Nick Wright calls Nikola Jokic ‘most deadly offensive player’ than Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant

American sports television personality Nick Wright believes that the Denver Nuggets star forward Nikola Jokic is a better offensive player than legendary players like Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant.

The 29-year-old is often regarded as one of the best players currently playing in the NBA alongside the Dallas Mavericks Luka Doncic, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Wright was recently quoted in a report where he stated that Jokic’s performances over the last couple of seasons show that at least offensively, he is a better player like Bryant and Durant.

“The best offensive players ever — this is not in order, but this is the list: Wilt [Chamberlain], Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar], Michael [Jordan], Magic [Johnson], [Larry] Bird, Shaq (Shaquille O’Neal), Steph (Stephen Curry), LeBron [James] and this guy (Jokic),” he said.

“That has him ahead of Kobe. That has him ahead of [Kevin] Durant. That has him ahead of [Tim] Duncan and Dream (Hakeem Olajuwon), which I think most would agree with, ’cause so much of their value was being the best defensive player in the league for a year. But I think he is a more deadly offensive player than Kobe or Durant were.”

Jokic is having a fabulous season for the Nuggets where he is averaging 26 points, 12.3 rebounds and 9.2 assists per game.