Nikola Jokic shared which teams and players he enjoys watching in both the NBA and EuroLeague. The Nuggets star said he usually follows teams that feature players he knows, including Partizan, Olympiacos, and Bayern in Europe, while in the NBA he often watches the Timberwolves, Thunder, Raptors, and players like Luka Doncic and Anthony Edwards.
Nikola Jokic opened up about which teams he enjoys following both in the NBA and the EuroLeague during the X&O’s podcast appearance.
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The Nuggets superstar shared that he usually tunes in to see players he knows personally or has played with.
“I mostly watch our guys, players I played with. Of course, I’m rooting for Partizan. I watch Nikola Milutinov, we’re good friends, so I watch Olympiacos. They brought in like 30 players, Cory Joseph came too. I like watching them,” Jokic said.
He also highlighted some other EuroLeague players who caught his eye.
“I sometimes watch Vasilije Micic, their games are kind of interesting to me, I don’t know, lots of points. I watched when FC Bayern Munich beat Panathinaikos. We’ve stayed good friends with Vladimir Lucic for a long time. Great guy, really great guy. A serious, high-character guy. Usually, I watch teams that have our guys on them, those are the ones I tend to follow the most.”
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When it comes to the NBA, Jokic also follows players and teams he admires for their style and competitiveness.
“Yeah, he’s [Anthony Edwards] good, really good. Somehow, I always end up watching them [Minnesota Timberwolves]. But here too, I tend to watch teams that have some of our people. I like watching the Toronto Raptors, and sometimes I like watching Luka Doncic,” he explained.
Jokic also praised the physicality and teamwork of other NBA squads.
“I really like how physical [the Oklahoma City Thunder] are, how they play, how they compete, all five guys are the same. I think you can learn something from watching them: how they move, what they do.”
The Nuggets star is also keeping an eye on young talent, such as Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson.
“He’s interesting, a bit different, like a smaller Andrei Kirilenko. He’s good,” Jokic noted. “There’s a lot of talent in the NBA. If you just turn on a random game, you’ll find someone who plays really well. There’s always something worth watching.”
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