r/nba • u/catreyka • 5h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Jokić with a cross-court behind-the-back pass to Cam Johnson for a three pointer

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u/Frosty-Roof3124 5h ago

wtf???

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u/Commercial_Case_5373 5h ago

Nah this is actually crazy because the only time he saw Cam was when he first caught the ball. His eyes never looks directly in the corner until he passed and he threw it right to Cams chest lmao 

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u/TheWindowMerchant Raptors 4h ago

Pass is still amazing, but I'm pretty sure he can track him in his peripheral during his dribble.

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u/iFinesseThePlugg Knicks 4h ago

Jokic knows where Cam Johnson is because he knows where he isn’t

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u/HendrixHazeWays 3h ago

I'm too high for this comment

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u/cheesecake_face Nuggets 2h ago

How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real?

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u/Funyarinpa-13 Nets 35m ago

Real eyes realize real lies? 😂

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u/RaccoonElaborate 1h ago

wish i could still do drugs t_t

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u/Fat-Singer-9569 1h ago

100%

The court vision isn't even the amazing part, it's the logistics of this type of pass. It's so hard to throw a cross court pass under the hoop. It's a cursed area of the court and that's part of why every defense wants to force you into that location as a ball handler. This might be the best pass I've ever seen.

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u/drakeblood4 29m ago

I'm convinced Jokic made a deal with the devil where he traded his ability to look like anything other than a stepdad who just got back from a double shift at the industrial slag factory for skill in basketball.

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u/lalakingmalibog Mavericks 4h ago

Thanks Magic

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u/LifeDraining 2h ago

Top notch!

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u/dgvhjiiuyttrrffcvbjj 3h ago

also someone is always in the corner.

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u/funkchi_dev 5h ago

The not looking part is not THAT impressive, you just pass it to the other corner, it's reading the defense and predicting your teammates position that's impressive, and of course being able to execute that pass

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u/FlashFlood_29 Trail Blazers 4h ago

I'd say it's PRETTY FUCKING IMPRESSIVE.

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u/Dynamar Nuggets 5h ago

Yes..Literally anyone can throw a ball to where they aren't looking...it's the whole part where that's still an open passing lane and there's someone on their team there to catch it that makes good.

Great point.

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u/ffxiplayer101 4h ago

I just missed the trash can attempting this with my left over sausage. Great, now there will be ants everywhere. F u guys for saying this wasn’t difficult to pass.

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u/Dynamar Nuggets 4h ago

If you weren't looking at the place where it landed, you successfully completed like 80% of this pass, and 80% of Jokic isn't a bad place to be.

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u/a34fsdb 4h ago

He obviously sees him the entire time

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u/TrustInRoy 2h ago

That's trust that your teammate is going to be in the right spot.  

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u/BobbyTables829 2h ago

This is phenomenal, but he knew he was gonna be in the corner. He knows the play lol

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u/YourFavFBIAgent 1h ago

Crazy pass for sure - Cam has to be there though. Like, if he wasn’t and Jokic makes the same pass, it’d be Cam’s fault for the turnover

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u/samuraistabber 56m ago

He saw him when Jokic was catching the ball and no one was guarding Cam.

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u/theinterestof Pistons 3h ago

Regardless of seeing/not seeing, there's going to be a man standing in the weakside corner 95% of the time.

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u/Lithops_salicola Bulls 5h ago

After nearly a decade I'm still not used to the fact that the best passer in the NBA looks like my old building super in Chicago.

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 5h ago

it's so funny to me that the only reason this pass is effective is that the defenders wouldn't even consider it an option so they have a moment of confusion lol.

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u/rorank Rockets 3h ago

“They’ll never see this shit coming”

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u/Nails__DeChamp Magic 5h ago

Truly fucking absurd

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u/cortesoft [GSW] Chris Mullin 1h ago

Sometimes I think people go a bit overboard praising some of Jokić’s cross court passes… but this one is fucking insane. I have never seen any pass remotely like this one. He puts it on a platter, behind the back all the way across the baseline, with like 3 defenders between them?

Truly batshit insane

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u/Obvious-Product7791 Pelicans 5h ago

Ummmmmm

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u/Big-Raspberry-6151 Mavericks 5h ago

WTF???

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u/_why-tho Magic 5h ago

Wtf?

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u/Afraid_Afternoon8143 5h ago

Same bro that’s all I could think 😭😂

Insane play.

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u/CitizenCue Warriors 3h ago

I physically couldn’t do this even if you gave me six months to train.

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u/echoes007 4h ago

He’s an alien! Has anyone seen his navel? I don’t think so!

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u/ace260 4h ago

yeah i did a flashy pass like this in 2k like once in like 10 years; otherwise, its a 99% turnover

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u/disillusioned Suns 2h ago

I literally just said "whaaat the fuuuuck" out loud watching this clip. Only Jokic with this wild shit.

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u/MouchNostril 1h ago

wtf was my same exact reaction lol

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u/datruerex 1h ago

Seriously wtf??? This is like some anime shit now lol

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u/earthbendinglemur [NJN] Jeremy Lin 5h ago

Ikr, since when does Cam make corner 3s?!