Shaquille O’Neal will never get a chance to play against Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets.
However, if that were somehow possible, O’Neal believes he would score a ton of the superstar.
Speaking to Tommy Talks, O’Neal made a bold statement: he thinks he would put up at least 40 points against Jokic in the playoffs.
“Playoffs probably be 40, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks. He’s a different player. I probably wouldn’t have stopped him either, because [the Denver Nuggets] definitely would have run pick and roll. I would have to go off of him, and then we would get back, he would have shot a lot of jumpers. He would probably average 27, 30, because he’s a great shooter. If he was a post player and I would have had to focus just on him, then, he wouldn’t get that much. But him guarding me? I am averaging 40,” O’Neal said.
That comment will surely get Nuggets fans talking because they believe O’Neal wouldn’t have that sort of luck against Jokic and his team.
There is no doubt that Jokic is hard to get past, but some people have critiqued his defensive game.
He is an absolute menace when it comes to offense and has a plethora of ways to score and find his teammates, but he sometimes isn’t as strong as fans want with defense.
O’Neal believes he could take advantage of that.
Like many others, O’Neal is a major fan of Jokic and all he has done for the Nuggets.
He knows that this is a massively talented superstar who can outplay just about anyone.
But O’Neal thinks that he’d be able to post a lot over Jokic despite all that skill.
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