Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has received a one-game suspension for leaving the team’s bench area during an altercation, the NBA announced on Twitter.
The incident took place during Wednesday’s skirmish between Denver’s Mason Plumlee and Utah’s Derrick Favors. Plumlee was fined $25K and Favors was docked $15K, according to a statement from the league. Both players received technical fouls and were ejected.
Jokic will serve his suspension during tonight’s game against the Suns. He emerged as an MVP candidate this season, averaging career highs in points (19.8), rebounds (10.3) and assists (7.7) while leading Denver to the second-best record in the West.
Jokic might be the NBA’s most underrated player. Anybody agree, disagree, or have any other suggestions?
Absolutely agree. Dude’s having a monster season on one of the best teams but no one really wants to include him in the MVP convo
Jokic for MVP!!!
If he starts ahead of captain Lebron in the allstar game, that will be a notable ranking.
Denver has fallen behind GSW in the most important rankings, so it’s less of a crime to ignore him now. But when Denver got off to that good start & was the NBA’s best, yeaah wassup peeps! That’s Nikola Jokic, not Novak Djokovic!
He’s putting up great stats and the team really plays off of him AND OF COURSE THEY HAVE A TERRIFIC RECORD. The two things that work against him are playing in the relative obscurity of Denver and his general lack of athleticism. Poor guy can’t jump over a Kleenex and often just looks clumsy in traffic. He doesn’t look the part of the conventional MVP.
Sorry about the caps that was unintentional.