{"id":438255,"date":"2023-10-18T17:29:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T17:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=438255"},"modified":"2023-10-18T17:29:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T17:29:47","slug":"nikola-jokic-spends-his-time-scouting-horses-sitting-next-to-jamal-murray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nikola-jokic-spends-his-time-scouting-horses-sitting-next-to-jamal-murray\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic Spends His Time Scouting Horses Sitting Next To Jamal Murray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years, Nikola Jokic has solidified his status as the NBA&#8217;s best player. This accomplishment is all the more remarkable in light of the copious amounts of evidence indicating he doesn&#8217;t even enjoy the game of basketball, including a hilarious video that was taken shortly after he joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/nuggets\/\">Nuggets<\/a> for training camp.<\/p>\n<h2>Nikola Jokic Spends His Time Scouting Horses Sitting Next To With Jamal Murray<\/h2>\n<p>Jokic led Denver to its first-ever title last season, and while he seemed to enjoy the accompanying parade, he was initially a little miffed that the celebrations were keeping him from returning to Serbia. Jokic definitely should have earned his third consecutive MVP award.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jamal Murray: &quot;Who&#39;s that?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Nikola Jokic: &quot;I&#39;m scouting horses.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Jamal: &quot;You&#39;re scouting? How many do you have?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Jokic: &quot;Right now, like, 7, 8&#8230; Uh, 10, 12.&quot; \ud83e\udd23\ud83d\udc0e<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBA<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eF4rbsu5QM\">pic.twitter.com\/eF4rbsu5QM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1714351391680897142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jokic explained earlier this month that 2023 has been his most successful year for his horse stable. &#8220;We grew. We grew. My horses are everywhere &#8211; I have them in France, Italy, Serbia. They&#8217;re all winning races, so I&#8217;m happy,&#8221; revealed the Nuggets&#8217; center. &#8220;I love it [horse racing]. It&#8217;s my passion. It puts me outside of this thing [basketball].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This week during Nuggets practice, Jokic was glued to his phone, and teammate Jamal Murray asked him questions about specifics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am scouting horses,\u201d Jokic said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While LeBron James, Stephen Curry, And Kevin Durant Scout for More Players To Add To Their Ring Tally, Nikola Jokic is Scouting for Horses During Nuggets Practice. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WkT4xvyyR0\">pic.twitter.com\/WkT4xvyyR0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Poetik Flakko (@FlakkoPoetik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlakkoPoetik\/status\/1714625060151943348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When Murray asked Jokic how many horses he had, the Serbian who was raised around horse stables and horse races nearly lost count.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, like seven, eight, 10, 12,\u201d Jokic said.<\/p>\n<p>Jokic&#8217;s distinct viewpoint has taken centre stage ever since he helped the Nuggets win an NBA title in June.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nikola Jokic was watching horse racing on his phone in the trainers room \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nuggets<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CUJiaX0iPo\">pic.twitter.com\/CUJiaX0iPo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1713550782249775508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As expected by fans, the NBA Finals MVP made no mention of excessive or ostentatious celebrations in the postgame interview that followed the team&#8217;s decisive victory against the Heat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe job is done, we can go home now,\u201d Jokic said.<\/p>\n<p>Jokic joked that he would ask Josh Kroenke, the president of the Nuggets, to give him the team jet since he was so worried about getting back to Serbia in time following the celebration in Denver.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nikola Jokic Is Too Busy Scouting Horses To Be Worried About Whatever The Hell Else Going On In The NBA <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ej47APICxI\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ej47APICxI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cW1L197V3n\">pic.twitter.com\/cW1L197V3n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1714409706871996443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jokic returned to his homeland of Serbia less than a week after winning the NBA championship to attend horse racing.<\/p>\n<p>The large man does have a somewhat dry sense of humour, so while it&#8217;s possible that despite being one of the world&#8217;s most dominant players, he&#8217;s just really committed to the idea that he doesn&#8217;t enjoy basketball, it&#8217;s obvious he would much rather spend his time taking care of the sizable stable of racehorses he has amassed and dancing at nightclubs in his native country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I think it&#39;s family, horses, and basketball, in that order, for Nikola Jokic.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/golic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@golic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aW1zIOAZNe\">pic.twitter.com\/aW1zIOAZNe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GoJo and Golic (@GoJoandGolic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoJoandGolic\/status\/1714641130531262497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On October 24, the Nuggets will play their official season opener against the Lakers. 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This accomplishment is all the more remarkable in light of the copious amounts of evidence indicating he doesn&#8217;t even enjoy the game of basketball, including a hilarious video that was taken shortly after he joined the Nuggets for training [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":416828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,51],"tags":[2215,343,17396,9006,17395,9007,9008],"class_list":["post-438255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-denver-nuggets","category-nba","tag-nba-news","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-nikola-jokic-horses","tag-nikola-jokic-news","tag-nikola-jokic-scouting-horses","tag-nuggets-news","tag-nuggets-nikola-jokic"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}