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Nikola Jokić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Јокић, pronounced [nǐkola jôkitɕ] ⓘ; born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is a center for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
- Humble athletic beginnings. Many professional athletes show an early proclivity for sports. Not Jokic. “I was taller than most of the guys and girls, and fattest, too.
- Hoops and horses. There’s an alternate universe where, instead of directing the most devastating offense in the NBA, Nikola Jokic is content riding or at least caring for racing horses.
- Internet influence. A young Jokic’s only window into the NBA was YouTube, and he didn’t even look through it until he was roughly 14 years old. Highlights of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant initially caught his attention, then clips of great passers and big men.
- Don’t blink. Jokic’s basketball path to the NBA was short and steep; that’s a credit to how quickly he became a pro prospect. After tiptoeing into the professional ranks for all of six months, a 17-year-old Jokic joined Mega Leks (Serbia) in 2012.
Jun 15, 2023 · Nikola Jokic joins elite company in winning the Finals MVP after powering Denver to the 2023 NBA title.
Aug 8, 2024 · Olympics fans twice thought Jokic would get the triple-double in France. He tallied 14 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists in the group stage game against Puerto Rico - not playing the fourth quarter at all in a blowout of the Americas side.
Aug 16, 2024 · Nikola Jokic is a Serbian professional basketball player who is one of the most versatile talents of his generation. Widely considered the best-passing center in the sport’s history, Jokic won three NBA Most Valuable Player Awards (2021, 2022, 2024) and led the Denver Nuggets to the 2023 NBA title.
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Jul 31, 2024 · Nikola Jokic fell just one assist short of the fourth ever Olympic triple-double. He still posted a unique game in the history of the Games. Serbia got their first win of the 2024 Olympics, blowing out Puerto Rico.
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Aug 6, 2024 · PARIS, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Nikola Jokic proved again why he is a three-time NBA most valuable player, leading Serbia to a nail-biting 95-90 overtime win over Australia on Tuesday and into the final...
