The 47-year-old has ... give up the farm for Rudy Gobert less than two months into his Timberwolves tenure was more holistic and complicated than any sort of anti-Jokić agenda.

Advertisement Jokić sought out Gobert as if he was the weak link of a billowy soft unit, not the four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year leading one of the best team defenses in recent memory.

Nikola Jokić, who had seven turnovers and shot just 11 of 25 from the field, including just 2 of 9 from beyond the 3-point arc. (Photo of Rudy Gobert and Nikola Jokić: Ron Chenoy / USA Today) ...

Beyond the numbers, Jokić did much of tonight's damage against Rudy Gobert, who received his fourth Defensive Player of the Year award just last week. His footwork in the post was immaculate.

Warriors forward Draymond Green believes Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert doesn't stand a chance against Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokić. Green, simply put, believes Gobert is cooked ...

Doing this against the league’s No. 1 defense, while matched up against four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert, made it even more impressive, not to mention Jokić doing it in ...

Nikola Jokić's defense baffled Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gobert during the Minnesota Timberwolves' 140-139 double-overtime win over the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday. Edwards told reporters after the ...

In previous seasons, the Wolves would put Karl-Anthony Towns on Jokić and have Gobert lurking off of Aaron Gordon or a Denver non-shooter to help, a strategy that worked wonders in their ...

Here's a screenshot from Game 1 of Gobert cheating off Gordon in the left dunker spot to give Karl-Anthony Towns extra help with Jokić. One way to counter Gobert's "roaming" is to involve him in ...

Denver now sits at 47-29 this season ... early and opened the game on a 21-7 run. Jokić set the tone early with his physicality and took it to Rudy Gobert repeatedly to rack up 16 points in ...

Better scratches than tire marks on the backs of Rudy Gobert and the rest of the Minnesota Timberwolves, courtesy of Jokić and his one-man demolition. Sooner or later, Jokić and his genius would ...

In an atmosphere that felt pulled straight from their playoff series last year, the Minnesota Timberwolves again beat the Denver Nuggets despite a historic performance from Nikola Jokić.