Nikola Jokic has been the darling of the NBA this season, winning another MVP award and now guiding his Denver Nuggets team to the NBA Finals.

However, his form hasn't impressed everybody and in the wake of the Nuggets' Game 2 defeat to the Miami Heat, ESPN broadcaster Mark Jones has gone viral for his critique of the Serbian star.

Jones was part of the broadcast team that produced the second fixture against the Heat, yet fans are accusing him of holding a bias against Jokic that isn't hidden in his work.

However, the incident really began to catch fire when Jones took to Twitter to rally against a tweet which complimented Jokic's on-court IQ and leadership skills.

It was a message which praised Jokic for notifying teammates of a key sideline signal throughout Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

However, Jones didn't appreciate it and went on to rather confusingly dismiss the Serbian's move.

"This ain't a thing bruh," he began on Twitter.

"I've broadcast games seeing Rajan Rondo call out EVERY opponent set. Literally every time down the floor.

"Even telling the guy he was guarding where he was supposed to be."

Jones accused of anti-white bias

What started as a rather unusual criticism of someone's basketball opinion has snowballed into a race row.

Jones has been accused of making repeated criticisms of Jokic and many online have concluded that it is because he holds an anti-white bias.

"Mark Jones hates to see a white man cooking," one tweet read.

"Mark Jones is just mad that Jokic is white," read another.

There is an element of dangerous ground when drawing the conclusion of racism with regards to one person's opinions on a sporting matter, yet online sleuths have uncovered a string of controversial activities in Jones' twitter history.

He has been accused of sharing tweets with racist tropes, as well connecting Aaron Rodgers to the mysterious QAnon phenomenon in the United States.