It all amounted to yet another dud All-Star event for the league, which has been grasping for proverbial straws throughout this decade. Nikola Jokic gave perhaps the most honest answer afterward when asked if there’s an answer to the ongoing search for a better product. “I don’t know,” he said. “I think it’s not a question for me. I don’t know. I think maybe we should focus on some other things than All-Star. I think it’s always going to be like this, so we should accept it.”
Source: Denver Post
Source: Denver Post
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
😂📕Nikola Jokic couldn’t believe Victor Wembanyama brought a book to the All-Star locker room!
pic.x.com/DvYczsLcYl – 12:21 AM
😂📕Nikola Jokic couldn’t believe Victor Wembanyama brought a book to the All-Star locker room!
pic.x.com/DvYczsLcYl – 12:21 AM
Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA
It was fun seeing Jokic, SGA, Wemby all looking to get the ball to Trae. – 9:10 PM
It was fun seeing Jokic, SGA, Wemby all looking to get the ball to Trae. – 9:10 PM
Kevin Chouinard @KLChouinard
I can’t believe Jokic threw the lob to Wemby instead of Trae. – 8:56 PM
I can’t believe Jokic threw the lob to Wemby instead of Trae. – 8:56 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
First bucket for Team Kenny: JDub lob to Mobley.
First bucket for Team Chuck: Jokic to SGA. – 8:36 PM
First bucket for Team Kenny: JDub lob to Mobley.
First bucket for Team Chuck: Jokic to SGA. – 8:36 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Mark Daigneault cooking up a horns action with Jokic and Shai at the elbows and Shai slipping to the rim for a bucket with the feed from Jokic. Sheesh. No days off for the bench boss. – 8:36 PM
Mark Daigneault cooking up a horns action with Jokic and Shai at the elbows and Shai slipping to the rim for a bucket with the feed from Jokic. Sheesh. No days off for the bench boss. – 8:36 PM
Duvalier Johnson @DuvalierJohnson
Predictions: what kind of performance do we see from Jokic?
Will he try? pic.x.com/AHcVF1cuWY – 8:34 PM
Predictions: what kind of performance do we see from Jokic?
Will he try? pic.x.com/AHcVF1cuWY – 8:34 PM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Game 1 starters
Chuck: Siakam, Towns, Jokic, Mitchell, Gilgeous-Alexander
Kenny: Williams, Jackson, Mobley, Edwards, Brunson – 8:28 PM
Game 1 starters
Chuck: Siakam, Towns, Jokic, Mitchell, Gilgeous-Alexander
Kenny: Williams, Jackson, Mobley, Edwards, Brunson – 8:28 PM
Duvalier Johnson @DuvalierJohnson
Giannis said that Team Chuck is ready and they’ve been listening to Serbian hype music to get themselves amped up!
Jokic is on the team with a few other International players alongside Nikola Jokic. pic.x.com/cnd3tC9Eo7 – 7:11 PM
Giannis said that Team Chuck is ready and they’ve been listening to Serbian hype music to get themselves amped up!
Jokic is on the team with a few other International players alongside Nikola Jokic. pic.x.com/cnd3tC9Eo7 – 7:11 PM
Duvalier Johnson @DuvalierJohnson
Giannis said the most important game or a way to bring back the All-Star game would be International going against the NBA.
Said he’d love to play alongside SGA, Jokic and others. pic.x.com/wkQN8nmtET – 7:02 PM
Giannis said the most important game or a way to bring back the All-Star game would be International going against the NBA.
Said he’d love to play alongside SGA, Jokic and others. pic.x.com/wkQN8nmtET – 7:02 PM
More on this storyline
If such a U.S. vs. The World All-Star matchup had the traditional 12-man rosters, four more players from the world pool would be needed — and that would mean four fewer American players would get the All-Star nod. “The USA has more talented players than the rest of the world,” said Nikola Jokic, the three-time MVP from Serbia who led Denver to the NBA title in 2023. “Europe and the rest of the world has talented players, I think, but the majority of the players are coming from USA.” -via Associated Press / February 17, 2025
Nikola Jokić to Kevin Hart: “I thought you were someone’s kid” -via reddit / February 17, 2025