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Manuel Ayala
March 2, 2023 at 9:14 am
That sort of thing doesnt win you champion ships…. If it did jokic, lebron, westbrook, and the rest of the stat padders would win all the championships… they dont.
Winchester2Raps
March 2, 2023 at 9:26 am
Overratedddddd
Owen kilcullen
March 2, 2023 at 9:48 am
they seem to forget jokic hasn’t played with an Allstar
jay4cee
March 2, 2023 at 9:55 am
StatPadding? Lebron, Westbrook, all stat padded. There is such a push in certain media fractions for “Embiid for MVP”, it is getting ridiculous
sammy morton
March 2, 2023 at 9:58 am
The hole NBA stats padding if u ask me specifically lebron
Johnnie cannoli
March 2, 2023 at 10:01 am
Reddick is anti white,always has been.
JJS3V3N Channel
March 2, 2023 at 10:58 am
Let’s just say what we are all thinking. Perk hates white players.
Some Guy
March 2, 2023 at 11:33 am
They’ll be burning cities down when YT wins it again…
strelicijum
March 2, 2023 at 12:12 pm
Jokić has way higher basketball IQ than Lebron.
Concerned Citizen
March 2, 2023 at 1:12 pm
I am a Philly fan, but Perk is blasphemous. Let’s not forget that Jokic is a 2nd round pick in the draft. He wasn’t supposed to be this good, but now he’s on the verge of winning his 3rd and straight MVP. They are #1 in the west. I’ve seen him play. He makes his teammates better. It’s not padding
telenovelasLatin
March 2, 2023 at 1:37 pm
Triple Single Perk thinks that saying dumb and false things will make shows more watchable or something similar??? What was his intention with that? And what about that part where he sounded like typical racist!? Paul Pierce (and rightfully so) is no longer on ESPN for extremely easier thing, but this big dumb lump will not being held accountable for that racist take!???? And he first, is talking about “same standards” in this very rant ????♂????♂????♂
Cigan Cigo
March 2, 2023 at 2:04 pm
perk needs a doctor
Bob Hardeecoom
March 2, 2023 at 2:09 pm
Quite simply, Perk is an ignorant racist! Perk is also irrelevant in life.
Bob Hardeecoom
March 2, 2023 at 2:10 pm
JJ you are trying to argue facts with an irrelevant, ignorant racist!
ZombieVikingGaming
March 2, 2023 at 2:31 pm
He’s literally doing the reverse of stat padding. His efficiency is high and his usage rating is so low. He barely has the ball but does so much with it compared to other players.
Em San
March 2, 2023 at 2:37 pm
Really!? Greatest sports debate? It’s effin one sided!
Evin Grindle
March 2, 2023 at 3:39 pm
The term “stat-padding” has absolutely no meaning anymore if we’re calling clearly pass-first players like Jokic stat padders. His first couple years of greatness he was literally holding himself back because he wanted to pass the ball to his teammates.
Austin Brady
March 2, 2023 at 3:42 pm
He has over 30 games in his career that he misses a triple double by 1 point, board, or assist.
It’s called the Sombor Double
Trust me, if Yoke was stat padding.. he would already have 140 triple doubles .
It makes me mad when they talk about his playoff success .. this dude has the NBA record for most minutes in a single playoff game. He has won a couple game 7’s. They weren’t healthy last year withJamal out ..They barely missed the finals by AD shooting a clutch three.. like.. It’s insane the lack of knowledge perk has.
Derek Stewart
March 2, 2023 at 3:58 pm
Stephen A. mentions Jokic needing to get to the Finals as if it’s all up to him. You don’t think he wants to go to the Finals?? It’s a TEAM game.
mile milic
March 2, 2023 at 7:48 pm
Auuu Amerikanci nemozete da zivite od ludaka
JiggaCube03
March 2, 2023 at 8:29 pm
I’m sorry but I watch these games and… Perk ain lyin ????
Dick Flair
March 2, 2023 at 9:37 pm
How’s he stat padding when he’s playing to keep 1st Place ????????
brandin nay
March 2, 2023 at 10:49 pm
If Jokić was black they would be having an absolute party Black people hate when white people play basketball better than they do and rap better than they do straight fax haters I want a month