The league needs a new hero. Jokic, Giannis, Curry, Wembanyama, and more are making their cases.
In basketball, our Campbellian instincts to declare and venerate heroes work in overdrive. The best of the best, the Godzillas of the game, overwhelm everything and become the protagonists of the, dictating the flow of every game and dazzling audiences in person, on TV, and in highlight packages everywhere. In the 1950s, it was George Mikan, the first tall guy to ever play basketball.
Jokic is Jordan’s opposite. He is a seven-foot-tall Serbian center and cart-horse-racing enthusiast who is neither traditionally charismatic nor handsome. He plays on the ground, dominating through strength and guile instead of otherworldly athleticism. He is probably a competitive person—players don’t tend to be this good without it—but he doesn’t play the role of some “driven to perfection” psycho like Jordan did.
Look: Either Shaquille O’Neal or Tim Duncan were the best NBA players of the aughts. But Shaq seemed like he was two guys fused into one, and Duncan didn’t really give a fuck about what someone on TV thought about him. They let Kobe step in and take up the mantle. Giannis has that Shaq quality of seeming like an impossible physical construct and, though he’s more open and in the world than Duncan, he also seems content on playing in Milwaukee for his entire career, so long as the checks clear.
It’s possible he will become completely unstoppable in short order and stay that way for many years to come. Unfortunately, he’s only played three NBA games, so the sample set is probably not large enough to make any big declarations. But still, please know: Someday, someone might read this and say, “Damn, Corbin looks like an IDIOT right now.
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