Wilt Chamberlain was the most physically imposing player, relative to his peers, to maybe ever step foot onto an NBA floor.
In his era, there was no one else like Wilt.
The same cannot be said about Nikola Jokic. He's a big dude, but not a crazy leaper or super quick.
It hasn't mattered, though, throughout a career that will place Jokic in the Hall of Fame. And it hasn't mattered in the last week-plus for the Denver Nuggets superstar.
Jokic is putting up numbers that only ever before had been done by Chamberlain.
OptaStats laid out Jokic's numbers over the Nuggets' five-game win streak: 32.0 points per game, 12.0 rebounds per game, 12.0 assists per game, 72.7 FG%.
And they added that the only other player in NBA history to average a 30-point triple-double on 70% shooting over five games was Chamberlain back in March 1968.
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Statistically, there's never been another player like Chamberlain. Jokic, even in all his exceptional ability, could never put up the numbers that Wilt did.
The NBA is different now. The talent level is so high. The strategies thrown at stopping a player like Jokic are so much more complex.
Yet somehow, here Jokic is, matching something only ever done by the legendary Wilt Chamberlain.
From a numbers perspective, there's no better company to keep.
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