{"id":38100,"date":"2025-04-08T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=38100"},"modified":"2025-04-08T17:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:50:17","slug":"nikola-jokic-receives-the-highest-praise-from-former-nba-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nikola-jokic-receives-the-highest-praise-from-former-nba-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Already A Top 5 Center of All Time’- Nikola\u00a0Jokic\u00a0Receives\u00a0the\u00a0Highest\u00a0Praise\u00a0From\u00a0Former\u00a0NBA\u00a0Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has ruled the NBA court for several years now. The 2023 NBA Champion is without a question the best player in his position in the modern-day NBA<\/a>. However, when it comes to talking about the best of all time, that’s when things start to become complicated. Everyone has their own opinions and even including a player in the top 5 of an all-time list is not as easy as it may seem. <\/p>

Moreover, the past greats of the game who spent their entire careers carving a path toward greatness and glory are never quick to acknowledge players of the modern generation as being on par with their level. Of course, comparing players of different eras will never lead to any concrete conclusions, but still, players such as Jokic<\/a> are a class apart and command that level of respect. <\/p>

Having said that, it was quite refreshing to see former NBA legend and 4-time Champion Shaquille O’Neal give the Joker his flowers while answering a hot take on his show, ‘The Big Podcast.’ Shaq was quizzed on whether or not Jokic is a top 5 center of all time to which the 15-time All-Star had a straightforward answer. <\/p>

“I guess, yes.”<\/strong><\/p>

Shaq generally does not like to praise the younger generation too quickly as he feels quick praise leads to less motivation on the path of greatness. However, in this case, when he was asked about why Jokic is an exception to this, the former Laker pointed out that Joker has already won a ring making him deserving of the high praise. <\/p>

“He’s already a champ, he has access to the building. If he wants to get to a couple more floors, I’ll motivate him but plays the right way, uh very unselfish very humble guy family guy. He’s already great at you know the things that he’s doing putting up these triple-doubles actually never been seen before so I would definitely put him up there in the top five.”<\/strong>  <\/strong> <\/p>

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Shaq’s Shaq-A-Licious Hot Takes:

1. Nikola Jokic is already a top five center of all-time 😳
2. Steph Curry is more influential than LeBron James 👀 pic.twitter.com\/QfVOjFD9FE<\/a><\/p>— Playmaker (@playmaker) April 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>