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Russell Westbrook cherishes opportunity to join 'unguardable' Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets

Published September 27, 2024, 3:30 PMPao Ambat
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Two of the top four leaders in the NBA all-time career triple-double list, Russell Westbrook and Nikola Jokic, are now on the same Denver Nuggets team.

Russell Westbrook will enter his 17th NBA season as a member of the Denver Nuggets. | Photo: Denver Nuggets

Three-time MVP Nikola Jokic is now the latest name in the long list of talented superstars Russell Westbrook will share the court with. 

Even though both players yet to spend actual minutes on the hardcourt, Westbrook is already heaping praise on Jokic.  

"You want to be on a team with someone that is literally unguardable," Westbrook said of joining Jokic and the Nuggets in the team’s media day availability on Friday, September 27 (PH time). 

 

It was a short but somehow factual response from Westbrook, who lauded the Serbian big man's all-around brilliance.  

"He [Jokic] does so many different things on the floor that allows other people to be great, and I'm just happy to be a part, and not playing against him, or scouting against him, and I'm able to see his greatness up close, and see the things he's able to do."