The NBA qualifiers were recently played and the figure of Nikola Jokic did not disappear because he left with a huge performance of the Los Angeles Lakers, where the Gasol brothers once shone, on the ground. Who is he, and what is the key to victory?
The Denver Nuggets center was a key player in the conference finals in which his team handily defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, sweeping them 4-0 in the series. list with 30 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists.
This is not all, since behind this 28-year-old Serbian is a curious life story. First of all, he has already come of age. Nikola Jokic married his longtime girlfriend Natalija Macesic three years ago in a secret ceremony, which, among other anecdotes, saw him grow up and reach the NBA.
Although it is difficult to find pictures of Nikola Jokic and his wife, when they try to adopt the most discreet profiles, some have been rescued even more than ten years ago, testifying that they are destined to be together. In 2021 the family grew when Ognjena, their first daughter, came into the world.
His insane desire for the forbidden drink of athletes
Nikola Jokic, like all his colleagues, has a remarkable body. But this did not always happen, because when he was young he deprived himself of a great deal, and rejected what he liked most. “I also had to change my habit. I drank two or three liters of Coke a day and I drank the last glass before flying to the United States,” he confessed a long time ago.
I was drinking two or three liters of Cola a day
“My first training session was tough. All my teammates were more physical and athletic than me, but they wanted to be dark. I wanted to go home,” said Nikola Jokic, who was disappointed in himself that he had such a harmful eating habit.
To the great others
Besides being a big basketball fan, Nikola Jokic is a big fan of horses. In fact, running was a popular sport before even wooden tracks took hold. “I came to the stables just to be a stable boy. Even my life was told. I ran. Not professionally, but as an amateur.
