John Wall’s strange response to Nikola Jokic’s 55-point game
Wednesday night, The Denver Nuggets have improved to 9-2 with a comfortable road win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Big story in this game was Nikola Jokićwho scored 55 points in the contest on a hyper-efficient performance from the field, including 25 of those points in the first quarter alone.
On Thursday, the former NBA All-Star point guard John Wall stopped by FanDuel’s “Run It Back” show to give interesting perspective the way Jokic plays the game.
“He makes it look so easy like he doesn’t care about basketball. That’s the frustrating part … You’ve got guys who put in all the work and he’s just floating around,” Wall said, per Run It Back on X, formerly Twitter.
Indeed, during his career, Jokić often faced joking accusations that he doesn’t “care” about basketball, but rather enjoys spending time with horses in Serbia.
The fact that Jokic makes the game of basketball look so effortless, as Wall noted, often helps fuel this perception.
Still, as long as he keeps putting up 55 points and the Nuggets keep winning games, the fans in Denver will probably be OK.
Hot start for the Nuggets
The Nuggets have now won six straight and nine of their last ten since their season-opening loss to the Golden State Warriors. Through it all, Jokic continued to defend his title as the best player in the world, and new teammates Cam Johnson and Tim Hardaway Jr. are beginning to assimilate more and more as time goes on.
Whether the Nuggets are truly on the level of teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder from the West remains to be seen. These two teams have yet to match up this season, but they appear to be the top two teams in the conference so far.
The Nuggets will next take the floor Saturday night on the road against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
2025-11-13 18:20:00
