Watch: NBA Superstar Reveals What Really Matters After Being Asked if Fatherhood Has Helped His Game
In a world full of people (and especially professional athletes) who have an outsized sense of self-importance, words cannot begin to describe how refreshing it is to have arguably the best player in the NBA right now put his own stellar play, basketball, and professional sports in general in the proper context.
Denver Nuggets superstar and two-time NBA league MVP Nikola Jokic has always been a different breed of “celebrity.”
Unlike some NBA players who seem to think that their ability to dribble a basketball makes them experts on complex socioeconomic issues, Jokic has a dry, almost unenthused approach to the sport.
That dry humor was on perfect display when Jokic spoke to the media ahead of the NB …