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Despite their recent elimination from the playoffs, the Denver Nuggets have a plenty of reasons to be excited about their future after the rise of Nikola Jokic, who has made every difference in the team’s offense since becoming the standalone starting center. According to Justin Kubatko of StatMuse, Jokic’s insertion into the starting lineup on Dec. 15 […]

Having coached Nikola Jokic since last season with the Denver Nuggets, Mike Malone has seen first hand how much improvement the young center had in his game. From putting up decent numbers a year ago, the 22-year-old Serbian international has raised his level of play higher as he has now emerged as one of the best […]

Charlotte Hornets center Cody Zeller would have no conscience of big-man-on-big-man crime, stuffing Nikola Jokic under the basket with a thunderous double-clutch dunk that left local announcers breathless upon happening. The 7-footer got a little extra hang time ala Tom Chambers, riding “The Joker” for a few splits seconds before viciously slamming it all over […]

Nikola Jokic has been one of the players that has vastly improved this season. Only in his second year in the league, the Denver Nuggets center is already proving that he can be a superstar in the future with his impressive all-around game. On Wednesday night, he got to showcase his talents against the defending champions […]

We often associate professional athletes with a refined dietary regimen to keep their performance at the top level. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic didn’t exactly get that memo early in his career. The 21-year-old Serbian international opened up about his propensity to drink a lot of Coca-Cola prior to being drafted by the Nuggets in 2014. When asked […]

The Denver Nuggets started the season with the mindset of starting two big bodies in the frontcourt, establishing the twin Indo-European towers of Nikola Jokic and Jusuf Nurkic. As nature has it, one of them has performed better than the other in the eyes of head coach Michael Malone, which has prompted Jokic to step […]

Denver Nuggets forward/center Nikola Jokic is rapidly putting his name out there as one of the best passing big men in the league, even drawing comparison to former playmaking dynamo “Pistol” Pete Maravich. Only two games after the best performance of his career – a 27-point, 15-rebound, nine-assist outing against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday […]

Nikola Jokic has been playing very well as of late. In December, Jokic is averaging right around 17/10/5 per game for the Nuggets. He’s been stellar on the court and that has truly helped the team as it can be seen by their record lately. The Nuggets are on a three game winning streak currently and […]

Denver Nuggets point guard Jameer Nelson recently had some fun with his power forward Nikola Jokic, telling the media the cold-hard truth about the big man while poking a little fun at himself. “Jokic an athlete? He’s a good player,” Nelson told BSN Denver’s T.J. McBride. “I’m old and fat and I can jump higher than […]

In the Denver Nuggets‘ game against the Detroit Pistons on Saturday, head coach Mike Malone surprised many when he fielded in his starters who were missing one of their mainstays, Nikola Jokic. The move was part of the plan  to make use of other combinations and allow their starting center, Jusuf Nurkic to be played alongside […]

Kenneth Faried has found himself the odd man out in the big man carrousel that is the Denver Nuggets. The 6-foot-8 power forward will come off the bench for the first time in five years, according to Chris Dempsey of the Denver Post. Kenneth Faried will be a reserve, and Malone has said Manimal's been […]

Following the Denver Nuggets 108-106 preseason win against the Toronto Raptors on Monday, head coach Michael Malone was full of praise for his European big man combination of Jusuf Nurkic and Nikola Jokic, as per Harrison Wind of BSN Denver. “There’s definitely some Balkan buddy ball going on with those two guys,” said Malone. “They do look for […]

Days after a 30-point loss to Team USA in the gold medal game at the Rio Olympics, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was moved to tears in a homecoming to his native Sombor, Serbia. The seven-footer spoke to a very enthusiastic crowd while wearing a Serbian national team shirt and his silver medal draped around […]

Over the past few years, the NBA has had a tremendous increase of international players bringing their talents to the league. This goes to show how the popularity of basketball has grown around the world. A perfect example is this year’s Rio Olympics, where a record 47 players from the association are competing and representing […]

Team USA had another scare in their last game against a fundamentally sound Serbian squad led by point guard Milos Teodosic and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic. The final score was 94-91 and it was the most competitive game for the Americans in a very long time. For some reasons, the aura of invincibility is […]

Denver Nuggets head coach Mike Malone did not imagine that Serbian big man Nikola Jokic would become quite as good as he is, especially so early in in his NBA career. Jokic had a great rookie season, surpassing the expectations that Denver had for him. From Mike Olson of Denver Stiffs, Malone recently expressed his […]