Nikola Jokić doesn’t get the attention of other NBA leading men, but he’s still happy with his status in the league
, the consensus betting favorite who is having a monster season for the 76ers. And yet it’s not difficult to make the case for Jokić over Embiid.
The lack of spotlight is clearly a bit of a sore spot for some Nuggets, though it’s also a balancing act. En masse, the organization believes Jokić deserves more attention, even if he refuses to throw his own name in the ring. At the same time, “Where’s our“If you spend all your time worrying about the lack of attention, then I’m not doing my job,” says Michael Malone, who has been Denver’s coach since 2015 and is forming the league’s next great star-coach partnership with Jokić.
Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth adds that Jokić doesn’t expect special treatment. He can take any kind of coaching. He doesn’t need to be catered to. He doesn’t make any demands about who should be added to the roster. “He has a high EQ and a high IQ,” says Booth, “which is a rare trait.” Even rookie guard Bones Hyland, who says he watched tons of NBA basketball growing up, didn’t know much about the team that drafted him last July.
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