My First Thoughts On Nikola Jokic
00:00:00.000 | Going into the Nuggets, like, I didn't really follow the NBA all that much before I got to the NBA.
00:00:05.500 | So I didn't really know much about Nicola, honestly.
00:00:08.200 | I really did not.
00:00:09.160 | And he wasn't the superstar he is now when I first got drafted.
00:00:12.360 | When you get there, do you see he has the bag to be that player, though?
00:00:15.020 | I really didn't see it at first.
00:00:16.920 | Like, even when we went into training camp, I remember, like, asking my teammates.
00:00:20.620 | Everybody keeps telling me he's that cold.
00:00:22.080 | But in training camp, like, him and Mason Plumlee, our backup center, were, like, kind of going head-to-head.
00:00:26.260 | And they were like, no, Mike, like, wait till the real games come.
00:00:28.480 | You're going to see, like, this dude's a problem.
00:00:29.900 | But I didn't see it at first.
00:00:31.100 | But I quickly found out that he, no, he is the best player in the world.
00:00:35.520 | And I got to play alongside of him for those years.
00:00:37.940 | And it was amazing to learn from him.