#Basketball stars nickelodeon 2 professional#

Jokić averaged 18.4 points, 10.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game in the Serbian League. On JJokić scored 23 points in a loss to Crvena Zvezda in the playoff semifinals of the Serbian League. Even though Mega Leks finished in 10th place in the Adriatic League, Jokić became one of the league's most valuable players. On March 21, he scored a season-high 28 points and added 15 rebounds to help his team win with 100–96 over Igokea. On February 7, he scored 27 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in a 77–88 loss to Szolnoki Olaj. On November 3, he recorded 17 points, 12 rebounds and season-high 8 assists for a total index rating of 40, in a 90–84 victory over Zadar. On June 26, 2014, Jokić was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 41st overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft In the first game of the Adriatic League, Jokić led his team to a 103–98 win over MZT Skopje, by scoring 27 points and grabbing 15 rebounds for a total index rating of 44. He also played 13 games with the team in the Serbian League and had similar production, averaging 10.9 points, 6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.Ģ014–15 season: ABA League MVP and rebounding title Over 25 Adriatic League games, he averaged 11.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. In the 2013–14 season, he saw more minutes on the court for the senior team.

In February 2013, he officially signed a 4-year contract with the team. At the age of 17, he appeared in 5 games of the Serbian League and averaged 1.8 points and 2 rebounds in 10.2 minutes per game. In December 2012, Jokić signed a contract with Mega Vizura, although in the first season with the team he played mostly for their junior team in 2012–13. Jokić played youth basketball for Vojvodina Srbijagas, drawing attention when he had achieved a total index rating greater than 50 in 2 consecutive games.

#Basketball stars nickelodeon 2 professional#

Professional career Mega Basket (2012–2015)

Jokić also loved horse racing as a child and competed as an amateur, a passion he still holds today. The brothers are friends with former NBA player Darko Miličić.

Post and for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Steamers in the Premier Basketball League. Both brothers played basketball in Serbia with Nemanja later playing college basketball for Detroit Mercy and C.W. Jokić developed a love of basketball early in his life playing with his two older brothers, Strahinja and Nemanja, who were a decade older. He grew up in a cramped two-bedroom apartment that housed him and his two brothers, both parents and grandmother. Jokić was born in the city of Sombor in the northern part of Serbia.

Jokić ranks among the top 10 on the all-time list of the NBA players with the most triple-doubles ( regular season and playoffs), where he is the leading European player and center, and he holds the record for fastest triple-double (achieved in 14 minutes and 33 seconds). In the 2022–23 NBA season, he was awarded NBA Finals MVP after leading the Nuggets to their first-ever NBA championship. The following season, he once again received All-Star and All-NBA honors, while leading his team to the Western Conference Finals. In the 2018–19 NBA season, while leading the Nuggets to the Western Conference Semifinals, he received his first All-Star and All-NBA First Team selections. He was voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2016. Jokić was selected by the Nuggets in the second round of the 2014 NBA draft. He represents the Serbian national team with which he won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. A five-time NBA All-Star, he has been named to the All-NBA Team on five occasions (including three first-team selections), and won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the 2020––22 seasons. Nicknamed ' the Joker,' and hailed as one of the biggest draft steals in NBA history, he is regarded as one of the greatest players and centers of all time. Nikola Jokić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Јокић, pronounced ( listen) born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player, who is a center for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).