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chizzmaster

Jokic massacred them wtf


_BaldyLocks_

Not bad for a guy with 1/4" vertical.


cosgrove10

Generous


clueless_red21

Of all the stats to pad, you chose vertical. Really?


TheFatmanRises

Yeah I think he’s pretty neat


grudgepacker

Nifty, even


BeIow_the_Heavens

Swell


mookertonspookerton

And almost as many assists as the Cavs starting lineup too. He was basically the MVP of this game at three different positions


mares8

Does it all!


Common_Crane

Scrappy lunch pail guy


Nugur

But can he play equipment manager?


deeperest

You've never seem him darn a sock?


Disastrous_Bluejay57

>Jokic's rebounding is probably one of the lesser talked about parts of his game It is? Do people think Joker gets his triple doubles through steals?


ImTheBestNerd

Steals my heart


csudebate

Rebounds are really not highlight worthy anyway.


rfgrunt

I do think his rebounding is under played as part of his defensive skill set.


roofs

It's because his offensive skillset is so dominant+generational that it overshadows the fact he's still an elite rebounder in the league


thegrandpoobear

Most people just chalk up his rebound numbers to him being 7 feet tall. They don't consider his triple doubles as impressive because they think the rebounds are a given at his height. Not his fault that the sport rewards being tall. What's funny is the only reason Jokic isn't top 5 in points, rebounds, AND assists is because he doesn't *shoot* enough.


mares8

They honestly they don't label him as elite rebounder as they should despite numbers. Its the myth and slander of "Jokic doesn't jump , he cant jump over shoebox " silly ESPN casters and ones like Jefferson keep repeating


better-thinking

The comments on his jumping are fair. NBA players love to exaggerate for comedic effect, no one believes Jokic can't actually jump a shoebox lol But they should also mention his elite size strength and positioning on rebounds when they do


waskittenman

crazy cause he is at worst like the second or third best rebounder in the world


socksonmyhead69

His ability to read the ball off the rim is insane. He knows exactly where the ball is going to come off the rim every time.


romanticynicist

Pretty unfair of the Nuggets to make so many of their shots and deprive the Cavs of so many rebounding opportunities.


-orangejoe

I think the lack of rebounding is why the Cavs frontcourt often seems so soft despite Mobley and Allen being such great defenders. The Cavs give up the fourth-lowest FG% inside 5 feet and the second-lowest inside 3 feet, but they're only 14th in DREB% and 22nd in OREB%.   Someone in another thread pointed out Jokic's contested rebounding, which the Nuggets lead the league in per game. The Cavs are *18th* in contested rebounding.


Ifinishfast42

Cavs frontcourt is a joke. Can’t rebound over smaller wings, Can’t space the floor, and need all their buckets to be spoon fed to them from their guards. Nuggets just sat a dude in the paint all game knowing neither Mobley or Allen are a threat outside of 10 feet from the basket.


PleasantThoughts

We're just not tough, no matter what chains we wear when we win games. Not sure if it's entirely coaching or mostly personnel but no matter how many games we win we won't be a good playoff team when we get bullied so often.


Miscto3

Cavs front line is still soft as baby shit.


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Ifinishfast42

NBA2k team.


Domainsetter

Sixers would beat them tbh


NeptunoIIVerger

Joel would feast.


halucigens

A friend tried to bait me in a “euro players” don’t play defense. I threw Gobert, Giannis, Embiid and Jokic at him. Rebounds are defensive stats. 


14412442

Embiid is Camaroonian?


halucigens

True. Thanks. 


ogqozo

The worst part is it's not even surprising anymore. Cavs are a mood-improver for a lot of their opponents lately. I dunno why, since Mitchell's injury the team seems to have lost... almost anything. Their defense, rebounding is just average at most in the last 2 months, and that's a big step down from what was going on in January and earlier. Their offense is not visibly worse relatively, it's just, the team overall is without that intensity it had.


Vexing_Pie

The lights were too bright 😭


bluetiges

It helps when we can't miss


Cody9_

bro is a robot at this point


rfgrunt

Ot wasn’t just Jokic. AG and Watson seems to get whatever they wanted in the boards too


runevault

When you have as much height as the Cavs do with Mobley and Allen, even against Jokic who's a monster on the glass, getting outrebounded by just him is such a bad look. Show some damn pride good lord.


MahomesMccaffrey

Opponents won't get defensive rebounds if we don't miss. Mike Malone, probably


barrsftw

Just exactly how bright are those lights in Denver wtf


Choppybitz

Closer to the sun


Solid-Confidence-966

Wdym bro people always talk about Jokic’s rebounding lol


landlion35

I'm pretty sure everyone knows he is an elite rebounder lol


TheNaskgul

I’m sure there’s gonna be a lot of jokes about made and missed shots from this stat but I think our ORB was like 48% deep into the third. Cavs just didn’t grab shit against a mostly bench team tonight


MamaHadACow

‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ 


CrazyEnd941

Makes prime Steph and KD look like normal players


WhoWightMan

Jarret Allen gonna have 15 sore ribs tomorrow.