{"id":125138,"date":"2025-02-22T16:47:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T21:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=125138"},"modified":"2025-02-22T16:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T21:47:53","slug":"nikola-jokic-favorite-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/22\/nikola-jokic-favorite-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic Names His Favorite Player and Surprises Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nikola Jokic<\/a> is one of the few players who rarely comment on the history of the game and everything in between. You can hardly see the Joker talking in a podcast. The only time we can remember was when he joined his teammate Michael Porter Jr<\/a>. on his podcast. In a new episode of Road to Gold, Nikola talks about fatherhood, his favorite activity horse racing, the All-Star weekend, and his favorite player.<\/p>\n

Nikola Jokic Names His Favorite Player and Surprises Everyone<\/h2>\n

Almost every NBA player has a favorite player, an idol to say. And often, they overlap. Players like Kobe Bryant<\/a>, Michael Jordan<\/a>, Magic Johnson<\/a>, Larry Bird<\/a>, LeBron James<\/a>, and Steph Curry<\/a>, dominate the list of idols. But then comes Nikola Jokic, who names his favorite player, and you will be surprised by his pick. In the Road to Gold documentary, Nikola said,<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up, Peja Stojakovic<\/a> and [Vlade] Divac<\/a>, they were in the NBA, and there, of course, you know, Michael Jordan<\/a>, Magic Johnson<\/a>, and Shaq and all those guys. Then Kobe, then LeBron, you know, there is always some kind of, but I am going to say, Tim Duncan<\/a>, uh Dirk [Nowitzki<\/a>], I Like Tracy McGrady<\/a>, he was really good, I think he was a really talented player, he was really unique, basically unguardable.\u201d<\/p>\n