{"id":98711,"date":"2025-08-27T03:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/98711\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T03:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:29:10","slug":"legendary-coach-who-worked-with-michael-jordans-chicago-bulls-teammate-says-nikola-jokic-is-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/98711\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary coach who worked with Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls teammate says Nikola Jokic is ‘the best’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nikola Jokic continues to earn recognition from basketball\u2019s most respected voices.<\/p>\n

Although he failed to win MVP, which went to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a>, Nikola Jokic\u2019s<\/a> triple-double average last season remains impressive.<\/p>\n

He has one of the best basketball IQs the world has ever seen. According to his teammate, Bogdan Bogdanovic<\/a>, he also has the size and conditioning to be the best<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"DenverPhoto by AAron Ontiveroz\/The Denver PostPesic\u2019s bold declaration on Jokic after working with NBA champions<\/p>\n

Serbia National Team coach Svetislav Pesic recently made headlines by declaring Jokic the best player he has worked with across his 43-year career.<\/p>\n

The statement carries significant weight considering Pesic\u2019s extensive background with elite talent.<\/p>\n

The veteran coach has worked alongside NBA stars including three-time All-Star Detlef Schremf and former Michael Jordan<\/a> teammate Toni Kukoc, who won three championships with the Chicago Bulls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt one time I thought the best player was Detlef Schrempf, a German national team member and one of the first to go to the NBA,\u201d Pesic explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo then I thought it was Toni Kukoc<\/a>, because I love those universal players who can do a lot of things, above all for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now, since I have been with Nikola Jokic for the past few years, I really think that he is currently the best,\u201d Pesic added.<\/p>\n

\"headPhoto by Srdjan Stevanovic\/Getty ImagesJokic chasing first EuroBasket title with Serbia before back to Denver<\/p>\n

The coach and center are currently working together to pursue Serbia\u2019s first EuroBasket title, with the team entering the tournament among the favorites.<\/p>\n

Following EuroBasket competition, Jokic will return to the Nuggets<\/a> with championship ambitions for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n

Denver has strengthened their roster<\/a> compared to last year and remains positioned to challenge defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic continues to earn recognition from basketball\u2019s most respected voices. Although he failed to win MVP, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,1662,590,3906,85],"class_list":["post-98711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-nba","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}