Isaiah Hartenstein on Nikola Jokic discipline

    by Yetundejones: Isaiah Hartenstein

    Isaiah Hartenstein of the Oklahoma City Thunder breaks down his strategy against Nikola Jokic, emphasizing that discipline is the only way to survive. He notes Jokic's intelligence means he will punish any opponent who lacks it in those matchups. After facing him multiple times, Hartenstein says they just need to do what was required and admits he has a lot of respect for how smart Jokic is. #IsaiahHartenstein

    Transcript (en)

    What's the one like to do with you? Just being disciplined. I mean, just being disciplined. I think a guy like that who's so smart, he'll punish you for not discipline in those aspects. And so, again, we played him a lot of times, we had a lot of respect for him. And so we just want to go in there and just do what we needed to.