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#5 Nikola Jokic
The only center in the last 50 years to average 17 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, as Jokic did through last season, is one Wilt Chamberlain. To call Nikola Jokic merely 'the biggest passing big man in the game', however, is a classic case of selling international players short.
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Dirk Nowitzki is the greatest non-USA basketball player of all time in the NBA, but all signs from Jokic's first 3 NBA seasons point to him having all the talent to able to match the legacy of the sharpshooting 7-footer who changed the perception of international prospects in the draft forever.
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Jokic is a better defender than his white 7-footer image will currently allow him to be given credit for, and is fully worth the supermax extension that he's signed with the Nuggets to tie him to Mile High City fans for the next 5 seasons.
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