By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Nikola Jokic is dominating in the NBA. The two-time MVP led his team to the Western conference final, breaking records and pushing barriers on his way, and his agent Misko Raznatovic considers him one of the best players ever to come from the Adriatic region.
Raznatovic compared Jokic to legendary Drazen Petrovic, who is considered the greatest player in Croatian basketball history, and one of the region’s best ever.
“It’s always been difficult for me to admit that someone is better than him but what Nikola Jokic has done might be a bit ahead, and everyone else is far behind. Of course, we have to take into account the time in which Drazen played. The NBA was closed to foreign players back then,” Raznatovic explained to Sportske Novosti.
He was in awe of Petrovic’s brilliance on the court.
“To score over 40 points, to be selected in the All-NBA Third Team… these are incredible things to achieve in the NBA in the 90s. To this day, his basketball, that grace of movement is the greatest fusion of sport and art that I have ever seen,” Raznatovic concluded about Petrovic.
Even though he believed in Jokic from the beginning, he couldn’t imagine the heights he would reach.
“I did not expect him to grow into such a star nor did anyone else. It was clear that he had an incredible talent, that he had something natural in him,” the agent recalled. “There isn’t a player around here that I would have thought would be a two-time NBA MVP, especially without athletic ability. I’m glad he proved me wrong, he’s playing amazing, and I hope he continues like that.”
Raznatovic believes Nikola’s character sets him apart.
“He doesn’t pay attention to events near the court, to social networks, and other things. He’s really modest and on point. He shows in interviews and public appearances that he’s serious and smart, I’m very satisfied with him. He’s built an image off the court and became a man that new generations should look up to,” Raznatovic said.