Nikola Jokic, C, Nuggets: Do you like centers who run the break, shoot 3s and thread slick no-look passes all over the floor? You do? Then meet Nikola Jokic, the best rookie no one outside NBA Twitter knows about.

Only four bigs have assisted on a higher percentage of their teams' baskets this season: Joakim Noah, Blake Griffin and the Gasol brothers. The Nuggets use Jokic as a facilitator from the elbows, and they've featured him as the connector in some of the same lob sets the Bulls call for Pau Gasol:

He's shooting 52 percent overall and 36 percent from deep, with an All-Star-level Player Efficiency Rating -- a statistical profile that, at just 21, has resulted in Denver's broadcast team making the unfortunate, predictable comparisons with Dirk Nowitzki. Please, stop doing this with every good Euro prospect.

Jokic is more of a bruiser than Nowitzki, anyway. He's shooting 47 percent on soft-touch post-up shots he launches with either hand, and he fights hard for position on both ends. He can dive to the rim or spring for 3s after setting a screen, which allows Mike Malone to play him alongside almost any sort of big man partner.

He's not a great defender, but he's long, tough and smart -- ahead of the curve for a typical young center. Jokic isn't a leaper, so he gets his shot blocked a lot, and he'll probably never be a great rim protector. But he's solid, already, on both ends.

Nego šta je nego zaslužia hype Kristaps mada mene nije zadivia ni dok je igra u Sevilli ni u NBA, recimo Jokić mi je trenutno bolji igrač. Zapali ti sebi tehnikalije jer svaki dan ispisuješ 20 roman-komentara u kojima prosipaš enromnu količinu prosera. Mudiay je uša u soldinu formu prije All Stara i trenutno je zasluženi startni play u Denveru, ima očajne statističke podatke, međutim bit će ALL STAR prilično sam siguran šta ne mogu ustvrdit za nikog od ove generacije osim Townsa/Russella