously though, I can see Jokic's legacy going the Kobe route. Champions through and through, but they won't admit it.
@@pasigiri i dont mind shaq saying what he thought... in another setting. He is supposed to be a co-host of a show officially announcing the winner of MVP award. Hes supposed to congratulate the guy and clap thats it, but he went on to shittalk him in an interview afterwards as well. Its just not the time and place to do that, if he said what he had to say on the next show or somewhere else id be ok with whatever(even tho hes just straight wrong and jealous of Jokic's MVPS) he wanted to say but the way he did is is just the worst possible way
@@olorin3815 honestly, he couldve just said it at the end of the conversation and even that wouldve been a little more acceptable. Opening the convo saying he voted for Shai was some straight hater shi tho.
Hope Joker wins his 2nd ring
Me too
Agreed
Me too. And I bet they will bring up some BS about the defense he played against wasnt the same that LeBum played against in his title runs. lol
Not only the team itself but those players are just so likable not ego just pure beautiful play i love this team man
My thoughts exactly. I want them to win it even more now
I like how he runs up snd down the court all game, spins and dunks and gorilla slams and posts up and shoots fadeaways and dominates and make his competition look like 8th graders, but he still gets cast as unathletic. Whatever.
He doesn't have the insane gifted genetics that all the other players have
But his skill set is far beyond theirs and that's why he's the best
It's just getting silly at this point.
Show me another 280 pound 7 footer that can move like that. His balance and strength is incredible
@@That-One-Spy-Mainhe’s better than everyone, he clearly has gifted genetics
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If you count his height as gifted genetics then I'd agree
Havent watched ESPN in years. Just like CNN, FOX, MSNBC, etc.. Too many garbage takes and terrible hosts.
Amen Brother
Well said
MSM always sucks
So what sports network do you watch ?
We talking sports or politics ?
yeah u can choose what u watch and you not going be angry
Keep exposing the propaganda Skap! Another solid video.
THANK YOU! 🙏❤
They hate him because Joker swept LeChoke and completely destroyed him. Of course LeEspn is butthurt.
Does anyone get the feeling that Jokic is usually playing at only 75-85% capacity, and he hasn't even revealed his actual maximum?
@@sergeipohkerova7211It's because he isn't. In fact, he uses less than 50% of his potential. Now imagine if he used all of it and actually started really trying his best.
@@cafelatte1124but i still don’t get why everyone hates lebron for this when it’s not his fault the media hates jokic
Never, Ever Forget - Joker was drafted during a Taco Bell commercial on this Network. A 41st overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft - Who would become currently the best player in this “Alleged”, great era.
It's a good era when it comes to the skills
It was just kind of destroyed by this ,,building super teams" meta that LeBron started
But Jokic is just shutting all these super teams down
There is nothing but straight facts in this comment.
Jokic is the return of basketball, and I love to see younger players such as Anthony Edwards saying he is the best in the world and taking him as an example. It seems that the 2010s narcissistic attitude tired the basketball community, and finally, during the 2020s, we are witnessing the next shift with the return of fundamentals and real basketball as style and stance.
Well said. I really like most of the young upcoming players attitudes toward the game. No more of that “me me me” crybaby shi. Its a team sport for a reason
You guys remember when Jalen and Jacoby were the only ones to give Jokic his flowers way before he got his MVPs and ESPN bought them out and shut down their podcast so they couldnt talk about Jokic anymore? Jalen and Jacoby was the only place that talked about Jokic even before the bubble and ESPN shut them down. Fuck ESPN!
Jokic is more skilled than Rudy Gobert Shaq and Joel Embiid combined in the NBA
PLEASE EXPLAIN 🤔😐!!
Yep, it’s not even a close contest
@@theALMIGHTY987 no, bot
@@Laneous14 ahhh, what 🤔??
Joellen Biid WNBA
I’m pulling for Denver more and more each day.
I've never been a big Jokic fan, but I've turned into one seeing how the media constantly disrespects him and hoping another player will steal his spot as the best current player in the NBA.
ESPN doesn't understand Serban mentality, they actually doing a favor to Nikola underestimate him, he is going to be more stubborn after that. He is playing better after Shaq told him that he didn't deserve his MVP title
ESPN is to Sports "Journalism" as MTV is to "Music" Television.
Your comment is spot on 🤘.
At first, I was torn on who I wanted to win the title as I felt everyone (except Boston) had a solid case to win, now I choose Jokic to shove it in the medias face
Such and easy player and team to root for.
What do you mean except Boston? Haha
Jokic is more skilled than Joel Embiid and Shaq
Embid has top tier 1v1 ability but soft af.
Put Shaq's skill set in a player that is 6'4'' and they would barely come off the bench if they even made the NBA at all.
At this point being a target of ESPN hate is a badge of honour
The ESPN crew does a great job wiping Lebron's spunk off Greenberg's face before they air
@BillCarson-zn9gx The same way you guys wipe load after load of Jokic from skap’s face😂
@BillCarson-zn9gx What about jokic’s spunk on skap’s face?
Shaq and Chuck were both off the day Jokic won his award before the Nuggets won in Game 5. That says it all right there.
It's all Shaq's fault. When Shaq dissed Joker in the MVP award presentation, he woke the sleeping giant, poked the bear, grabbed the tiger by the tail, played with fire, opened Pandora's box, shot himself in the foot, let the dogs out, put a hit on Vito Corleone, lit the fuse, drank the kool-aid, unleashed the kraken, wrote a check he couldn't cover, leaped before looking, painted himself into a corner, stole John Wick's car and killed his dog, put his foot in his mouth, brought a knife to a gunfight, boarded the USS Titanic, tugged on Superman's cape, spit into the wind, pulled the mask off the old Lone Ranger and messed around with Jim.
😂
amazing
😂😂😂
What will they say if Jokic wins another ring?🤔
Probably just pretend it never happened like last year...
Probably still play down his competition. Even though he’d go through Lakers, Wolves, Mavs, and Celtics. Idk how they could spin that but they’d try their best
@@skap_attack Last time they said it was against a bum Miami team.
This time I wonder what they'll say
@@skap_attack WHEN Denver wins, they'll immediately be talking Lakers' odds for the title in '25.
The day they finally truly acknowledge Jókic, will be the day that they acknowledge the truth, MJ is the Goat, and Kobe is the true second to His Airness instead of tarnishing the late legend's legacy
Kaitlyn and Bronny James gets more airtime news than Jokic? Good Lord, Good Lorrd😮
Bronny having more airtime than Joker is crazy. It may have been Caitlin’s debut in the WNBA, but Joker easily deserves more attention.
@@missingbuck They probably paid Shaq to spit on Joker's face too....
Jokic Vs Luka will piss of the racist "sports casters" on ESPN. Greenberg is from the tribe.
You're Latinx. Who are you to act like you guys aren't jelly too. You've always been insecure of yts as well
Funny how you Latinx try to act based but when we criticize any groups behaviors it literally can be pointed at you guys as well
@@rockysalvatore435 what's a Latinx? We don't do your woke language. Get out here with that.
@@LegalLatinoHeatYou can tell this 🤡 is a cultural Marxist because none of us call each other "Latinx". That's some Libt@rded made up BS.
Jokic has a better footwork than any other big man in his own era
What other BIG's is he really really playing against, he destroyed the DPOY who doesn't have a nastiness to him...... IMO 😐!!
History ma man 😉🤫
@@theALMIGHTY987 Who did Bill Russell play against compared to centers in the 80s-early 00s? you have to judge someone on their overall skill and level of play. Competition does matter, but the notion that a center who can lead the break, is one of the best passers of all time, and weighs 280+ lbs, can shoot the 3, has an array of shots in his game (he is far more gifted offensively than Zo Mourning, for example) could not compete against good defensive centers like Ewing and Robinson is absurd. Every single center looked bad or just "Good" against top flight opposition at times. They all got scored on, by guys who were less offensively talented than Jokic. Jokic is the best passing big man of all time, and possibly the best (certainly top 5) of passers to play the game in the NBA. I can't say he's the best shooting big man of all time, but he's the most well rounded shooter of the big men, for sure. He has great footwork, that translates to any era, as MJ showed even when he was older.
@@theflyingkaramazovbrothers6I agree with about 90% of your comments 😂
@@theALMIGHTY987 You make a good point, but at the same time, apply this principle to every big man in history.
Who did Wilt go up against besides Russell? The common size at his time was 6ft4-5in.
Same for Bill Russell.
Jokic has already gone up against the best defenders in the league and is double teamed almost every time (sometimes triple teamed).
He's taken on the likes of Anthony Davis, Embiid, Gober, Townes, Wemby, Holgren, etc..
Even went against guys his girth such as Nurkic.
And Jokic is shorter than Wilt and all of these bigs I just named.
I stopped watching ESPN years before I cut the cable. Their analysis is just trash.
It's not only Jokic. Remember when Giannis in the close out game in the NBA finals scored 50 points with 64% from the field and 90% from the foul line, and added 14 rebounds and 5 blocks, and how little they talked about this historic performance? It is completely forgotten. Imagine if Lebron had had a performance like that in the finals and how they would haven gone absolutely nuts!
Exactly they act like that didn't exist
For years since they kept talking about "Who's going to be the face of the league after LeBron?" Hello!? Did you not see this man they call the Greek Freak lead a non-superteam past a superteam Nets and win the Finals and FMVP in legendary fashion? Multiple MVPs? Check. DPOY? Check. Handsome smile? Check. Wise and inspirational? Check. Best player in the world? Check. Competitive? Check. Oh I guess he doesn't check the media's boxes of being able to shoot and being American-born so no he can't be the face of the NBA even though he was All-Star captain multiple years.
Tbh it’s because lebron has never single handedly dominated a finals series like that
You're legit lying lol
@@seanprice9626 I remember something like how he led both teams in pts, rbs, asts in 2016 and 2017 Finals. But if you were to ask me an iconic moment from any of his Finals, I could only tell you that Game 7 block. Meanwhile with Giannis I can tell you about his fast break alley oop almost hitting his head on the backboard, 50 pt game in game 6 to clinch the series with incredible free throw shooting, and his block on Ayton.
ESPN gonna melt when two Europeans face-off at the WCF. The entire narrative is gonna focus on Bronny James Jr. getting drafted rather than cover Luka vs Jokic. Watch it happen.
I quit watching ESPN a LONG time ago.
Jokic and edwards are the new duncan and kobe
I can agree with that. Good comparisons
Ant isn't quite Kobe yet but I like him.
Very well could be...BUT don't forget about Shai!
Ant man is just another NPC like shai not even side character like Jokic. Luka will spam championships starting from june this year
@@skap_attack watched some OKC games these playoffs and SGA gives me serious LeBron vibes, hitting everyone with his elbows and getting a foul called everytime...
I haven't watched ESPN in 10 years. In the 90's and 2000's I watched back to back SportsCenter's to make sure I got all the news and didn't miss anything.
It was so predictable that they would focus on Gobert instead of Jokic’s dominance.
That game 5 performance was like watching poetry be written on the basketball court. I watched that game start to finish and was in basketball heaven. Anyone who loves the game of basketball knew exactly what they were watching.
You watched more basketball than any ESPN "analyst"
I don't understand the hate jokic gets
Agreed. Joker is a 3X MVP and a NBA Champion!
They hate the fact that a white guy from the Balkan who treats the NBA like a 9 to 5 job is smoking all the black americans
White man dominating blacks
IMO it’s about him not being “marketable to Americans as the face of the NBA” in the eyes of NBA and media execs
Me neither.
This has now been the second time in nearly two years that RUclips has unsubscribed me from your channel - and we all know that this does not happen by accident! This is one more proof that there is a vile corporate agenda that is more menacing than most people think.
Keep up the great work, Skap! The truth will never die.
Thats wat I’ve been saying
@BostonRedSoxForever yeah I’m sure corporate America is focused on this tiny channel called skap attack. That makes a lot of sense😂
most normal conspiracy theorist:
ESPN is a circus. Full of clowns
ESPN is full of absolutely losers
Jokic didn't *ask* for people's respect
Jokic didn't *earn* the respect of many prominent media spokesperson
Jokic *FORCED* our respect
That's how the greats did it before the 2010s. Used the court to make a statement, not social media.
MASTERCLASS couldn't have defined it better! Both Rudy and ANT were speechless about Joker's performance, they were humble enough to admit his dominance...Not the case with these networks smh....
If Jokic wins a second ring + finals MVP
He is a top 15 all time player
I think he is already near 15. If he wins this title I think he might be nearing top 10.
@@skap_attack
If Durant is top 10 all time for so many people
Jokic definitely deserves that place too if he gets this ring
He is already top 12. If wins thus one?? My god 😬 he's one of the best ever u can say whatever 🤣
@@That-One-Spy-Mainhe clears Durant right f now... If he win this one.... He top 10 fs and going up up up up 💪😉
Idk if this sounds crazy but I already believe Jokic & Giannis are top 15 all time Giannis I think you could argue against that claim, but at the very least both of these men are top 20 all time already
I don't watch ESPN, they aren't covering sports like sports, they cover it like TMZ, all drama and lies
All of the successful European players receive hate and/or little to no press when it comes the Greenberg and ESPN. Greengerg damn near had an orgasm on set talking about Lebron and the in-season tournament win. Pathetic
Especially white
Haven’t watched ESPN in over 15 years. Best decision ever! Ty Skap for keeping me upto date on sports news.
Such a shame ESPN can't be the ones losing the media rights
As a Nuggets fan, I love ESPN and how they handle NBA playoffs. Every day, I watch a few ESPN videos to laugh. They never disappoint. Always a clown show.
They can't deal with the real skills and neo Bird style of play.
Keep winning, Joker
🙏❤
Love this channel. Keep telling it like it is, brother!
My man Skap dnt miss! Always got that burner on! Keep exposing all these bums! Keep it goin my boi!
I honestly didnt even mess with denver like that until seeing all this unforgivable slander on every mainstream sports network of the past couple years trying to downplay how insanely good jokic and the nuggets are. I sincerely hope they somehow 3 peat. Jokic is THAT GUY and deserves everything coming to him. Puts his head down every damn game and WORKS. 4x MVP in my eyes
If Jokic and Denver get a threepeat, Jokic will be in legendary status imo, like top 10 easily.
You need more subscribers Skap. The content you produce is much better than any American basketball sports network.
This video was a masterpiece!
At this point, it does seem almost like an intentional effort to downplay, minimize or just flat out, ignore the unavoidable brilliance that Nikola Jokić is clearly showcasing in the NBA, especially in these playoffs. The guy is literally toying with the best defense led by the 4x defensive player of the year, putting on an absolute masterpiece in game 5, and yet it seems like they would rather talk about anything, but that specifically. It reminds me of back in the day, when Tim Duncan was dominating the NBA and winning championships. You couldn’t avoid or ignore his clear all-time greatness, so what they did instead was that they minimized and shortened the coverage for it, and they couldn’t wait to find somebody more “spectacular” to watch to dump most if not all of their coverage toward them instead. They did it then with LeBron James and they’re doing it now with Anthony Edwards (who I like as a player btw)
💯 And to this day the Tim Duncan narratives are "He won because he had Parker and Ginobili" which is similar to what they were saying after the Lakers series this year: "If LeBron had the help Jokic had -- Murray, AG, MPJ, KCP, etc" Look back at that 1999 season and Tim Duncan actually outplayed the MVP Karl Malone in most of their regular season matchups. Tim Duncan was a monster and played to win, not to stuff the stat sheet.
at the end of the day the NUMBERS matter the most and when u look at the whole picture when its all said and done Timmy D and Jokic will for sure be up there on that list...and big nobody by the name of Kendrick Perkis will be forgotten...or maybe he will be remembered as one of the worst centers and worst analyst in the NBA's history
ESPN is nuttin but a circus nowadays.
You would think that performance would have been more than enough to silence them
You would THINK, but these people have no standards.
him winning less than 4 rings wouldn't be enough to silence them
I also hate the slander on Gobert for being unable to stop Jokic.
They've always hated Gobert anyways but instead of giving Jokic his flowers for scoring on Gobert's tight onball defense, they act as if Jokic's performance can only be explained by Gobert playing insufficient defense. Watch the tape and tell me where Gobert was slacking on defense. ESPN hating on both men at the same time.
@@jordanjenkins1671 and for some reason they're both europeans, weird "coincidence" isn't it
my favorite was Keyshawn on undisputed..... first words out of mouth after jokics performance were "goberts not a good defender, how did he win DPOY"...... atrocious.. ZERO credit for Jokics masterclass and dismantleing of the DPOY and #1 d IN LEAGUE
Excellent work as always Sir I 💪🏾
If denver wins the title, just wait for them to say “ We were just trying to give you that fire! we wanted to make it personal for you so you’d win!!” lol
Shaq would say that lol
Jokic is the best player in the planet. ESPN are a bunch of hacks, that employ a bunch of under qualified sportscasters to sniff Lebron’s jock.
Wow being from Denver it doesn't surprise me. They think we all ski and farm.
Jokic is the greatest big man in his era
EASILY. He very well might be the best player overall of this era.
@@skap_attack Its looking like that, I feel that he is the player that people think Lebron is.
Ever. Don't be shy 😉
@@ljutko7 We never see this player play like this in Philadelphia. He never does. LOL
The more hate Jokic gets the more I am starting to think it’s because of the color of his skin.
ive been watching you for months and you easily have made this nba season enjoyable for me just from the amount of laughs i've had
Here's the thing about Jokic vs. Shai. There is a very good chance we're going to get to see them play each other in a 7 game series and see for ourselves who's the better franchise player.
@stanleyrogouski you clearly do not watch basketball
@@michaelmirabella8420 Maybe it will be the Nuggets against the Mavericks. Luka's father is a Serb from Kosovo. Who knows.
We already know who's the better franchise player as of 2024. And there is a very good chance that we don't see that series.
Jokic is of the wrong tonal persuasion. That's why ESPN doesn't care to cover him.
ESPN again. I went through their website and got into an article about the greatest NBA Finals performance based on GmSc or Game Scores. When I checked all GmSc data from 1983 to current, all the numbers were fake.
Here are the actual numbers:
2021 Giannis - 31.9
2000 Shaquille O’Neal - 30.6
2017 Kevin Durant - 30.3
2002 Shaquille O’Neal - 30.1
1993 Michael Jordan - 29.6
2017 Lebron James - 29.6
1991 Michael Jordan - 29.4
1987 Magic Johnson - 28.3
2018 LeBron James - 28.3
2023 Nikola Jokic - 27.7
2001 Shaquille O’Neal - 27.4
2018 Kevin Durant - 26.9
2016 Lebron James - 26.5
1992 Michael Jordan - 25.8
This network is such a fraud. When I emailed them about it, they pulled out the article and replaced it with a "single game" performance metrics to cover up for the games where their cashcow choked. 😂
@momoca-kun Your argument makes NO SENSE! Not sure why you’re bringing lebron into this because even if this is true he is on the list 3 times to jokic’s 1. So I believe that 3 is more than 1 yeah? Mj is on it 3 times. Shaq who everybody is slandering because of his comments is on it more than Jokic! So what stupid point are you trying to prove?😂
@@michaelmirabella8420 He was trying to show that ESPN is unprofessional...
The standard explanation for why Jokic is hated is because his "style of play is boring" like Tim Duncan...but that's not true at all. Jokic's play is RIVETING. He passes like he has eyes on the back of his head. Half of his passes lead to SICK, bring down the house Air Gordon alley oop dunks. The two man game with murray either results in jokic making these floaters and hookshots that look like they're straight out of a game of horse or murray making those pretty mid-range jumpers. And jokic will splash a clutch 3 when necessary too. How could you not be entertained?? Sports media must spend more time promoting the greatness that Jokic is displaying, for the good of the game...
If he was boring they wouldn't hate him, they would just ignore him. They hate him for reasons that are way darker
This is interesting they cover Nicks against Pacers, and winner of that match-up almost do not have any chance to win championship, it is just look like another sport. This series between Minnesota and Denver is one of the best series in last decade, and Gobert was pretty good against Jokic on defense, but Jokic was genius.
Espn is owned by Disney so this makes sense
It's simple, he's not black. You can't convince me otherwise.
Imagine losing 2 straight @ home and coming back 3 straight. Crazyyyyyy
New to the channel love the content exposing the frauds keep it up bro
I noticed how undisputed did the same thing. They led the show with anything other than the Denver series. It's so obvious. I think they have been intentionally catering to a certain demographic that would hate jokic. It's why they jumped the gun the moment there was anything to criticize jokic for. I'll stopped paying for ESPN and fs1 5 years ago and it wasn't nearly this bad.
Thanks for exposing the hate against my serbian brother Skap🇷🇸
They don't want him to be the best but can't do nothing about it😂
My absolute pleasure. I feel compelled to expose this unfair hatred.
@skap_attack Same way I gotta expose your phony channel😂
Once I found out Greenberg eats buffalo wings with a knife and fork, his opinion on anything involving physical activity went out the window for me
Another fantastic video brother!
Keep fighting for truth and justice and the American way!
Keep the good work skap!!!
🙏❤
They would've been perfectly fine with Jokic if he didn't eliminate LeBron James in back-to-back postseasons.
Keep doing the good work. One thing that's really bothered me as of late is the fact that OKC was the top seed this year, and I knew absolutely nothing about SGA (since I wasn't watching the games or paying attention to OKC closely). Meritocracy is dead in sports journalism, players like SGA, Jokic, Brunson, Ant Edwards, etc. should be getting the most attention. No one should be giving a shit about Lebron. When Jordan played with the Wizards, the media had moved onto Iverson, Shaq, Kobe, Duncan, etc.
More power Skap from Manila, Philippines! 🇵🇭 We can all hear you from here! 💪😎
LeMedia: Jokic doesn’t deserve MVP
Jokic: and I took that personally
R^cism against the Joker.
When the 4 letter network decided to fire Golic and keep greeny is when I decided to never watch them again.
That was the best performance by a player in a game where they needed to be their best. Game 4 Curry vs. Boston is another one that comes to mind.
Can’t wait till LeBron retires
ME TOO!
Thanks for your videos.
I don't even watch that Disney run channel anymore
That is so weird. Jokic is great. Incredibly skilled and absolutely no diva attitude.
I don’t even watch ESPN or FS1 anymore. Not for coverage.
Skap Attack, never disappoints. You are the ESPN and Bonsexuals worst nightmare. 🤙🏾
Cool ending, bro. It's good that you're promoting your own work.
Hope to see more of you on Whit.
“It’s a complete crap!”
Someone recently said this to me regarding lebron:
"I think the problem is the media spending so much time and money pushing LeRing Chaser since high school. He couldn't handle the pressure and teamed up with superstars to get the chips.
Instead of letting a player naturally come in and shock people like Jordan/Jokic, the media created a narrative to try to bring LeRing to that level. He's not, and time will not be kind to him. The narrative can't go on forever and the media will have to move on to the next upcoming star."
Lebron seems to be a glorified role player that the league touted as the goat to keep this generation satisfied and engaged.
Nikola Jokic hate is so forced that it's sad to see 🤦♂️
Yeah. He’s an example of something Kobe said. People will hate on the great ones and Joker is a great one. Even Kobe knew Joker was going to be good.
as a american I am humiliated by our media treating jokic so harsh(probably
because hes european) but happily he probably doesnt know who tf the "get up'
people are, max kellerman would be praising jokic
Unfortunately, Jokic and the Nuggets aren't perceived as marketable to their audience. It all comes down to his personality and how it affects their ratings, not true basketball coverage.
Yeah but this is dumb. Anyone who likes basketball can appreciate this team. They are not marketable by the media's standards, but their standards are only limiting themselves.
They could MAKE the team and the players marketable just by talking about them.
@@mekacrab It's how the world works. It's why Jokic, 3x MVP is underrated and Anthony Edwards is being constantly compared to MJ. One has charisma, the other lacks it.
We all know why they don’t give Jokic (or Luka for that matter) respect, but we can’t say it out loud…