Can Nikola Jokic Passport John Elway, Joe Sakic as Denver’s biggest?

Bless you, Nikola Jokic, to unite and exciting Denver Sports fans. And dang you to share us.

It’s been a good week in the Ball Arena, so the kids at the classification of the week will Cabicles will start with the good news.

Only on three fronts is there no debate. After putting up the first 30-20-20 state line in NBA history, the Joker continues to find new ways to remind us that he is the best player in any sport along Front Range right now with apology to Nathan Mackinnon and Pat Surtain II. The great honey still finds new ways to remind us that he is the best player to ever wear the nuggets blue. And the best basketball player who heights it up on the world scene, no matter what ESPN says.

Now to the disputed question, what could destroy a few thanks in the coming years: Is Jokic the best individual player in Denver’s sports history?

Jokic’s Front Range Legacy – A

Forgive us, John Elway, but you know what? The man makes a terribly good cause.

With each milestone, the Joker gets closer to touching the absolute rarest air. And ran with the biggest thing that a big sports city has ever looked close.

Now don’t get whippersnappers at GTW offices wrong. Broncos’ No. 7 was one of one. He retired with most wins of any start QB in the NFL story. What butkus and Jordan are for Chicago what Magic and Koufax are for Los Angeles, Elway is for Denver. Hans is the biggest face on Metro’s Mount Rushmore of Sporting Giants, the one who puts this city on the map.

And Joe Sakic kept us there. Super Joe defined texture over a 20-year career, peaking the 100-point mark a half dozen times while being named to play in the NHL All-Star game in another 13. You can chisel Sakics mugs right next to Elway’s on the Rushmore we mentioned.

But Jokic is now the clear # 3 on that list – and at 30, and gets on these two greatness of the season.

Joker vs. Elway vs. The Sakic Argument, like all good sports scraps, is generation. Baby Boomers and Gen X on one side, Millennials and Gen Z on the other. Elway did it in the playoffs. Sakic did it anymore. Both noted several titles as players, while Jokic has only one for his name so far. No matter what name you prefer, there is none really wrong.

Go ahead and accuse us of Recency Bias (we’ve been accused of worse), but fans over 45 have to remember this when the kids are rave about Jokic: No one in the league has done what he’s doing right now. No. Not as a center in any case. Before Elway there was a Unitas and a Namath. Before Sakic there was a level and an esposito. Elway and Super Joe set the bar. The Joker is already broken about 15 molds.

Mikko Rantan to Stars – D

Love you, moose, but this one felt personal. According to reports, former Avalanche Edge Mikko Rantanen rejected more money in Carolina to pave the way for a trade-and-sign agreement with the Dallas stars at the NHL’s trading period.

The Rantan, 27, was sent to Dallas on Friday, accepting an 8-year deal with an annual CAP hit of $ 12 million or about what AVS was joking to offer him to stay around. The Rantan fitted about “Fit in Dallas” after being traded for the second time this winter, but why does it feel like the big Finn would be back in the Central Division to hold it to a bunch of old friends?