Jokić taught him where and when to dig out position in the post and the optimal timing on screens — not to always hold the pick, when to just touch and go. “He’s a savant when it comes to basketball,” Gordon said of Jokić. By Denver’s third game with Gordon in the lineup, a seven-point road win against a healthy Clippers squad, Nuggets coaches felt they’d discovered an alchemy capable of ringing diamonds around their fingers. “We knew with a guy like Aaron,” Malone said, “who can guard 1-5, he makes everyone else’s lives that much easier, both offensive and defensively.” -via Yahoo! Sports / May 9, 2024
