Zeev Avrahami, Sombor
published:06.21.23
Cool little article I’ve not seen before…apologies if it’s been posted before.
“His teachers remember him as ‘a perfect person, godlike’; His first coach describes him as the ‘Einstein of basketball’; Even his father Branislav admits, ‘We knew he would be good, but not this good. He was the greatest and the chunkiest’; Here, the world’s finest basketball player blossomed: Ynet’s Zeev Avrahami visited the small Serbian town of Sombor, tracing the roots of an NBA champion” …
by nhyunmi
6 Comments
Still the greatest AND the chunkiest
My favorite part was learning that he got into volleyball so he could have a chance with Natalia 😏
Nobody who has played with Jok would call him gentle lol
Need to put Jok on a campbells chunky ad lol
Best Jokic story is before he was meant to go to Denver he was meant to play for Barcelona in Euroleague. The Barcelona officials went to watch him play in Serbia to see how good he was. Jokic supposedly played bad on purpose so he didnt have to go to play in Spain. He wanted to go to USA because his current wife was studying there and he made sure he did!
Great article.