Ben Taylor from Thinking Basketball breaks down some of the highest basketball IQ plays of the season, from ghost screens and misdirections to no-look dimes to throw off the defense.
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this this have to get alot of wievs or NBA numbers managers will stop doing this
I was at that game where Jokic did the no look to Gordon, it was even crazier in person
Seeing these moments explained just opened my eyes to how high IQ some of these players are 🤯
Hopefully thinking basketball could do live broadcast in this year playoff. The depth of the breakdown is mind blowing
🃏the joker is on another level
Love these
Where are the real commentators of the game and why is a stupid that nobody knows talking? That man ruiend all the video
Is Jokic the smartest player ever? Like genuinely I can only think of a handful of players with this type of intellect (LeBron, Magic, Nash, etc.)
Whats the name of music in the background
thinking basketball is the goat, glad NBA is working with him more, would like to see more of him ffsfs
Great stuff. Missed the play were Jokic faked lacing his shoes in order to buy time for the coaching stuff to check whether a challenge is useful. And missed the play at the last game vs Minesota with 20secs to go. In which he fake argued with a ref at the three point line on a second free throw by Porter Jr. Just to crash the boards. The defense reacted to his path and because of that the rebound bounced to a teammate. Very creative in finding winning plays.
That is such a great video, I didn’t want it to end! Your analysis is incredible.
All due respect to Joker, but he is not a better passer than Magic or LeBron.
10:01 by the way, this was the play that made Brunson and Hart argue on who's supposed to defend this on a podcast lmao now watching you analyze this, it's actually none of their fault. Jokic just happened to throw that pass because the exact same play from their last game happened again
Love when Thinking Basketball gets all the film to go with the narrative. Film is so crucial to understanding the fine details.
Go joker !!!!
So good
Jokic is Galezed to much that pass is def not the best ever.. some of Luka's and Haliburton's passes are crazier than that! I only say this coz it's not crazy to me to do behind the back pass if you used to it, but some of the stuff Luka did makes no sense!
Even that first casual across the court pass by Jokic was more impressive imo
I love that Jokić got his own section 😂 sometimes when I watch his regular games, the camera doesn’t even follow the ball he throws because it was so unexpected, his brain works differently
Elevated and deep analysis from TB yet again. Love this series, great job promoting such intelligent coverage NBA. 👏👏👏
Very welcome james harden praise 🙏
Epsn should sign Ben instead of all those loud mouths that pretend to be analysts
another great one was the pass off the backboard from I think from Jaime Jaquez Jr. to Jimmy Butler, when he had his man sealed and it made sense to use the backboard since it was easier for Jimmy to get it after
Wow, they have "Thinking Basketball" on here!
I'm surprised you haven't seen someone baiting a lane violation before. If I recall correctly, it happened enough times that there's a rule preventing it on the offensive side, and you can lose the free throw entirely (even if the offensive player doesn't take any steps at all, they can't make sudden movements, kind of like a defensive lineman in football). I can't find the rule about this, so I may be mistaken on that part, but I definitely remember seeing it happen.
Thinking Basketball 🔥🔥🔥
This guy is freaking AWESOME and knows so much about ball. NBA LISTEN UP