Nikola Jokić, passion hidden behind slime
« that’s good. that’s good. The job is done. We can go home now. » Such was the mythical reaction Nikola Jokic when winning the title with the Nuggets in 2023. Jokić in the text.
The Serbian pivot from Denver has cultivated a rather unique characteristic nonchalance since the beginning of his career: he arrives, does his job with historic precision, then disappears. With no real concern for statistical records, he’s likely to crash night after night.
Since then, some began to doubt his real interest in the sport in which he was one of the kings. ” I attach great importance to that. I think if you don’t care about winning, you don’t belong in this sport. », he begins by responding to ESPN’s Malika Andrews.
Then he adds: ” Only, maybe my personality is a little different, or I accept victory and success in a different way. But basketball is important to me, I like to play it, I have fun in it and I like competition. Only the way I deal with success, failure or failure is different. »
Prefer the NBA title or the horse title?
His attitude at the highest levels of the league contrasts, for example, with that shown when it comes to his other favorite environment: the world of horses.
Let’s remember that in 2022 he showed himself especially touched at the time of the presentation of his second consecutive MVP trophy while the Nuggets player was… in his stable in Sombor (Serbia).
Tears again, always in his native land, when one of his horses wins an important race. “ It’s been quite a process because this horse came in, he was supposed to be really good, and then before this race, in the last few races, he hasn’t been running very well. And there he won what for me is one of the most beautiful races in Serbia and I was happy at the moment “, he describes.
The reporter then asks him this question, did he have to choose between the horse title or the NBA title. Answer: ” NBA title, now. »
| Nikola Jokic | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2015-16 | IT | 80 | 21:40 | 51.2 | 33.3 | 81.1 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 10.0 |
| 2016-17 | IT | 73 | 28:25 | 57.8 | 32.4 | 82.5 | 2.9 | 6.9 | 9.8 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 16.7 |
| 2017-18 | IT | 75 | 32:34 | 49.9 | 39.6 | 85.0 | 2.6 | 8.1 | 10.7 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 18.5 |
| 2018-19 | IT | 80 | 31:18 | 51.1 | 30.7 | 82.1 | 2.9 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 20.1 |
| 2019-20 | IT | 73 | 10:00 p.m | 52.8 | 31.4 | 81.7 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 19.9 |
| 2020-21 | IT | 72 | 34:33 | 56.6 | 38.8 | 86.8 | 2.8 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 26.4 |
| 2021-22 | IT | 74 | 33:28 | 58.3 | 33.7 | 81.0 | 2.8 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 27.1 |
| 2022-23 | IT | 69 | 33:40 | 63.2 | 38.3 | 82.2 | 2.4 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 24.5 |
| 2023-24 | IT | 79 | 34:39 | 58.3 | 35.9 | 81.7 | 2.8 | 9.5 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 26.4 |
| 2024-25 | IT | 70 | 36:44 | 57.6 | 41.7 | 80.0 | 2.9 | 9.9 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 29.6 |
| 2025-26 | IT | 39 | 34:18 | 59.0 | 42.0 | 84.0 | 3.1 | 9.2 | 12.3 | 10.7 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 28.7 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
2026-02-19 09:21:00
