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DENVER, CO - JANUARY 19: Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets looks to pass the ball past Isaiah Hartenstein #55 of the LA Clippers, Justise Winslow #20 of the LA Clippers and Luke Kennard #5 of the LA Clippers during the second half at Ball Arena on January 19, 2022 in Denver, Colorado.It’s always fun to second-guess drafts. Nikola Jokic was drafted in 2014. Look at some of the teams that passed on him: the Boston Celtics, the Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia, Chicago and San Antonio, among others.

Given San Antonio’s brilliant track record of drafting internationally, you’d think they’d have had some idea.

But no one else did either and Jokic has turned out to be an astonishing player who…