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Nikola Jokic just had such a good season that it’s breaking people’s brains … and their computers.
I know that not every basketball fan loves advanced analytics. In fact, some actively dislike them. But like it or not, Jokic just set the record for the best single-season Box Plus-Minus (BPM) of all time. He had the best-ever Player Efficiency Rating (PER), too.
