11 points, 23 points, 6 points! Jokicci draws his sword in the championship, which is also the reason why you locked in a maximum salary of 400 million

There is still one month before the NBA preseason starts, but this summer is really very tiring for many European super giants. The European Championship is in full swing. The top five super giants in the NBA league, including Doncic, Jokic and Antetokounmpo, are going to lead the team to compete for the highest honor of European basketball, and the physical fitness test is very great. First of all, Slovenia led by Doncic is not that strong overall. Doncic is hard to beat alone and it is difficult to win; the German team led by Schroeder, Jr. and Wagner, Jr., played steadily, and Turkey led by Shen Jing, was also promoted to the favorite to win the championship. But the strongest overall strength must be Serbia. In the first four games of the group stage, Serbia maintained a complete victory and advanced to the top 16 early. So how can Jokic perform?

The first group stage game against Estonia, Jokic played for 23 minutes, 3 of 4 shots, 11 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, but the plus-negative value was as high as +39, leading the team to win 34 points; in the second game, Jokic played for 22 minutes, 8 of 10 shots, 23 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, sweating slightly; in the third game, the strong captain Bogdan was injured, Jokic finally made a strong effort, making 15 of 26 shots in 31 minutes, scoring 39 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals; in the fourth game, Jokic played for 18 minutes, 2 of 2 shots, only 6 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and when he got off work, he shook his head and twisted his body with the music, which was very easy. In the words of US media, the goal of Serbia in the group stage is not to win the opponent's points, but to let Jokic play a few minutes less.

In the past season, Jokic averaged 29.6 points per game (third in the league), 12.7 rebounds (third in the league), 10.2 assists (second in the league), 1.8 steals (second in the league). He is the first center in NBA history to average triple-double per game, and the first player in NBA history to score + rebounds + assists in a single season. In addition, according to statistics from the US media, Jokic is the only player in NBA history who ranked among the top two in the league in regular season + playoff total scores, rebounds + assists + steals for five consecutive seasons. His comprehensiveness is too exaggerated. Former teammate Porter Jr. said bluntly that Jokic should have won 5 MVPs in a row (one of them was snatched by Embiid in the past five years and lost to Alexander last season).

Jokic is very strong, but the most terrifying thing about him is that he "watches people's dishes", not overdoing his physical fitness. Teammates can do what they can, and they can't do it before they do it. Since Jokic led the Nuggets to win the championship in 23 years, the Nuggets have been blocked from the goal of the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive years (exited by the Timberwolves last year and eliminated by the final champion Thunder this year). Jokic lacks helpers. To be precise, the Nuggets have no substitute players and have been cleaned up by former general manager Booth on the grounds of saving wages, leaving only Westbrook. During the offseason, under the leadership of his boss Colombo, the Nuggets sent Porter Jr. away and exchanged his salary for Cameron Johnson + Hardaway Jr. + Valan + Bruce Brown, but Jokic took the initiative to refuse to renew his contract early with a maximum salary of 212 million yuan in three years.

Jokic is very smart. On the one hand, it looks at the Nuggets management's attitude towards the team's continuous operation, so it will not be completely passive after renewal. On the other hand, if Jokic waits until next summer to renew his contract, he can sign a maximum salary of 293.4 million for 4 years! Jokic's contract has 3 years left, with salary of 55.22 million + 59.03 million + 62.84 million (option with players). The new contract covers player options in the first year, with salary of: 64.8 million + 69.99 million + 75.59 million + 81.63 million US dollars, with a total of 400 million super maximum salary locked in 6 years! In the words of a salary expert, Jokic is the most unlikely super giant in the league to leave the team, but he is also one of the strongest super giants in the championship. He doesn't want the situation in the past two seasons to happen again.

European Championships are the best example. When the team does not need itself, Jokic will not be able to do anything physically; but when it comes to key battles, Jokic will not be invisible. Corresponding to the NBA stage, Jokic's On-Off values ​​in the past four seasons were: +16.4, +21.9, +20.0, and +19.0. The PER value last season reached 32.0. Four words describe it: irreplaceable! Including the MVP that was snatched by Alexander last season, Jokic still has the advantage in all aspects compared with the high-level data of the two. According to US media calculations, if the Nuggets did not have Jokic in the past four seasons, their real strength level was equivalent to that of the Pelicans in the West, and without Alexander's Thunder, they could still maintain the level of the top eight in the West.

is full of pork belly, but he has become the most versatile center in the league. He can organize and support and shoot, and has the strongest scoring method at the basket. He also has explosive scoring power and a philosophy of keeping a low profile. Jokic does not have obvious shortcomings and is undoubtedly the first person in the league at the moment. This is also the reason why he can get a super maximum salary of 400 million. As for whether he can lead the team to win the championship again, it really depends on whether the management is willing to invest, and whether the second leader Murray can play a salary level of 50 million. After all, no matter how strong Jokic is, he needs help to get to the end.