As of this writing, the NBA Leader in Scoring AND Rebounding is the Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic. Having been blessed to watch this man play every night for my favorite team, this season is like nothing we have even seen yet. Night in and night out, Jokic produces, orchestrates — he masters the action on the court. He is un-guardable. Unstoppable. In that rare air of players who are “get out the way” total domination.

Many “experts” don’t understand who Jokic really is. Words like “lumbering” and “nice guy” have been used to describe him. Uh ah. Jokic is deadly serious about his work, supremely strategic, and picks his lanes in the same way a Great White Shark would emerge quickly from the depths to capture a seal. Poor seal.

LeBron James made a mistake last season when picking the NBA’s ridiculous-format All-Star Team selection process. Jokic was left standing there, made to look stupid. LeBron didn’t even pick him, though Jokic mistakenly stepped up, not knowing exactly what to do. Like a 2-time League MVP gets picked second-to-last. James jokingly called Jokic “Mr. Triple-Double.” But there was something baiting about it. Therefore, with all the powers of sports karma, the Lakers fully deserved to be swept by Denver in the Western Conference Finals.

The Nuggets’ run to an NBA Championship was the greatest achievement by a sports team in Denver since the Broncos won their second Super Bowl in 1998. Sure the Avalanche are an outstanding NHL franchise and the pride of Colorado in many ways. The Rockies are mostly something to do downtown in summer and not much else. The Nuggets are most special because they accomplished the ultimate success by mowing down every single “expert” and frankly, jerk, who stood in their way. What Jamal Murray did in Games 2 and 3 vs LA was like a dream sequence. You had Murray and Michael Porter Jr. hitting back-to-back 3’s in a game-winning situation to put LA down — in that moment those two players became everything they could ever be in the hearts of Denver Nuggets’ fans — it was a dream come true, smacking the Lakers like that on their way to the NBA Finals. (As of this writing, Denver has won 13 straight games over Los Angeles, between the Lakers and the Clippers. RUFS?)

Meanwhile, the NBA should understand, Nikola Jokic is not a nice guy. He is in fact, a total bad-ass. As the ROCK of the Denver Nuggets, Jokic is putting up insane numbers right now, very likely as a result of Murray’s absence. Certainly Murray will pick up the load when he returns and Jokic’s numbers may level off a bit. The early-season schedule has been nearly inhumane, with the team playing 5 games in 7 nights, ending in high-flying Sacramento of all places. Denver had no legs left last night, still only losing to the Kings by 5. Who made up that schedule must be a Lakers fan.

It’s unknown if Denver will repeat as NBA Champions. It’s been an amazing ride, seeing all of this unfold. I would say, when Denver gets healthy and remains undefeated at home — only Miami has managed one win in Denver since I can’t even remember — Look Out! The rookies are inconsistent, though Peyton Watson is going to be a great defender and Denver needs rookie Julian Strother to find his shot coming off the bench. Most of all, Denver needs Murray healthy to help Jokic destroy the NBA!!!