Just add Tracy McGrady as the latest member of the Nikola Jokic fan club.
In a recent guest on SHOWTIME BASKETBALL’s WHAT’S BURNIN hosted by Rachel Nichols, the Hall of Famer was in full awe of the Denver Nuggets superstar’s unique floor general traits as a center and his ability to do other things as a well-rounded player
“Jokic, let me tell y’all something, This dude is so f— good man. Straight up. I haven’t seen anything like him. The way he passes; you’ve got a 7-foot, 7-foot-1 center bringing up the ball, initiating the offense. Everything goes through him. It is amazing,” McGrady said.
“The passes that he makes from one side of the court to another [are] on time and on target. The bounce passes in between defenses. You can’t guard him on the post cause he is too big, he can’t jump over a dollar bill, he rebounds, he is amazing.”
Jokic, 28, has been an undisputed unicorn and the perfect definition of a modern big man in basketball given his combined traits of shooting, passing, and rebounding.
McGrady further noted that he would love to share the court with him. The ex-Orlando Magic star also stated that the two-time MVP fully reminds him of all-time great point man Jason Kidd in terms of how he controls the game without needing any scoring production.
“If there was one person I would wanna play with, I would love to play with him,” McGrady said. “He is a problem. He is like Jason Kidd as a point guard. Those guys don’t have to score to affect the game, but he can score. What can’t he do? I mean yeah, he can’t jump. You see how big he is. There’s no muscle definition on him and he just wear you down and he’s strong.
“I love him. I don’t even know what other words to say. I love him as a basketball player.”
