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Charles Barkley on Nuggets star Nikola Jokic: “His body would be the last thing I’d be worried about”

Got a problem with the way that Nikola Jokic looks? Sir Charles has a problem with you.

“Listen, his body would be the last thing I’d be worried about if I was a fan or anything,” NBA legend Charles Barkley told The Denver Post during a phone interview. “That would be the least of my worries.”

Through 11 games this season, Jokic already has two triple-doubles and two-game winning shots under his belt. But when fans and media tried to distill the source of his strange funk that lasted nearly a week, it often came back to his body, which the team listed at 284 pounds to start the year.