For Nikola Jokiu0107, the Most Valuable Player award was never about a career season where he consistently proved his dominance night after night.
This was about Sombor, his small hometown in Serbia. This was about a Nuggets organization that’s been on the rise since he arrived in 2015. Most importantly, this was about family. So, when the news broke that Jokiu0107 would be named MVP, he made the award about them, not him.
“My family, they live every game with me, they live every moment with me,” Jokiu0107 said. “They’ve been with me from Day 1.