Nikola Jokic corralled the basketball with his right hand, held it like a football in his huge Serbian grip, and hurled a full-court pass late in Sunday’s home victory against the Raptors.
A timely deep ball, considering the Pepsi Center audience, as Peyton Manning and Drew Lock both previously landed on the Jumbotron to grand applause. And, you can bet the Broncos quarterbacks of future/past were smiling when Jokic completed his QB-like pass to a streaking Gary Harris for the downcourt assist.
Even for Jokic, a well-documented masterful distributor, the pass was poetic.