AD does alright in 1 on 1 but the issue is you’re not just guarding Jokic. And the Lakers desperately need ADs help defense, so the moment he helps off Jokic there’s an offensive rebound open for Jokic or an extra pass for him. And if he stays on Jokic Murray or someone else usually just cooks our guards and gets too good of a shot.

Jokic had one of his 2 worst series last year against the Lakers. He always gets his, but the Lakers limited him about as much as the Wolves did. No one’s ever gonna hold him to 21 PPG on mediocre efficiency or something.