Nikola Jokic admitted not watching the NBA, opened up on his Draft night

NBA star Nikola Jokic admitted he slept through his own draft night, highlighting his indifferent attitude toward the league’s spotlight. Despite becoming one of basketball’s greatest players, the former 46th pick preferred watching highlights on

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The 46th pick in the NBA Draft, a rookie with minimal expectations from the public who became one of the best players to ever play the game.

One of the most frequent stereotypes about Jokic is that he doesn’t care too much for basketball when he’s not on the court himself.

Whilst that is far from the truth, it must be acknowledged that there are some things about basketball that Jokic finds unnecessary.

For example, the spotlight of the NBA Draft.

In a rare one-on-one interview which he did for the X and O’s Chat and which is supposed to be published later today, a part of it was released with Jokic talking about the moment when he was Drafted:

“The Draft itself, the moment that I was drafted, my brother was living in New York, he called me on the phone, celebrating, and I was sleeping, man,” he started.

“I’m like, who’s even thinking about that? A 17-year-old me, just thinking how I will wrestle with these guys.”

The Serbian big man was also asked to clarify whether he watched the NBA as a kid:

“I mean, I wasn’t watching actively, but I looked at highlights, best moments—there was that NBA Action show, thank God, we were all watching that,” Jokic concluded.

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