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Denver Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic is listed at 7’0 and 250 pounds Black Deion Jones Jersey , the height of a center and the weight of a slow, lumbering big man snatched straight out of a different era. Only one non-center, Boston’s Gershon Yabusele, weighs more, and the few centers that do look like chiseled statues next to Jokic and his dad-bod. Yet as Jokic and the Nuggets continue their emergence as Western Conference mainstays, it’s worth wondering how a team built around a style and player that harken so obviously back to the past is succeeding in a league that’s pushing so brazenly into the future. If the Warriors have inspired opponents to treat the center position like an antique, how does a player like Jokic average a double double while ranking in the top 10 in the entire league in assist percentage?More NBA breakdowns from Mike PradaLuka Doncic and the importance of the “last step”Draymond Green is a defensive genius the NBA has never seenDonovan Mitchell’s brilliance hides in plain sightAnthony Davis is the NBA’s portable rim protectorVictor Oladipo brings the football concept of “closing speed” to the NBAHow Giannis Antetokounmpo dominates without a jumperWhy Marcus Smart’s terrible shooting is essential to the Celtics’ offenseThe reason is because Jokic, precisely because of his retro frame and modern game, has blended two completely different styles into one, creating something new in the process. Rather than simply being an outlier, he actually most defines the league’s positional revolution.To be clear, “positional revolution” and “positionless basketball” aren’t the same thing. The former refers to a player or group of players possessing a unique set of skills that define an entirely new type of system. “Positionless basketball” is one product of the “positional revolution,” not the revolution itself. Or, as Free Darko’s Nathaniel Friedman Black Grady Jarrett Jersey , the first to use the term of the term many eons ago, put it:The latter evokes a team of five players that all do a little bit of everything, a platonic ideal in which teams yearn to replicate the Warriors, only to create off-brand versions that can never measure up to the original. Other teams are like that, but not Jokic’s Nuggets. His functionality — and in turn the functionality of the four teammates that orbit around him — varies not just from possession to possession, but within the possession itself. He toggles between point guard and center, molding the two skill-sets into one by constantly flipping between them.In its most basic form, Jokic uses two age-old tools to flip that switch. One is the dribblehandoff, the modern game’s evolution on the pick-and-roll. The Nuggets’ most common sets involve Jokic pick-and-popping for Jamal Murray going one way, then dribbling to the opposite wing to spring Gary Harris going downhill. It’s a powerful transition made possible because Jokic can act as a big man to start the play, only to flip into a point guard that sets an opportunity up for Harris.A lot of teams run similar plays with their big men, but Jokic is the one player in the league that possesses both the playmaking mastery to time his hand-off and the screening intelligence to angle his body to account for the way Harris’ man is defending him. Jokic is able to execute a more stationary handoff...... an in-the-flow “toss off” that lets his guard attack on the move.... a backdoor pass to account for teams trying to short-circuit the play by trapping.... or, a late roll to sneak behind the defense when they trap.If the defense overcomes Jokic’s powerful combination of big- and small-man skills and switches effectively, Jokic simply morphs back into a center to punish the smaller player.Or Black Logan Paulsen Jersey , he tosses the ball back to the guard and gets out of the way so they can cook a slower big man.The same principles apply with Jokic’s second weapon of choice: the give-and-go. He delights in playing pitch-and-catch with Murray, turning a run-of-the-mill between guard and big man into a guessing game for defenders.Who actually starts the sequence, you might ask? It doesn’t matter! Murray can simply dribble into a normal Jokic screen. He can pass to Jokic to initiate a dribble handoff or pick and roll. He can let Jokic dribble it up and pass to him first. He can screen for Jokic to attack, fully inverting the usual ball-handler/screener dynamic.Or they can simply toss the ball back and forth while until they feel like doing something.Jokic’s versatility allows the Nuggets to keep defenders off-balanced, never totally sure which of the two is the play creator and which is the play finisher. Like any pick-and-roll, one player is creating an opening and the other is exploiting it, but the difference is that the player doing each part of the operation changes mid stream. It’s as if they’re executing a relay in which each player does half the job of the other, then they grab simultaneous batons to finish each other’s relay.Try to imagine how that play mirrors this one:They’re actually much more similar than you might think at first glance. Both feature a two-man game at the top of the key. In both examples, the defense reacts by crowding the ball, convincing one of the two offensive players to dart down the lane and draw a third defender to account for his run. The success of each play hinges on the other offensive player’s ability to read that third defender’s movement and decide, in a split second, whether he should pass to the roller or to the open corner shooter that third defender has momentarily left. The only difference? The second clip features a ball-handler making the skip pass and a big man darting down the lane. The first one, on the other hand? It shows the ball handler starting the play as the ball handler, but finishing it as the roller http://www.authenticsatlantafalcons.com/cheap-andy-levitre-jersey , leaving Jokic to both set the screen that sprung the roll and make the playmaking decision that results. He has created and exploited the opening within the same exact sequence.That real-time duality is what makes Nikola Jokic revolutionary. It’s what allows the Nuggets to recycle mismatched parts from disparate systems past and present to build a tough-minded, deep team with two like-sized guards, flanked by specialists and a rugged power forward, all operating around the nexus of a do-everything center. It’s what allows the other four members of their team to play their own games instead of molding themselves to fit The Way The Game Is Played Today. And in a league that increasingly mistakes the ingenuity of the Warriors’ revolution for their actual style of play, it makes Jokic and the Nuggets an especially fascinating threat to the league’s hegemony. Could Jokic define the next set of imitators that merely react to the original? Maybe that’s asking a lot, but I hope to keep watching him try. This week in recruiting is a collection of thoughts and things of interest from me as a recruiting expert that either didn’t rise to the level of being their own story, or for which I did not have time to make into a story this week.Of interestThis week was big for momentum in the recruitments of two elite defensive ends. There is a lot of smoke that Kayvon Thibodeaux is trending to Oregon. The No. 1 player in the nationfrom Thousand Oaks (Calif.) is considering Oregon, Alabama, USC, FSU, and Florida. He was on hand as Oregon upset Washington, and has a visit to Florida this weekend. That would be a huge get for Oregon, and would allow Thibodeaux to stick on the West Coast. Thibodeaux is an early enrollee.I was surprised this week at the chatter from people I trust in the industry who believe Alabama has a shot to flip Georgia defensive end commitment Nolan Smith, of the IMG Academy. Smith is a pass rushing freak and will see the field immediately wherever he goes thanks to his great explosion. At the moment Black Austin Hooper Jersey , I’m not buying it and will stick with Georgia. And several 247Sports crystal balls have come in on Michigan from people I respect in the Midwest, like Allen Trieu and Steve Wiltfong, for five-star defensive end Zach Harrison, of Lewis Center (Ohio). And credit to Luke Stampini, who had the scoop first. This would be a huge get for Michigan to beat Ohio State if it can pull it off. Harrison is incredibly raw, but at 6’5.5, 250 with great athleticism, he has unlimited potential. These three defensive ends will heavily impact the race for the No. 1 class.CommitmentsGeorgia Military College four-star CB DJ Daniel flipped from South Carolina to Georgia. Marcus Crowley, an excellent receiving running back from Jacksonville (Fla.) Trinity Christian, flipped from Miami to Ohio State.Milton Wright, a four-star receiver from Louisville (KY) committed to Purdue. He’ll be a flip candidate if Jeff Brohm ends up at Louisville, obviously. The Wisconsin Badgers gained a commitment from Rodas Johnson, a four-star DT from Columbus (OH).It was also a busy week for underclassmen prospects. Mississippi State had an incredible Thursday, gaining three commitments in the class of 2020 from four-star prospects Javorrius Selmon (ATH) http://www.authenticsatlantafalcons.com/cheap-mohamed-sanu-jersey , E. Jai Mason (WR), and Lideatrick Griffin (ATH). Early rankings are of course finicky, but that is a great sign for the Bulldogs. LSU added a pledge from four-star Cedar Hill (Texas) offensive tackle Courtland Ford, another 2020 recruit. And staying in Texas, Ohio State picked up Jaxon Smith-Njigba, a four-star 2020 receiver from Rockwall Texas. DecommitmentsSee above, with South Carolina losing Daniel to Georgia, and Miami losing Marcus Crowley to Ohio State.Big recruiting weekendsArkansas has a big time weekend of visitors set up, including four-star CB Devin Bush and four-star LB Lakia Henry. Alabama is also having a big recruiting weekend. QuicklyWho is doing the best job recruiting Florida? Right now, it’s FSU and Miami. But look out for the Gators. Here are my top bets of the week. It’s been a very strong season for my gambling column. Three teams have already hit their season win totals established by Vegas!LSU is nearing the home stretch and Paul Crewe has a recruiting update.This Michigan recruiting roundup is well worth the read.