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/xyzscorpion [DEN] Peyton Watson 5h ago

Not often that you’ll be seeing a preseason play on highlight reels for a decade 😮‍💨

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u/iFinesseThePlugg Knicks 4h ago edited 4h ago

Hate to sound hyperbolic, but I think he’s clearly the best passer of the 21st century

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u/RajinIII Celtics 4h ago

He's the best passer in the history of the sport. We don't have to keep couching it. It's either him or Magic and I think Jokic has the edge.

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u/iFinesseThePlugg Knicks 4h ago

Almost impossible to knock Magic out of the #1 spot for me

The guy was so good at passing that people literally call him “Magic” as a first name

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u/adustbininshaftsbury Lakers 4h ago

He got the nickname Magic at 15 years old, not really a result of his professional career as a goat passer

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u/iFinesseThePlugg Knicks 4h ago

Love pedantic reddit comments like these.

Everyone knows he got the name before the NBA lol

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u/adustbininshaftsbury Lakers 4h ago

So they don't call him Magic because he was so good at passing, they call him Magic because a writer saw a high school sophomore have a great game and it stuck

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u/iFinesseThePlugg Knicks 4h ago

Hmm, I wonder if his proficiency had anything to do with the origin of the name and why it stuck around

Guess we’ll never know