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Carmelo Anthony calls Denver Nuggets giving Nikola Jokic his number a ‘petty maneuver’
"What I believe is they gave him 15 to try to erase what I did."
Nikola Jokić responds to Charles Barkley with iconic deadpan after buzzer-beater
"My friend, it went in."
Nikola Jokić on fame: ‘When I finish my career, I really wish nobody knows me’
"It just feels sad, whenever you go to the bar, restaurant, some game, people are just taking their phones out and trying to record you."
Steve Kerr rips NBA over turning games into ‘disgusting’ parades to the free-throw line
"We're just enabling players to BS their way to the foul line."
Nikola Jokić has amazing reaction to controversial ejection in postgame interview
"It could've been really fun to see how it would be handled."
Bulls announcers Adam Amin & Stacey King slam refs for ‘terrible’ Nikola Jokic ejection
"The people didn't come to see the officials. Let's be honest, they came to see the players."
JJ Redick calls BS on Nikola Jokic’s carefree spirit in interviews
"I think this is all a bit. I think he is putting this on. I really do."
Pistons play-by-play man George Blaha blasts referees after Nikola Jokić ejection
"These fans did not come here to see Curtis Blair, Tre Maddox or Andy Nagy, whoever they are."
Nikola Jokić kindly does the media’s job for them
"I can just talk because I know what you’re gonna ask."
Charles Barkley trashes TNT for Nikola Jokic snub
"Not only is it stupidity not to put Joker on there, but also we're actually coming to Denver to start the season."
Nick Wright wants Denver Nuggets to get over their media coverage gripe: ‘Take your victory lap’
"You guys won. You’re the champion. You have unequivocally one of the two best players in the world and most people think the best player in the world. The grievances? Get over it, all of them. Get over it!”
Nikola Jokic’s title win had many looking back at the time ESPN ran Jusuf Nurkic highlights around his extension
In 2018, ESPN accompanied discussion of Nikola Jokić's contract extension with highlights of the Blazers' Jusuf Nurkić.
Philly radio host calls Nuggets’ title ‘meaningless,’ insists Joel Embiid is better than Nikola Jokic
"Give them their meaningless ring and get back to the NBA being interesting again."
Mark Jackson hilariously trolled himself after Nikola Jokic won NBA Finals MVP
"I can go home and sleep peacefully."
Nikola Jokic’s ‘The job is done’ and ‘I have to go home now’ comments were the funniest post-championship remarks in a while
"Nobody likes their job. Maybe they do. They're lying."
Here are TV and radio calls of the Denver Nuggets winning their first NBA title
"IT'S OVER! AT LAST, THE LONG WAIT IS OVER! AFTER 47 YEARS, THE DENVER NUGGETS CAN FINALLY CALL THEMSELVES NBA CHAMPIONS!"
J.J. Redick accomplishes the impossible: Getting Stephen A. Smith to admit he was wrong
"Jokić isn’t known for having some kind of dominant post game."
Kendrick Perkins believes ESPN should do a better job of promoting Nikola Jokić
"We shouldn’t have to be waiting to the NBA Finals to be able to appreciate Jokić."
Bill Walton tantalizes Pat McAfee by comparing Nikola Jokić’s passing to the Arkansas River
"When you have that, it allows the offense to flow seamlessly, pretty much like the Arkansas River coming off the eastern slope of the continental divide."
Mark Schlereth on ESPN’s ‘horrible’ Nuggets coverage: ‘Nobody in television wanted the Nuggets here.’
"I think they've done a horrible job, but I understand why."
Jeff Van Gundy calls some Nuggets fans ‘clowns’ for reactions to Mark Jackson’s Nikola Jokić MVP snub
"Mark's being kind to some of those fans. They were, some of those fans were clowns at the game."
Charles Barkley ‘disappointed’ LeBron used the ‘fools on ESPN’ to overshadow Nuggets
"I think he did it intentionally."
Jay Williams would like you to know he’s been talking about Nikola Jokić this whole time
"One of the things I’ve been on the whole year is, I’ve been forcing [Nikola] Jokić into conversations."