Nikola Jokic has been dominating the NBA for years, but that doesn't mean that he's invincible. 

As talented as the three-time MVP is, there are lots of talented players in the league, especially at the center position that Jokic has lorded over for years, and when two great centers clash, there's always bound to be a great show. 

As dominant as the Denver Nuggets star has been, he's also been around the league for over a decade and in that spa of time you're bound to have some major clashes with other high-tier centers who are out to make your life difficult and in a recent interview on the Jao Mile podcast, Jokic shared which centers in the NBA today can defend him the best, though his answers had some nuance. 

Before naming specific names, Jokic had a more wholistic perspective on how opposing teams defend against him. 

"Everyone," Jokic said at first (via translation in English by Basket News). "Some teams defend well as a unit, while others have excellent individual defenders. [Ivica] Zubac guards me really well and so does [Jusuf] Nurkic. I guess they're just bulkier."

Jokic also praised Rudy Gobert, Jalen Duren, Wendell Carter Jr. and Myles Turner for their abilities to guard against him and he added that "there's no need to even talk about [Victor] Wembanyama," so it's safe to assume what his feelings are about playing against the San Antonio Spurs star. 

The breadth of Jokic's answer and simply how many different centers that he named speaks to a lot of things qualities that Jokic has.

It takes humility for someone who can possibly go down as one of the greatest players of all time to say that"everyone" in the NBA guards him well, but the fact that he went into specifics about so many players and how they approach him differently shows just how seriously he took the question, but also how seriously he takes the game.

Over time, he's clearly been observing all of his different opponents and logging what they do differently to him and how successful they've been against him and while it's reflective of the sportsman in him that he can so easily praise his opponents, it also shows that he has an exact awareness of what they can do and conversely what he can do against them.

Jokic has always strayed toward the side of humility and nonchalance throughout his NBA career, and his answer does reflect that, but it's also a reminder that as much raw talent and Jokic, he's reached the heights of the NBA by being observant and analytical toward his opponents and approaching each game with a keen understanding of how to approach them.