Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic responded perfectly when a reporter asked him Saturday if becoming a father somehow “helped” his game.
“I knew that even before that is basketball is not the main thing in my life,” Jokic explained. “And probably never going to be. Because, I like it, because I have something more at home that is more important than basketball.”
The 28-year-old, Serbian-born player added, “I knew that, but this is going to prove me that I’m correct.” What a refreshing sound clip. One does not see many pro athletes noting that there are far more important things than ball hitting, bouncing, jumping, putting, and throwing these days. Jokic is still a relatively new father, with his firstborn child, a daughter, having been born in Sept. of 2021.
Little Ognjena won the NBA’s heart during Game 2 of the NBA playoffs in May when cameras caught her pointing to her finger, a motion that Jokic reciprocated on the court, in an allusion to a championship ring Nikola hoped soon to be wearing.
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