In Miller and Jokic’s first season with the Nuggets, Danilo Gallinari was Michael Malone’s first option on offense. Gallinari averaged a team-best 19.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists in ...

But at the time, Jokic’s conditioning issues were clearly holding him back. Recalling a story he shared last week, Miller remembered referring to the 20-year-old big man as a “fat, ugly kid” before ...

Jokic just missed out on his fourth MVP award, taking second place in the vote, but was compensated with a spot on the All-NBA First Team after a season where he made plenty of history in a way tha… ...

Jokic, who has won three of the past four MVPs, is a finalist for the award again for the 2024-25 season after averaging 29.6 points, 12.7 rebounds, 10.2 assists and 1.8 steals and shooting 57.6% ...

In 2015, when Mike Miller joined the Denver Nuggets, the rookie Nikola Jokic took all his attention. At first glance, he reacted surprisingly, stating, “I don’t know who that fat ugly kid is ...

Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander -- the two MVP frontrunners this season -- will duke it out in Game 7 on Sunday for the right to meet the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference finals.

All told, Jokic scored 20 points to go with 16 rebounds and 6 assists in 42 minutes. When viewed like that, does not seem so bad. When viewed through the lens of himself, though, it was.

Nikola Jokic, the no-frills basketball genius, wore a beige zip-up hoodie over a white T-shirt Wednesday night. He would have been a stylish dog walker, but this was his postgame NBA playoffs attire.

Nikola Jokic rolled up his sleeves in the second half and carried Denver, which went down by as much as 14 points. He finished with a monster double-double of 42 points, including critical buckets ...

He didn't. More from USA Today: "Jokic was privy to the decision [firing Malone] before it was announced, and there was not an objection, people familiar with the situation told USA TODAY Sports.

Jokic responded by saying, "Um, I mean, thank you guys." Ultimately, Jokic would go on to say later in his response that one day, when he’s retired, he will look back and say he had a good game.