{"id":389106,"date":"2026-01-05T07:13:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/389106\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:13:45","slug":"nba-fans-stunned-seeing-nuggets-nikola-jokic-after-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/389106\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA fans stunned seeing Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic after injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA fans stunned seeing Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic after injury<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nikola Jokic has had great health throughout his impressive career.<\/p>\n

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The Denver Nuggets<\/a> center has played fewer than 70 games in a season just once since he debuted in 2015.<\/p>\n

Currently, Jokic is facing what\u2019s expected to be a one-month absence due to a knee hyperextension. However, fans wouldn\u2019t believe that seeing the superstar center walking through the arena on Friday night, before the Nuggets battled the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NBA Fans React to Nikola Jokic<\/p>\n

@JeremyNicolls<\/a>: He will be back mid January. He still getting MVP lol<\/p>\n

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@soomasreh218<\/a>: Bruh he\u2019s walking better than before the injury\u2026<\/p>\n

@The_ceo_guy<\/a>: Great sign!<\/p>\n

@goncalves979<\/a>: Are we sure that he will be out for 4 weeks?<\/p>\n

The Nuggets\u2019 initial timeline for Jokic\u2019s recovery is indeed four weeks. When that time is up, he\u2019ll undergo an evaluation, which will help them determine an actual return target date.<\/p>\n

If Jokic misses more than four weeks, his eligibility for awards will be affected, as his chances of reaching the 65-game minimum dwindle.<\/p>\n

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Before going down with his setback, Jokic was widely viewed as the NBA\u2019s MVP favorite. Once again, the versatile center was dominating the league.<\/p>\n

@rxmart2<\/a>: From barely walking to walking and frowning to smiling and walking, maybe he isn\u2019t human.<\/p>\n

@IvanaSt1984<\/a>: Walking very nice<\/p>\n

@MichaelBur23838<\/a>: This guy back in 2 weeks man<\/p>\n

@Its_Memito<\/a>: He\u2019s coming back next week isn\u2019t he?<\/p>\n

In 32 games, Jokic averaged 34.6 minutes of action. While shooting 60 percent from the field and 43 percent from three, Jokic has averaged 29.6 points per game so far.<\/p>\n

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Beyond his value in the scoring department, Jokic has come down with 12.2 rebounds per game and dished out 11.0 assists per game. He leads the league in triple-doubles.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets didn\u2019t survive their second Jokic-less game of the season on Friday. After beating the Toronto Raptors<\/a> without him on December 31, they lost against the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-108.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Nuggets will meet with the Brooklyn Nets<\/a>. Jokic is already ruled out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA fans stunned seeing Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic after injury originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[6996,49,48,2357,2898,459,5725,82,165113,10676],"class_list":{"0":"post-389106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-brooklyn-nets","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","12":"tag-denver-nuggets","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nikola-jokic","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-superstar-center","17":"tag-toronto-raptors"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}