Straight Game podcast.<\/a> \u201cWhat I love the most about Jokic is his personality. If you ever get the chance to have a conversation with him, if he tells you even a little more about himself, he\u2019ll be honest. He doesn\u2019t care about any of this.<\/p>\n\u201cThe NBA is maybe his second, third, or even fourth favorite thing in life. In most games where he puts up those crazy stats, he probably doesn\u2019t even want to be there. And that\u2019s what\u2019s scary. It\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cousins, who played with Denver in 2022, recalled a conversation about money turned into talk of retirement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was in Denver, our lockers were next to each other in the locker room. I don\u2019t remember who had just signed an extension at the time, but I told him: \u2018Your new contract is going to be insane!\u2019 He told me: \u2018Cuz, I might retire before that contract.\u2019 I said: \u2018You\u2019re going to leave $300 million on the table? Are you crazy?<\/p>\n
\u201cSign the contract and then get fat, become bad. Just don\u2019t miss out on $300 million!\u2019 Then he told me: \u2018Cuz, I just want to go back to my hometown and chill with my horses.\u2019 I told him: \u2018Joke, those horses will be there. You\u2019ll just buy more horses with $300 million.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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