Many fans wonder which Denver Nuggets player has the best advanced statistics. We delved into the details and found out.
The Denver Nuggets have a core of players who are very valuable and put up great advanced statistics. It is very difficult to be a fan right now with a 3 game losing streak, but there is something to be excited about.
That would be the player who is going to town in the advanced statistical category. The Denver Nugget that is having the best season when it comes to advanced statistics is Nikola Jokic. Yes, you are probably getting sick of us talking about The Joker, but it is well warranted.
Without Jokic’s production, Denver may be in a tougher spot than they are now. He has the 2nd highest player efficiency rating at 23.7 behind Mike Miller’s player efficiency rating, who rarely gets playing time. His defensive rebounding percentage is also the 4th highest on the team at 23.4% to go along with a total rebounding percentage of 17.3%.
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His true shooting percentage is an insane amount sitting at almost 64%, which shows how well he scores the ball. The next best true shooting percentage on the team is 61% which is held by Darrell Arthur. Jokic also possesses the highest box plus minus on the team at 6.5.
While it is nearly impossible to lead in every advanced statistical category, Jokic has best, well rounded, advanced stats than anyone else on the Nuggets at this point. If you do not believe me, then I urge you to look them up. Don’t be fooled by Mike Miller’s inflated statistics since, as I said earlier, he rarely comes in for Denver.
With numbers like these, Jokic is clearly Denver’s best weapon at this point of the season.