The MVP of the last season of the NBA is already on vacation. After reaching the semifinals in the Western Conference where it was eliminated by the Phoenix Suns, Nikola Jokic decided to rest in his hometown of Serbia. In previous interviews, he revealed that apart from basketball there is another passion that he tries to carry out whenever the calendar of the most competitive league on the planet allows it and this break was no exception.
During his childhood in Sombor, a city in the north of his native country, Nikola’s eyes were not pointing to the orange ball. “It was all about the horses”, revealed a few months ago in the first sentence of his letter in The Players Tribune. Horse racing was always Jokic’s true love who competed on several occasions and even highlighted that he achieved a third place of which he is still proud.
The Serbian pivot got on one of the metal carts and together with a horse enjoyed the peace of the city while taking a couple of laps on the humble circuit. “That he inherited from me. As a child I cleaned the stables before going to school “his father explained at the time Branislav, when talking about the origin of your child’s affection towards these animals. On several occasions even Nikola himself admitted that if it weren’t for the orange ball today would be a country boy.
One of the favorite anecdotes of Michael Malone, coach of the Denver Nuggets, it was the day he decided to visit Serbia to know the roots of the star: The first thing the figure of the franchise did was take him from the airport to a race that ended up winning his horse. The last video that appeared on social networks of the giant 2.11 meters above a small carriage perfectly sums up everything that was speculated about the childhood of the last NBA MVP.
“I always loved them, I was attracted by their beauty, and when I saw races, which were important in my city, I was completely captivated by that adrenaline that was lived. So I wanted to get on and experience that feeling. When you are on top of a horse and you feel that another is approaching and you have it there, in your ear, it is amazing. You feel it. You feel the earth shake when the horseshoes hit the ground ”, he explained. Jokic.
The sure thing is that Nikola Jokic rest and enjoy your well-deserved vacation. Next season, they will again have the other star of the franchise Jamal Murray (he injured his knee in the middle of the season) and together with great players such as Michael Porter Jr. O Facundo CampazzoThey will try again to solidify their candidate profile. But meanwhile, he absorbs peace in Sombor to soon represent Serbia looking for a place in the next Tokyo Olympics.
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