A huge recognition for a Serbian basketball player
Source: Kurir / Nemanja Nikolić
Nikola Jokic he received the prestigious “ESPYS” award for excellence in sports, awarded by the American TV network ABC. He was declared the best player of the NBA League, after Steph Curry received that award the previous two years. It was established in 1993. The record holder for the number of awards won is LeBron James, with seven awards, while Michael Jordan has won four.
Jokić was nominated in five categories after leading Denver to its first, historic championship title as the MVP of the NBA Finals. His teammate Jamal Murray was nominated for the award “best comeback player”, after recovering from a terrible knee injury, and the Denver Nuggets were nominated for “best team”.
Nikola Jokić stood alongside the legends of his sport – Dirk Nowitzki, Charles Barkley, Steve Nash, Dwayne Wade, Kevin Garnett… All of them, like Somborac, won that award once, and after winning the NBA title, Nikola will in the following seasons have a chance to match Shaquille O’Neal, Hakeem Olajjuwon, Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant, who won it twice each. Three-time laureate is Steph Curry and only Jordan and LeBron are ahead of him.
It is interesting that during the announcement of the winners he was in America Nikola on rafting with his brother and friends and uses July for a complete rest from the hardest, but also the most successful season of his career.
BONUS VIDEO: Jokić this summer at the hippodrome in Sombor
01:06 Jokić followed his horse’s race Source: Kurir
Source: Courier