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Can Nikola Jokic Be The Tim Duncan Of Denver?

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🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

So far during this NBA season, you can make an argument that no player has had a bigger impact on his team’s success than Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Nick Kosmider to look at why the triple-double threat is playing the best basketball of his life, and the unexpected similarities between him and one of the game’s all-time greats, Tim Duncan.

Read Nick Kosmider’s story about Nikola Jokic and Tim Duncan: https://theathletic.com/2421107/2021/03/02/nikola-jokics-admiration-for-tim-duncan-gives-insight-into-what-makes-him-tick/?source=theleadpodcast

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0:00.0

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0:11.5

So far this season you could argue that no NBA player has had a bigger impact on his team success than the Joker himself

0:18.0

Nick Cola-Yokic today the authentic Nick Cosmider on why the highly skilled Denver Big Man is playing the best basketball of his life and the surprising similarities between him and one of the games all-time greats

0:48.0

He started to look at a guy like Tim Duncan as someone he really modeled his game after he said that Tim Duncan has this way of always making the right play and that's something that Yokicic takes a lot of pride in

1:01.0

For Maudrey and the athletic I'm Anders Keltow. It's Monday March 15th and this is the lead

1:07.5

It felt like something great was happening

1:11.5

There was just something about the emotion and the moment you know that it's faster faster

1:16.0

The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now

1:19.0

You can't play MC in the behind that

1:22.0

This isn't the story you hear the interview the athlete in the home

1:26.0

It stays with you

1:31.5

Alright Nick, let's start with the scandal that recently rocked the NBA

1:38.0

After putting up six points at the NBA Alstar Game last weekend, Nikola Yokicic was not named the games MVP

1:45.0

and he let the people know how he felt about it

1:47.0

I mean I don't know why there's nothing to do

1:49.0

I mean I don't know what's happening, I don't know if he's going because it's going is just so happening because of me that's what we want to game

1:55.0

Your thoughts?

1:56.0

Yeah well it's not the first time Nikola Yokicic last year felt that he had gotten robbed again

2:01.0

Even though he sat on the bench for most of the fourth quarter

2:04.0

Obviously that's sort of the only time that you'll hear him talk about himself is in sort of that gesting manner

2:09.0

And clearly he and MVP honest Antitoupo had a good time together

2:13.0

So I think that was part of the gag

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