![]() ![]() Īfter the elimination by Partizan Belgrade in the semifinals of the Serbian League, Jokić parted ways with the team to pursue an NBA career. He was also named the ABA League Top Prospect for the 2014–15 season. On March 26, he was officially named the Adriatic League regular season MVP. Over 24 games played, he averaged 15.4 points, league-leading 9.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, while leading the league with the index rating of 22. Even though Mega Leks finished in 10th place in the Adriatic League, Jokić became one of the league's most valuable players. He was named the MVP of the Round 26, his fourth Round MVP award over the season. On March 21, he scored a season-high 28 points and added 15 rebounds to help his team win with 100–96 over Igokea. For his performances over the month, he was named the MVP for February, having averaged 21.7 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. He was named the MVP of the Round for the third time in a season. On February 7, he scored 27 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in a 77–88 loss to Szolnoki Olaj. ![]() For such performance, he was named the MVP of the Round 6. ![]() On November 3, he recorded 17 points, 12 rebounds and season-high 8 assists for a total index rating of 40, in a 90–84 victory over Zadar. In the first game of the Adriatic League, he led his team to a 103–98 win over MZT Skopje, by scoring 27 points and grabbing 15 rebounds for a total index rating of 44. On June 26, 2014, Jokić was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 41st overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft and following this and the departure of Ratko Varda, he became one of the team leaders in the 2014–15 season. He also played 13 games with the team in the Serbian League and had similar production, averaging 10.9 points, 6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. Over 25 Adriatic League games, he averaged 11.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. In the 2013–14 season, he saw more minutes on the court for the senior team. At the age of 17, he appeared in 5 games of the Serbian League and averaged 1.8 points and 2 rebounds in 10.2 minutes per game. In the summer of 2012, Jokić signed a contract with Mega Vizura, although in the first season with the team he played mostly for their junior team in 2012–13. ![]() Jokić played youth basketball in Vojvodina Srbijagas, where he became a dominant figure and received interest from bigger teams. Professional career Mega Basket (2012–2015) Jokić also loved horse racing as a child and competed as an amateur, a passion he still holds today. The brothers are friends with former NBA player Darko Miličić. Strahinja played basketball in Europe and Nemanja played college basketball at the University of Detroit Mercy. Jokić developed a love of basketball early in his life playing with his two older brothers, Strahinja and Nemanja, who were a decade older. He grew up in a cramped two-bedroom apartment that housed him and his two brothers, both parents and grandmother. Jokić was born in the city of Sombor in the northern part of Serbia. He also won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Jokić ranks among the top 10 on the all-time list of the NBA players with the most triple-doubles ( regular season and playoffs), where he is the leading European player and center, and he holds the record for fastest triple-double (achieved in 14 minutes and 33 seconds). In the following season, he once again received All-Star and All-NBA honors, while leading his team to the Western Conference Finals. In the 2018–19 NBA season, while leading the Nuggets to the Western Conference Semifinals, he received his first All-Star and All-NBA First Team selections. He was voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2016. Nicknamed "the Joker", Jokić was selected by the Nuggets in the second round of the 2014 NBA draft. A five-time NBA All-Star, he has been named to the All-NBA Team on five occasions (including three first-team selections), and won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the 2020––22 seasons. Nikola Jokić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Јокић, pronounced ( listen) born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is a center for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ![]()
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