When it comes to big men, it is difficult to find someone with the same skills as Jokic. Even among the current popular big men in the NBA, there is no other player who consistently contributes triple doubles throughout the season or who can make his teammates better like Jokic does. Despite Embiid being named the regular season MVP, he is not as good as Jokic.
Yeah, Jokic is one of a kind. Most of the big men dominant only the paint but very awful on perimeter shots, free throws and assist while Jokic have them all. Jokic has a very sharp eye even before since he use his height to have a better view on the position of his teammates to make a good passed as well as shots.
He is the only big man that I know that is very confident on outside shooting and still monster on the paint. Shaq once the dominant big man on his era but his useless on shooting and free throws. It’s very hard to find Jokic since he is one of kind and Nuggets developed him for 9 years before he attain this level.
I think Shaq being as dominant as he was on the paint makes him better than any big men I have ever seen in my life. I haven't seen Kareem or Bill or Wilt because they were before my time and seen a few videos at the time but that doesn't mean that I am going to end up seeing Jokic and think he is better than Shaq was. He was unstoppable and you knew what he would do and yet you couldn't stop him.
Teams literally got 3-4 big guys just to put them behind him and foul him, think about it, teams literally built their roster around Shaq, nobody is doing that for Jokic, and will never do because that's not his style but that's the difference. Jokic is amazing don't get me wrong, he is a top 20-30 player of all time even right now, and he still has career left, but I won't put him above Shaq.