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'Little Nikola' turns 30: stories of young Jokic
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2/18/2025
Nikola Jokic's godfather lifts the lid on what the three-time NBA MVP was like before his Denver Nuggets fame.
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Nikola Jelke!
00:05
You always think of him, little Nikola, you know, but he's not little, he's an adult.
00:09
He's seen the world, he's the best in the world.
00:16
His older brothers, Nikola and Strahinja, used to play basketball,
00:21
so we met each other at the basketball court.
00:23
We became friends, and ever since I know both of them, I know Nikola.
00:28
Nikola was very little and chubby, smart boy.
00:32
He's very humble, highly intelligent, he's got photographic memory.
00:37
Everything he sees once, he memorises that forever.
00:41
He was a little bit spoiled when he was very little, obviously because of two older brothers,
00:46
but he's a great person in every sense.
00:49
He's the best player, but he's coming from what person he is,
00:55
and from the family and everything else.
00:58
You could tell he's extremely talented.
01:02
He can do anything with a ball.
01:04
He could do that at 15 years old, when he was 15 years old.
01:08
He could do the same thing he's doing today.
01:10
It's amazing.
01:11
Nowadays he's stronger, he's extremely strong, extremely strong.
01:16
I compare him as a gorilla.
01:19
When I was travelling to Africa, I brought him like a big gorilla, made of wood, carved gorilla.
01:26
He didn't have big muscles like Dwight Howard or some other guys when he was younger,
01:33
but he was always persistent.
01:35
He was doing hard and he was working more than everybody else.
01:41
Didn't change him at all.
01:43
Some characteristics became more broad and more exponent.
01:48
He's more intelligent now.
01:50
There is a long road ahead of Nikola.
01:54
I'm hoping and I think he's going to achieve more and more.
01:59
I personally do, but let's not put any burden on his back.
02:06
Let him do what he does best.
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