NBA Today: 5 Best playmakers in the league heading into the 2019-20 season

#1 Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets): 7.3 APG in 2018-19

Denver Nuggets have one of the most unique playmakers in the NBA

Almost every single possession for the Denver Nuggets goes through Nikola Jokic, who is just 24 years of age and has already established himself as one of the best passing big man of all time. He touches, passes, and possesses the ball more often than almost every other player in the league and averaged 7.3 assists per game this season.

Jokic has the perfect set of skills to make him a solid playmaker. He has the flair, no-look passes, the pin-point accuracy with which he locates his teammates, Jokic can do them all. He is an amazing scorer too, averaging 20.1 points per game last season and is a solid 3 point shooter and thus stretching the floor.

This creates a lot of space for his teammates to get open and his ability to pass the ball so precisely makes him a difficult player to stop. His size always creates a mismatch and he can either finish it on his own or pass it out for a better opportunity.

Jokic lumbers around the court like he is a player coming to the end of his career, but his ability makes everyone wonder in disbelief as to just how good he can become later on in his prime. He is truly a one-of-a-kind player in the NBA.