Nikola Jokic vs Magic Johnson

[iamgine]

Similar level of playmaking but Jokic has much higher scoring and rebounding ability. Both not known for their defense but both did a decent job on that end.

Is it safe to say that Nikola Jokic is a better player than Magic Johnson?

[Im Still Ballin]

Maybe. Harder to build a winner around, though. His weaknesses are more exploitable.

[90sgoat]

Not really, Magic was leagues better than Jokic in the open court.

[tpols]

There's never been a 7footer that could pass like this while being an elite scoring threat from anywhere on the court. Magic could pass, but he couldn't score like Yolk.

[theman93]

No

[FultzNationRISE]

He probably is an objectively better overall basketball player, but there are a lot of ‘telephone pundits’ out there who dont like real analysis and prefer to simplify everything by saying “ring! ring! ring!”

[HoopologyPhD]

Joker with Jabbar would make Shaq and Kobe look like George Hill and Roy Hibbert