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Why there’s one big negative from Nikola Jokic’s MVP seasons
Yahoo Sports NBA contributor Tom Haberstroh takes a look at his latest ‘Big Number’ and why there’s a black mark on each of the Nuggets center’s individual award-winning campaigns.
Video Transcript
I'm Tom Haberstroh and you're watching the big number.Today's big number is four.That's the number of playoff games that Nikola Jokic is Denver Nuggets have won this year, which is also the most that the Denver Nuggets have won in his two other MVP seasons.The Joker Nuggets are down 02 against the Minnesota Timberwolves in a season in which he's expected to win.MVP making Jokic in danger of failing to win a game outside of the first round in his three MVP seasons.No wonder this dude doesn't want to win MVP since the NBA went to a seven game first round series in 2003.Jokic currently owns three of the five fewest playoff wins for any MVP joining 2017 Russell Westbrook and 2007 during bitsy good news for the Nuggets.Jokic doesn't have the notoriety of the fewest wins in an MVP year in NBA history.That distinction belongs to Kareem Abdul Jabbar who didn't even make the playoffs in 1976 Moses Malone and Wes Unseld, they were swept in their opening round but in order for Jokic to reverse his own MVP curse, he's got to do better than his current underwhelming playoff win total of four.I'm Tom Haverstraw and that's the big number.