Nikola Jokić does not dominate NBA basketball like his fellow superstar contemporaries.
The reigning NBA Finals MVP is a maestro in complete control of his orchestra almost every single night. He is perhaps the most complete (and the smartest) offensive player ever. Jokić is the main reason why his skillful Denver Nuggets are many’s favorite to repeat as NBA champions this June.
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But where Jokić dazzles on the court in a way we’re not quite accustomed to, he mostly keeps to himself off of it. He is a famously very private person who does not willingly absorb the limelight and doesn’t take his mandatory media sessions all that seriously from time to time. In a new Jokić profile from The New Yorker‘s Louisa Thomas, we learn a lot more about who the Nuggets’ dynamo is behind the scenes and what drove him to the top of the basketball world.
Here are some of the more notable takeaways about Jokić’s unique transcendence and approach to stardom.