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Formerly Denver Post. 2021 Colorado Sportswriter of the Year. Prior: USA TODAY, CBS, CSN. 📍Cleveland, Madison, Chicago, Denver. mdsinger13 @gmail .com … 🏀
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Nikola Jokic has found a balance amid a toxic MVP race & the unending pressure to lift a franchise.
“If you want to be successful, you need to be obsessed with it,” Jokic told me.
But he knows there’s a fine line between obsession & mental health.
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Remember the girl who was devastated when Steph missed the last game in Denver? Steph Curry just made her year.
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Asked Nikola Jokic if it’s hard for him to play in the All-Star Game.
“For me, it is actually. I don’t know what to do.”
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Nikola Jokic on why he’s so patient on offense:
“I’m patient because I cannot really run fast. That’s my only option.”
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Jokic: “I don’t know why anyone wants to become a ref, to be honest.”
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Just got a text from Jokic’s brother. This is their real account responding to Marcus Morris’s tweet last night.
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Nikola Jokic, on his excitement of playing with Jamal Murray again: “I love to play with him, of course. I know he’s gonna be really bad for the next 20 games, but we’re gonna survive.”
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Jokic brothers are here, sitting right behind Denver’s bench.
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Asked Steven Adams whether there’s a mutual respect between he and Joker:
“I think so. I think it might just be this international clan. It’s kinda weird. We kinda just mock Americans behind their backs. Just so you guys know.”
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Nikola Jokic, on if he's ever bothered by lack of respect.
"Couldn't care less, brother."
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Nuggets hold extended moment of silence for Kobe Bryant.
Spontaneously, a “Ko-be” chant breaks out.
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Jeff Green, asked if there’s a difference between Steph Curry starting vs. coming off the bench: “The m******** is still good as shit.”
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Incredible photo of Nikola Jokic, age 5, wearing a
#Nuggets
sweatshirt. Incredible story,
@MiskoRaznatovic
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Austin Rivers, again.
“It’s so much easier to live life happier.”
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Jokic was asked what the most difficult part of the skills challenge was: “Running.”
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Nikola Jokic: “I think we all forget who Marc Gasol is. The guy who won two defensive players of the year.”
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Jokic, on what he learned from facing the Lakers in 2020: “To be honest, I don’t remember.”
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Jamal Murray’s dad, with the trophy, dancing to Serbian music.
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Nikola said he told Bol after the game: "If you dunk one more time on me, I'm gonna F him (up)."
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Luka is sitting at the podium next to Nikola Jokic. Luka interrupted Joker’s session to wave at him. Joker had a small ball and whipped it at him.
Jokic was asked how he feels about Luka:
“I hate him.”
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DeMarcus Cousins on Nikola Jokic: "Outside of Russ, probably one of the most disrespected MVPs."
Said he doesn't get treated like an MVP.
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Nikola Jokic: “My daughter showed me that basketball isn’t the most important thing.”
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Nikola Jokic on Heat-Celtics: “I didn’t watch Game 5. I was walking with my daughter. I’m lying. I watched the first quarter.”
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Small note: I’m told that both Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid will be eligible at both forward and center on the All-NBA vote.
So both players can make first-team.
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Nikola Jokic celebrated his 27th birthday on Saturday, so I asked how it went.
“Luka did a performance.”
And, no, he wouldn’t elaborate on what that meant.
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Malone: "When we come back for Game 6" ... we're going to need the same crowd.
Reporter laughs.
"What are you laughing at?"
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Nikola Jokic, through the legs dunk … attempt. 50 for the effort.
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Nikola Jokic on LeBron James: “The guy didn’t have a prime, he’s in the prime for 20 years.”
Called him a true idol and someone to admire. Said he could never imagine playing as long as LeBron has.
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Nikola Jokic said he'll celebrate a potential second MVP with "music and beer." And some friends.
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Nikola Jokic on admiring Giannis: "Do I want to do what he did, in Denver? Of course."
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Nikola Jokic on his wild 3-pointers: “You know what? I’m gonna say that’s my signature shot.”
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Nikola Jokic on the potential supermax this summer:
"If offer's on the table of course I'm going to accept it."
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Talked to Bruce Brown after the
#Nuggets
won the championship tonight.
In the champagne soaked locker room, he told
@denverpost
: “I want to stay. … Money is not everything.”
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Monte: My mom's a coach. She's always texting me to help Nikola. .... She loves calling him Big Honey.
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Every time Facu tracks down a defensive board, one more Argentian kid trades his soccer ball for a basketball. It's the rule.
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Jamal Murray: "We're a championship team."
Said there's no room for guys not buying into their roles.
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Nikola Jokic, asked what it's like being teammates w/ Luka Doncic: "Off the court, I think we're doing really good job. But we're going to see on the court. I don't know how we're going to do it b/c he's not athletic, I'm not athletic, so I don't know how we're going to match."
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DeMarcus Cousins on what he proved this year: "That I belong here. That I belong in this league."
Said he's extremely appreciative of Michael Malone for giving him a chance.
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There is *still* a Serbian dance party going on in the Nuggets locker room.
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Three times during this interview Nikola Jokic showed who he is.
1. I don’t mind playing garbage time. Thats what I played my first three years.
2. No, I don’t lick my chops against KAT & Rudy. They’re great players.
3. Jamal can be our No. 1.
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Nikola Jokic on entering the season as the reigning MVP: “Brother, could not care less, for real.”
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"Brother, I'm drunk. I cannot do interview right now."
Call it the Nikola Jokic MVP mission. Here's how the
#Nuggets
pulled off their covert trip to Serbia.
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The news reached Serbia: Nikola Jokic learned he'd be the MVP earlier today, I'm told.
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Michael Malone said Bones Hyland had 500 people here tonight. No, not an exaggeration.
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Asked Nikola Jokic what he planned to be doing tomorrow night during the MVP announcement:
“Hopefully it’s gonna be a sunny day so I can be in the swimming pool.”
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Nikola Jokic on MVP/his status: "To be honest, I think there is a lot of guys that are playing at an extremely high level. ... I'm just trying to be humble, to stay on the ground. ... I don't think about that to be honest, am I one of the best? I'm just trying to win the game."
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“Who’s your daddy?” chant breaks out to end this Nuggets-Lakers season opener.
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Michael Malone: “I imagine this place is going to be half-filled with Warriors fans.”
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Asked Nikola about MVP earlier this season: "I know you don't care about individual awards .."
Joker interrupts: "Who says I don't care?"
Me, taken aback: ".. I thought you only care about team awards.."
Joker smiles: "I just wanted to see your reaction."
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Asked Nikola Jokic how he celebrated his MVP:
“With some music and some beer. … and a little bit of rakija.”
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Have watched this pass like 15 times and it doesn't make any sense. As far as I can tell, this is a blind pass to the corner. Nikola Jokic never once looked in the direction he was going to pass it.
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MPJ: “I could’ve scored 2 points, zero points. It doesn’t matter. We won a championship. Can’t nobody tell me nothing.”
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Nikola Jokic said he wasn’t surprised he was drafted where he was drafted.
“I wouldn’t have drafted myself. I’m not meant for this game.”
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Bol Bol was scheduled for a random drug test after this game, per Nuggets PR.
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Asked Nikola Jokic what his day looked like from last night to today:
“I woke up at 8, probably. I was with my daughter a little bit. Then Natalija wake up, made me breakfast. Fell asleep a little bit. … My chef came and made me lunch. Then I came here. Crazy day, huh?”
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Joker has not put down his daughter the entire championship ceremony.
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Nikola Jokic, asked if he ever runs out of energy: "Right now, I have a little daughter, and my family is there, so they give me a lot of energy. There's just happiness when I go home. Maybe that's something new in my life that gives me a little bit of spark."
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Nikola Jokic asked about what he admires about Dirk: "He's one of the few guys that are playing for one team for their whole career. ... I really, really admire him for that. ... He didn't abandon the team."
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Nikola Jokic was playing video games when his wife called him last night w/ the All-Star starter news.
“I was playing the game, and I was like, ughhh. I was kinda watching on the phone with Natalija, and I was playing the video game. After they select me I said, ‘Oh, bye bye.’”
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Little update: Because my timing happens to be better than Nikola Jokic’s, I’m gonna be out on covering the Nuggets for a little while as I became a dad yesterday. She’s gonna be a hooper. I’ve already heard from the big guy.
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Nikola Jokic said he was surprised Joel Embiid wasn’t named an All-Star starter: “He deserves it.”
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Nikola Jokic, potentially on the verge of a back-to-back-to-back MVP run, has still never had an All-Star teammate.
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Asked Nikola Jokic how he felt about not closing the fourth quarter:
“I like it! … I was cheering from the bench. I was a little bit nervous.”
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I asked Jamal Murray after the game whether he liked the nickname "Peanut Butter and Jelly" with Joker.
Jamal: "Am I jelly?"
Me: Malone didn't specify.
Jamal, turning to Joker: "You gotta be peanut butter, because you're thick."
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Nikola Jokic on 2000/1000/500:
“That’s a moment I’ll remember for the rest of my life. … I just love Nuggets fans.”
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“I’m not here to win a championship for myself,” Aaron Gordon said when I asked him about this team’s defining trait. “I’m here to win a championship for Joker. Joker’s here to win a championship for Jamal and Michael Malone and Michael Porter. …”
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Bruce Brown said Jeff Green was blowing up his phone during the FA process telling him to come to Denver.
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Joel Embiid hasn't played in Denver since the 2019-'20 season. This will be the third consecutive season he's missed this game.
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Michael Malone: You win Game 1 of the playoffs, and all anyone talked about was the Lakers.
"Put that in your pipe and smoke it."
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Nikola Jokic on Joel Embiid: "... He's a great player, great. Like, foreal, great, great player. He can do everything on the floor, who is controlling the game, who is in conversation for MVP and the best player in the league. He's so dominant. ... I like to play with the best."
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One team with significant interest in signing Bruce Brown away from Denver is the Los Angeles Lakers, multiple sources told
@denverpost
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The Lakers could offer him the full MLE ($12.3M annually). Nuggets can only offer up to $7.8M this year.
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Bones Hyland, asked about his connection with the Wilmington fire department, passes on the question.
He puts his head down for about five seconds and comes up crying.
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Nikola Jokic on his four dunks: “It was tiger dunks.”
And then made claws with his hands.
(I have no idea what tiger dunks are).
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DeMarcus Cousins asked about those who call Joker an "analytical MVP," calls them "casuals."
"It's a lot of experts on Twitter."
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This was the biggest horse race of the summer. Joker won it.
Nikola Jokic is really living his best life after winning a horse race in Serbia 😂🏆
(via Burner_num2 / Reddit)
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Nikola Jokic has said
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Nikola Jokic on the infamous Taco Bell commercial that flashed when he was drafted at No. 41:
“Hopefully I’m gonna have some percentage from the Taco Bell.”
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Bones Hyland: "That was unacceptable to me, just to hear Boston fans be louder than our fans."
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Michael Porter Jr: “I think Nikola could probably win the next five MVPs.”
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Nikola Jokic looks at his phone and all the texts on his phone. "Oh, f**** ... I'm gonna turn off the phone."
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DeMarcus Cousins: "I don't know what the future holds."
"I'm extremely grateful for this opportunity. I'm happy to be a part of this group."
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Nikola Jokic on whether he wants to play the Lakers in the first round:
“If it happens, it happens. Why not? If we want to win it, we need to play with the best. We are not going to try to fix anything.”
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Nikola Jokic said he's excited to go back to SF because he's had some nice dinners with his former coach, Dejan Milojevic ... a Warriors assistant coach.
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