How the Nuggets drafted MVP Nikola Jokic🏀 Full interview is live! #mpj #jokic #nikolajokic
00:00:00.000 | When did you realize we had, you know, something special with Nicola?
00:00:04.280 | Did you did you know that early on?
00:00:05.580 | I know Nerkich was here at the time.
00:00:06.880 | Yeah. Yeah, that was it's a it's a funny story about about Nicola.
00:00:10.880 | And if anybody tells you they knew they are lying through their teeth.
00:00:14.760 | I didn't know. The first year I got drafted, I went to training camp
00:00:18.860 | and I had no idea.
00:00:20.460 | Like, so I'm seeing Mason Plumlee and Nicola go at it.
00:00:22.720 | I'm like, wait, why does Nicola start over Mason?
00:00:25.160 | Like, I remember that was my thought process.
00:00:26.860 | So, yeah. Yeah. Tell me that story.
00:00:29.340 | How did you? So, yeah, Yoke Yoke is a is a funny story.
00:00:32.400 | I remember sitting with our former president of basketball ops and GM
00:00:36.340 | at the time, time.
00:00:37.840 | They're like, hey, there's this guy that you should you should see on tape
00:00:40.480 | because we want to we want him to keep his name in the draft.
00:00:43.140 | And he but he wants to stay over in Europe for one more year.
00:00:45.520 | I remember them showing me on tape and Nicola's wearing like this.
00:00:48.380 | Their colors were like pink and blue.
00:00:50.980 | And and Nicola couldn't jump over a phone book, but he catch these balls
00:00:55.460 | and he'd throw these passes that you're like,
00:00:57.520 | I don't know how that's going to translate, but that...