The NBA universe has not been shaken by clash of titans like Joker vs. Wemby since Wilt vs. Russ.

We are the lucky witnesses to Nikola Jokic doing one-on-one battle with Victory Wembanyama, because spotting giants of the game who not only thrill us but revolutionize the sport are as rare as Halley’s Comet.

“I would pay to watch these two teams play,” Nuggets coach David Adelman said Saturday.

“You’re not going to see two people like this in many generations.”

He’s right, you know.

The Nuggets’ 136-134 overtime victory against San Antonio was not only the best basketball theater of this NBA season, but a showcase for the sport’s present and future kings.

The instant classic moment, as well as a legit candidate for shot of the decade, was a little dance move Jokic did at winning time called the Somber Shuffle.

With Denver clinging to a two-point lead late in overtime, the most unstoppable offensive force in basketball did a step-back jumper from 12 feet that he fired off the wrong foot over the outstretched hand of the best defensive player on the planet.

And the only answer Wembanyama had was a 100-yard stare of disbelief.

“They got the best offensive player in the world,” Wembanyama said.

In the history of the sport, nothing will surpass the titanic clashes between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain from the 1960s.

They met 94 times in the regular season and the playoffs. Wilt averaged 30 points and 28 rebounds in the battle of giants, but in the statistic that really mattered, Russ won 57 times.

The only bummer of this budding rivalry between Joker and Wembanyama is the nine-year age difference between them. Their relationship feels more like the passing of the torch from Michael Jordan to Kobe Bryant than a battle we’ll get to watch unfold for a decade.

So this figures to be more of a short story than an epic tale. But it will be legendary nonetheless.

Joker vs. Wemby is the NBA playoff matchup we deserve.

Give us seven games of this in May. Please.

“I think the first time I played against him, I told you guys he was going to change the league, change basketball,” said Jokic, who outdid Wembanyama’s 34 points on this spring afternoon with 40 of his own. “I still obviously think that. He has an opportunity to be the most unique basketball player to ever play the game.”

At 7-foot-4, Wembanyama is the sport’s next big thing.

At age 22, his ambition is as boundless as his talent for both shooting long-range jumpers and blocking shots.

He has openly campaigned to win the first of what seems destined to be multiple MVP trophies in his future, recently telling ESPN: “The greats that are in the Hall of Fame – or the best of all time – they have fought and grabbed everything they could grab early on in their career.”

Easy there, big fella.

Them’s fighting words.

And exactly the kind of talk that makes Joker do a slow burn and think: Here. We. Go.

In seven head-to-head matchups with the Spurs’ brash young French prince, Jokic has averaged 37.3 points, 10.9 rebounds and 9.1 assists.

“Of course, you should be professional and get up for every game you play,” Adelman said.

But this clash of the titans has the extra juice that captures the imagination of fans from Denver to San Antonio, as well as the good people of Serbia and France who wave their flags with pride for Jokic and Wembanyama.

“The bottom line is: They both thought about last night about what this (matchup) was going to be,” Adelman said. “They’re two of the best players alive. … Everything they’re doing for the basketball world, not just the NBA, translates everywhere.”

With ramifications for playoff seeding in the Western Conference on the line, the man who currently rules the NBA beat the future king of the sport.

But it was the sport of basketball that won.

How do you put a dollar value on basketball that’s priceless?

To get down to the real nitty-gritty, I asked Adelman how much of his hard-earned money would he actually plunk down for two courtside seats to watch Jokic and Wembanyama play.

“Man,” Adelman said, “I’ve got to think about that.”

He would dig deep into credit card debt to watch the once and future kings of the NBA do battle, so long as he still had enough money “to maintain a solid lifestyle. I want to go back to my house, have my car payment. But I would pay top dollar for these two guys.”

Joker vs. Wemby is more than a clash of NBA titans.

It’s basketball for the ages.