Teammates of Nikola Jokic are fond of saying that to play alongside him is to exist on the edge of one’s seat constantly, without the opportunity to lean back. Usually that applies to the art of catching his unexpected, deceptive passes. Last Saturday in Los Angeles, the premise worked in reverse.
Fortunately for Peyton Watson, he understood the assignment.
“I was super-surprised,” Watson told The Denver Post. “Because he was like, ‘Throw it up.’ I’m like, ‘What do you mean, throw it up?’ He said, ‘Throw it like a lob.'”
Jokic being on the receiving end of an alley-oop is a foreign enough concept on its own.