When he was a teenager, he was a little fat man who was not interested in basketball. Even he once admitted that he was not suitable for professional leagues at all, and he was not as good as those friends who participated in training with him. Many technical moves that others can easily learn often take more time to master when it's his turn, so that little fatty often cries during training. If it weren't for his father's threats and inducements, he would firmly let him engage in basketball.
At the 20 14 draft, other players who participated in the draft were waiting for their draft results at the scene or in front of the TV, but Jokic didn't seem to take this draft to heart, but chose to fall asleep, because, as the draft report said, the little fat man who used to drink 3L cola every day thought he would never be selected by the NBA team. Even ready to continue playing the European League, but fate played a joke on him. Second round ranking 1 1. The Denver Nuggets selected the young center who was considered completely unable to adapt to the pace of the league game, and signed a contract with the young player with a slight blue color in the following year.
This choice was tantamount to gambling for the Nuggets at that time, because djokic's talent at that time was simply mediocre, and his figure was a bit out of shape for professional players. Especially in the previous World Youth Championships, qi zhou, who was selected as the best team, could only hide in the corner and look up at qi zhou's back like an ugly duckling, but basketball is not just a talent game. The success of the draft is like getting through Jokic's strange classics, and he has paid more.
Jokic, known as "walking with five flowers", may even be inferior to qi zhou if he has talent, but in terms of developing his own talent, even the above three people together are not necessarily better than Jokiki. In terms of single technology, Jokic has almost no defects, and his technology is comparable to that of top defenders, which also makes Jokic the center with the most unsolvable offensive end among active players. Jokic can attack at any position on the court, and after being double-teamed, he can send a wonderful pass to his teammates. Just like Sabonis and Bill Walton in the healthy period, he used his excellent basketball IQ and personal ability to help his teammates integrate into the attack and lead the team to win the game.
Who says obesity can't stand in the NBA, and who says mediocrity can't be a superstar? See what djokic has done since he entered the NBA. From being selected into the first team of the best rookie in the new department to becoming Odom, he became the second sophomore player to complete triple doubles in a single month, from an ordinary second-round show substitute to becoming a team leader, bringing the Nuggets back to the playoffs with the second record in the West, and also creating the fastest triple doubles record in history. He became the first center player to score 30+ 15+ 17 in a single game since 1988, and the second center player in history to contribute at least 10 triple doubles in a single season. He was elected as an all-star and had the best team for a while. Even the American media, which has always hated foreign players, regards Jokic as the first choice for the future NBA center.
Djokic, not only became a superstar, but also moved towards legend step by step. In the first round of the playoffs, the old Spurs and Popovich had no choice but to let him do whatever he wanted inside. As a technical center, Jokic has not even entered the golden age of his career. You know, the older the technology center, the more demon it is. Their golden age is 28-32 years old, and Jokic, who is increasingly puzzled, still has many technologies.
In the past five years, the Nuggets paid Jokic a top salary to keep the core of the team's leaders. Jokic, who has become a billionaire, has not changed as before. Apart from basketball, there is basically no scandal about him, and it seems that he has not been disturbed by any off-site factors. This is the most precious place of Jokic, who keeps his heart.
A player who keeps his initial heart, trains hard and makes progress every season is bound to succeed. Perhaps compared with Embiid and Downs, the jockey wizard is the insider who can truly inherit the glory of the center and become a legend in the future.