Last season, the New York Knicks’ Kristaps Porzingis and Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic finished second and third respectively in Rookie of the Year voting. These are two 21-year-olds positively dripping with talent.
Besides being must-see NBA League Pass TV, there’s a quietly bubbling history to the KP or Jokic debate.
What happens when the Unicorn meets the Joker tonight will be eagerly anticipated by the hardcore analytics community, for who, the jury is still out on which super-skilled 21-year-old is the better player.
As last year’s Rookie of the Year voting reflected, most around the NBA would give Porzingis the edge over Jokic.