Editor’s note: It’s a two-man race for the NBA’s MVP award between Nikola Jokic of the Nuggets and the Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Ballots don’t have to be cast until the final day of the regular season in April, but we asked Doug Smith to make the early case for each. This is the case for Jokic.
No one will ever master the game. It is too complex, the players are too good, the physical toll is too great.
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