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[Dahlsim]

Not trying to be an ass. I really don’t know what to say. Jokic doesn’t have to play against guys his size hardly ever, unlike in previous eras. 

To really compare talent for talent would also require projecting players into the same era compensating for the massive differences in each era.   
Are you projecting for example guys like Russell, Wilt, Kareem forward into this era or projecting someone like Jokic back into their era? 
The chosen era of course means entirely different lifestyle, physical training, playstyle and coaching emphasis not to mention rulesets and officiating styles.  

Maybe less so when you're talking next era guys like Shaq, Olajuwon, Robinson but even then the new 3-ball pace & space era changes things drastically if you project the Joker back vs. projecting them forward.  I can't imagine for example that the Dream and Robinson wouldn't have developed a 3 point game.  Russell and Wilt were elite track athletes. Wilt was an all around track & field star but the NBA era and training called for centers to plant in the paint much more than sprint the floor. 
Wilt ran the 40 yard dash in 4.6, barefoot (as fast as Lebron).  Wonder what the Jokers time is ? 

Jokic projecting back wouldn't even have been allowed to play the style he can play today. 
Jokic is fantastic, taking nothing away, projected back into that era he would play differently, be primarily an inside force as the era called for.  
Projected forward some of the all time great centers of old would also play differently and their bodies benefit from the improvements of the era.