The Miami Heat will face their toughest task yet when they meet the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals.
The Nuggets are stacked with talent, featuring the likes of Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, and Michael Porter Jr.
However, most of their offensive game plan will obviously run through their superstar Nikola Jokic, and former NBA coach George Karl believes that means trouble for Bam Adebayo.
Recently, the often-controversial coach took to Twitter to praise Adebayo’s offensive game, but he also predicted that he could get “roasted” by the two-time MVP.
I’m a big fan of Bam and I think he could have a good Finals series on the offensive side.
Defensively, I think he’s going to have a very hard time and he could get absolutely roasted by the Joker. pic.twitter.com/7vS7mUBzWx
— George Karl (@CoachKarl22) May 30, 2023
Heat fans and insiders predict Erik Spoelstra will try to expose Jokic by getting him to defend the pick-and-roll, perhaps the one flaw in his game.
However, and as good a defender as Adebayo is in the restricted area, we can all expect him to be on the losing end of that matchup.
There’s literally nothing that Jokic can’t do on the offensive end of the floor.
He can put the ball on the floor, drive to the rim, kick it out to the open guy, or pull up from all three levels; he’s got no offensive flaws.
Adebayo has struggled to hold his own in the perimeter, and he’s going to have to stay on the floor for 40+ minutes in Colorado’s thin air, and that’s no joke at all.
Jokic has averaged a 30-point triple-double throughout the playoffs and has been the best performer in the postseason by a very large margin, so Bam better get ready for what’s coming.
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