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Nikola Jokic to participate in Skills Challenge during NBA All-Star weekend

Nuggets star Nikola Jokic is going to be busy over NBA All-Star weekend.

Jokic was named as a reserve to his first NBA All-Star Game last month and just got word his skills are needed the night before All-Star Game.

Jokic’s duties won’t just entail showing the league his triple-double capabilities as the Nuggets’ big man was selected to participate in the Skills Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 16, in Charlotte, N.C.

With his selection as a reserve he became the first Nuggets player to make the big game since Carmelo Anthony’s appearance in 2010-11.