It's easy to assume that they're nothing more than Nikola's goons, but the reality is very different.
"Basically [they have been with me] my whole life," Nikola told reporters on May 27, ahead of the NBA finals.
"To be honest, when I was coming to United States, I was happy that I'm going to be with them," Jokic admitted."When you're a kid and you're small, when you were little, you always want to be around with the big brothers, and...I was more happy to be around them than being in NBA." ."They play basketball, too. We had some courts outside in our hometown. When they would play on those courts, I would watch when I was a little baby with my pacifier. I mix a little bit of both of them. One is talented, one is really strong. I’m a little bit talented, and a little bit strong."
Basketball, of course, was a family staple."We even had a little basketball hoop in our apartment, and my brothers would play with me when I was little," Nikola recalled."The neighbor downstairs would always come up and complain about us making too much noise."in 2017, the Jokic brothers peeled back the curtain on their childhoods — saying their lives focused on camaraderie and a passion to compete. Nikola also shared what became the legendary Strahinja knife story.
"Nikola doesn't have a choice in whether he wants us around or not," Nemanja said."He's an intelligent guy and I'm confident he wouldn't get off track here [in America]. But this is such an important time and I want him to have the kind of support I didn't. I always tell him,"You're living my dream. Don't take it for granted. Don't make the mistakes we made.
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