Nikola Jokic guided Denver Nuggets to their first-ever NBA championship and was named a unanimous NBA Finals MVP while being misunderstood and disrespected in the US by former players like Gilbert Arenas & Kendrick Perkins and many other celebrities and fans.
There is more than one reason why Americans don’t understand Jokic and we break down all of them in this video.
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Americans under Jokic just fine. It’s the out of touch media that seems to have issues.
D.I.R.K N.O.W.I.T.Z.K.I nuff said
Jokic, Dokovic, Ibrahimovic, Modrić…they are just no drama people, with Balkan roots. Easy as that! Why investing energy in promoting yourself when you have basketball and you put energy in it. It is enough. Americans always look for more. Why?
They dont understand that europeans are diferent
Good for him, just show up and win.
Jokic is disrepected because he is white and blacks like Stephen Smith hate white people.
Down to earth and not arrogant like American players.
Refreshing. He doesn't give a shit about stupid crap that really means very little. Good for him. Who cares what other people think? Or social issues? Great for him
wow, for me he's a Superstar
When money in your hand vs money in your head.
The dude races horses, how can you not love him
We do pay him 100 times more than Europeans would, so I think Americans may appreciate him as little more than euros.
He's misunderstood and disrespected because he doesn't act like an attention seeking clown like the majority of NBA (will sound like a racist, but let's be honest, flamboyant fashion and clowning is a domain of African American players)
not respected in the US besides Denver Colorado. Jokic is a god in Denver
Americans forgot what a decent man looks like.
American and Serbian culture is very different. Jokić does not care about being the best. He is in the period of his life when he is in top form and it is a great shame that they took such great achievement away from him.
Jokic is just a no bullshit amazing basketball player. Everything about his game is genuine and speaks for itself, Americans can’t grasp that concept but thank God for him cause he is a pleasant breather to this modern nba era
no i need to go home😂,. bring the parade to his home😂
Yeah nobody cares but a gay from Balkan exactly from Serbia make you all look so stupid hahahahha Joker is the king
So basically the NBA fanbase (most of it) basically consists of teenagers who care more about money and fame than the game itself. You have to trash talk, talk about money, make big money and flaunt it, do interesting interviews, be active on social media, put out shoes and all that crap to be a 'superstar'.
I understand that NBA fans like to talk about how their favourite player has signed an enormous deal, but how does this keep coming up in post match shows as well where it's supposed to be about Basketball analysis and everything on the court.
The Football superstars earn so much more than an average NBA 'superstar', especially since the advent of the Saudi league, and yet, let alone showing it off, most fans are critical of the amount of money that's getting into the sport.
One more thing I noticed is that, Lionel Messi, arguably the Greatest football player Of All Time, decides to go to the US to play Football and all that the media talked about is how much he's getting paid, his deals with the club, his deal with Apple. In this case, I get it that Americans don't really watch Football but then this trend seems to continue in every sport.
The Keanu Reeves of NBA Nikolai Joker
Woke is media. Jokic is definition of anti woke.
Americans don't understand Jokic because he's just a humble guy and he knows that basketball is just a game. He also doesn't let media take things out of proportion.
Well, it seems that most americans are xenophobic to all non-american looking ppl… who would thought.
Arenas doesn't even have an NBA championship. Jealous much?
Humble dude and kind too kudos Nikola
There are hundreds of videos on YouTube just about Jokic passing and millions of views.
These sports broadcasting interns should stick with WNBA.
I'm sorry Gilbert but you nailed it just the opposite. Yes Nikola Jokic is an NBA superstar and is the current most valuable player and the most watched player.
I just wish Jokic would get out of the horse buggy racing and get into bull riding. ha ha
Mmmm… I suppose American basket is in deep trouble then. 😀 Come on lads, promote these Euro players, you have no choice now! 😀 this is going to be fun.
He can play.Thats all matters.