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Nikola Jokic Could Be On His Way To Becoming The Best Nugget Of All Time

By Taylor Hunt

Feb 3, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Nuggets forward Nikola Jokic (15) looks to shoot the ball during the second half against the Milwaukee Bucks at Pepsi Center. The Nuggets won 121-117. Mandatory Credit: Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 3, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Nuggets forward Nikola Jokic (15) looks to shoot the ball during the second half against the Milwaukee Bucks at Pepsi Center. The Nuggets won 121-117. Mandatory Credit: Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 3, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Nuggets forward Nikola Jokic (15) drives to the basket against Milwaukee Bucks center John Henson (31) during the second half at Pepsi Center. The Nuggets won 121-117. Mandatory Credit: Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 3, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Nuggets forward Nikola Jokic (15) drives to the basket against Milwaukee Bucks center John Henson (31) during the second half at Pepsi Center. The Nuggets won 121-117. Mandatory Credit: Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports /

The Nuggets have won more than not when Jokic is leading the way.

Not only has Jokic been putting up numbers, but he is the biggest reason as to why the Nuggets have been winning and why they have the sole possession of the eighth seed.

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Since the December 15th lineup change in which Jokic was inserted back as the starting Center, the Nuggets have gone 12-8 with Jokic playing. In the four games Jokic missed due to injury during that span, the Nuggets went 1-3. In the 20 games that Jokic has played in over that span of games, the Nuggets went 9-1 in games where Jokic played over 30 minutes. The only loss came to the San Antonio Spurs, who hold the second best record in the league. In games where Jokic played less than 30 minutes, they went a poor 3-7.

The Nuggets’ season has heavily relied on Nikola Jokic and it’s not hard to tell why. He only has a 22.6% usage rate, which isn’t even top 50 in the NBA, yet he makes so much of a bigger impact to the Nuggets. He is 9th in the NBA in player efficiency rating with a 26.72 and led the entire league in PER in the month of January with a 33.9 rating.

Nikola Jokic is a special player in this league, and is easily the best Nugget since Carmelo Anthony was here, but why is exactly would he be on his way to becoming the best Nugget of all time?

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