The pundits have been saying he's no longer the best basketball player in the world. But he's still Nikola Jokic, and that's the x-factor that the Nuggets possess that still keeps them in title contention, and what Marc Stein thinks is enough for the Nuggets to still have hope of beating the Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs.
Stein gave the nod to Jokic on the most recent "All-NBA Podcast," hosted by Adam Mares. Stein was laying out the landscape of who he thought was still capable of beating the Thunder, and he landed on Denver.