Will Jokic have a case for MVP though?
Nuggets head coach David Adelman didn't hold back when talking about what his team is up against Saturday afternoon in Denver.
Before the Nuggets host the San Antonio Spurs, Adelman called Nikola Jokić and Victor Wembanyama "probably the two most unique players of the last decade in basketball."
And honestly, it's hard to argue with that.
What makes it interesting is that Adelman coaches one of the two guys he's talking about, and he still felt the need to acknowledge just how different both of them are.
That honesty from a head coach tells you where these two stand right now.
Jokić Is Quietly Having a Historic Season
The 59-18 Spurs get most of the attention these days because of how dominant their run has been since February, and that's fair.
But what Jokić is doing for the 49-28 Nuggets deserves way more love than it's getting.
He's averaging 27.7 points, 13.0 rebounds, and 10.8 assists per game while shooting 57.2 percent from the field.
He leads the NBA in both rebounds and assists, and he's on pace to become the first player ever to lead the league in both categories in the same season.
Jokić has racked up 32 triple-doubles this year, recently putting together five in six games, and is averaging a triple-double for the second straight season.
Only Russell Westbrook has done that before.
The numbers are absurd, yet the MVP conversation has shifted toward Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Wembanyama in recent weeks, with Jokić sliding to third on most ladders.
For a guy putting up arguably the most complete stat line in NBA history, that feels like it shouldn't be possible.
Wembanyama Is Already the Scariest Player Alive
Then there's Wembanyama, who at 22 years old is already the best defender in basketball and somehow keeps getting better on offense too.
He's putting up 24.3 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 3.1 blocks per game while leading a Spurs team that has gone 26-2 since the beginning of February.
He's won Western Conference Defensive Player of the Month three straight times, he's the overwhelming favorite for Defensive Player of the Year, and he's turned San Antonio into one of the most feared teams in the league in just his third season.
What separates Wembanyama from every other defender is that he doesn't sacrifice anything on offense to do it.
He's shooting the ball better than ever, he hit a career-high-tying eight threes against the Celtics recently, and he's been dominant against the best teams in the NBA all year long.
His 38-point, 16-rebound destruction of the league-leading Pistons in March was one of the best individual performances of the entire season.
Two Players, No Real Comparison
The reason Adelman's quote is spot on is because there really is nobody else like either of them.
Jokić is a 6-11, 284-pound center who runs an offense like a point guard and sees passes nobody else would even think about.
Wembanyama is 7-4, blocks shots at a rate the league hasn't seen in decades, and can step out and hit threes like a wing.
They don't play the game the same way at all, but they both warp it around themselves in ways nobody else can.
Saturday's matchup will be the first time this season both players are on the floor together, since Wembanyama missed both earlier meetings between the two teams.
With the Spurs chasing the top seed and the Nuggets trying to lock down the fourth spot in the West, this one matters for the standings.
But more than that, it's a chance to watch the two most unique players of their generation go head-to-head, and games like that don't come around often.