Nikola Jokic has been the most unorthodox superstar in the NBA for the last decade. A champion, three-time MVP and Finals MVP, he has managed to dominate the league while treating basketball as just a job.<\/p>\n
And Dennis Schroder is giving the big man his flowers head of the 2025 EuroBasket.<\/p>\n
\u201cI find it fascinating that basketball really only comes second or third in his life,\u201d Schroder said, via Magenta Sport<\/a>. . \u201cHe enjoys spending time with his family and his horses. He lives for the things that matter to him.\u201d<\/p>\n Schroder added, \u201cHe says he doesn\u2019t want to be remembered in the books for basketball, but for how good he is as a father. But as a player, he\u2019s the best in the world. Well, it\u2019s just like that based on the stats and what he\u2019s been doing in the league for the past three, four, five years, how he dominates.\u201d<\/p>\n That dominance is supported by numbers few can match. Jokic has won three MVP awards in the last five years and finished runner-up the other two seasons, putting him in the company of Larry Bird and Bill Russell.<\/p>\n With a career Player Efficiency Rating of 28.51, he sits ahead of Michael Jordan and LeBron James for the best mark in league history. His 32.85 PER from one season also broke Wilt Chamberlain\u2019s long-standing record.<\/p>\n Last season alone, he became the first player ever to record a 30\u201320\u201320 game, and his 61-point triple-double against Minnesota set a new standard for efficiency. He also joined Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook as the only players to ever average a triple-double over a full season.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Lakers Coach on Luka Doncic\u2019s Biggest Goal This Season<\/a><\/p>\n \t