I am one of those who have a name that is difficult to pronounce for most people so when I run into that one stranger who pronounces it perfectly the very first time they see it, I wanna give them a BIIIIIIG hug.
It is about the melody of speaking word/name Nikola As word Nikola in 5th case (padež) doesnt change as many other names/ words. It has diferrent melody sounds like mom or teacher :)
@@Djoga100why? I’m the biggest Jokic hater ever and I don’t get what you’re saying he literally just beat my king in game 2 I couldn’t have any more hatred for that big horse rider.
@@Grind2Excellence They complement each other, each one of them is making the other one even better player, and the whole team. These guys practically grew up together in a league, both as the players, and as the men.
@MrDiMES123 jamal saves him? After missing 20shots before that and putting the team at all in that situation?? Jamal is not an allstar with a reason. If Joker had any true PG such as lilard or anyone literally who is an all star he would sweep all opponents
@@OsceolaNola7 the way that he perks his head up the way that his eyes sparkle when he hear his home language and how his name sounds from his foreign tongue. You can see when he’s around people or his horses or hoops or what really matters to him you can see how big his heart is from what he says around his daughter and his wife.
The first thing I thought was man he misses home. U can see it in his eyes.@@OsceolaNola7to answer your question. A man only longs for certain things when he is wealthy enough to buy everything else. Love and family. And hearing a familiar voice he knows has ties to home, immediately touched him and pulled his heart into it. The relief when he realizes it's for real and yes this is a country man of mine at the end says it all. Ps. Don't be so simple
Nelson Mandela said, "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
@@dannydiazphoto😂 Take the word out of the dictionary, half of you will still call off work at least once this week. But hey, keep making excuses and blaming verbatim.
Jesus loves us! For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 💖✝ For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 💖✝ For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:23-24 💖✝
When it comes to bosnians, serbs, croatians. We can recognize each other off pronouncations almost instantly lol. The second he said his name with a Slavic tone Jokic instantly knew it was one of us 😂
@@v7poistblazneihe objectively said Nikola. It was an A, I promise you. There’s minor differences between many of the sounds in their language that you can’t hear as a native English speaker without a lot of practice. Many of their As are mumbled and hard and to us sound like Os. I was a Serbo-Croatian Cryptologic Linguist for the US Army.
@@j.g.mcbell9494 Sounds good......My family is Czech and I've been speaking Czech for over thirty years....I could be incorrect applying Czech grammar rules I guess....I understand Croatian OK when I'm there...I'll have to head further south for the experience. But it's Turkey this summer! ČAU!
Nothing touches the hart more than hearing your mother tongue... especially when he surrounded by English speakers all day it was likely a breath of fresh air to him
What are you talking about? Bron still shining bright. Unfortunately it is a team game and not individual. Jokic may go down as the best center ever by the time he is all done.
Jesus loves us and died for us! For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 💖✝ Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 💖✝
Jesus loves us! For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 💖✝ And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 💖🌅 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:8 💖✝ Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10:13 💖🌅
Everything ablout this guy is class, honesty, and pure entertainment. I hope he gets 10 rings, 10 MVP, 10 Finals MVP. Honestly, he's the only reason many people are watching today's brand of basketball.
Jesus loves us! For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 💖✝ But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: John 1:12 💖🌅 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 💖✝
@@jobrock1079not really, but many (if not most) Slovenians can understand and speak basic Serbian so many Serbs that come here don’t bother to learn it because they can get by without it
I hope people realize how truly amazing Jokic is, basketball speaking. He may go down as a top 10 player all time. He's already the most unique skilled big man and the greatest passing big in history
kakav je ovo kralj. natjerao me lik da već petu godinu na posao idem ko zombi. prije toga 15 godina nisam gledao NBA. sad znam playoff rotaciju Denver Nuggetsa, prednosti i mane svakog igrača... da mi je netko rekao....
@@ManWhoKnewTooLittle nevjerojatan je. Radi se o vjerojatno najboljem, tj. najkompletnijem ofanzivnom igraču u povijesti. Treba mu još jedan prsten, i finals MVP i to ga cementira u TOP 10. Ima još 4 godine prajma, onda ovisi o njemu. Ako odluči igrati do 40. (što može zbog načina igre), ko zna di bi završio. Realno, gledamo jednog od najvećih ikad
I get the double negative of mispronunciation and misspelling. Every time either happens, it makes me not want to talk to the person who committed the offense -_-
@@bhill005 I know the feeling, I used to have a neighbor who mispronounce my name, I don't know if he does that on purpose but I find that offensive haha
@@bhill005You're sad and pathetic. I have a Slavic name. Never in all my life has anyone in America pronounced my first or last name correctly on the first try. I go by a nickname because most people struggle with my first name even after being told how to sat it properly. Why on earth would this bother me? If anything I have fun with it. I went to China and absolutely no one could even get close. It was hilarious.
I am amazed it takes so long really. Just say "Nicholas" (like the actor Nicholas Cage) but leave the "s" at the end out. Maybe if he just wrote "Nichola" people would get it, this way only one sound dropped and it somehow became Knee-Cola.
@@lkix8010 I thought so, too. But upon looking at it more carefully, I'm certain the way he raised his head upon hearing "Nikola", that he was reacting to that, and he was surprised. And you remember how fast Joker's response time is. And I'm telling this as a Serbian. BTW, we don't mind for our names to be mispronounced. My own name, when pronounced correctly sounds like an internal combustion engine clicking on all cilinders. 😂 So I don't mind people pronouncing it the easier way. And I'm pretty sure that's the case for a majority of Serbian people. Nikola was just pleasently surprised.
This is why he is so great and one of my top five favorite players all time. He is just a dude who is amazing at basketball but just wants a simple life with good people and loving family in the long run. This is the kind of person you want to see make a ton of money because they will help better the lives of so many deserving people, not just buy a Maserati and blow $40k at a strip club.
As a classroom teacher for more than 20 years, the simplest but most impactful thing one can do is pronouncing a student’s or someone’s name correctly.
This man was mid day dream about leaving the United States to go home and then he heard his family literally call him from the crowd in the true pronunciation of his name. 16-0 Sweep Nuggets
For those that don't know, Jokić probably got surprised by seeing Miroslav Ćuk. He runs a Serbia themed podcast on the Denver Nuggets fan channel called DNVR sports. This was his first time in Denver.
Ladies and Gentledevils, here it beee.... Translation of the full serbian interaction in the end: miroslav ćuk: nikola. (nikola: oh hi!! *he heard the serbian*) the lakers won a championship only 3 and a half years ago, and you just beat them for the 10th time in a row. do you have a certain way to take these moments in, while the team is capable of winning even the games that go completely south at first? jokić: of course, i think we're in a great stretch where we beat them 10 times in a row but i think every game is... this game today, we were losing by 20 at one point and it could have been very bad for us, but yeah. we always somehow find a way, we believe in one another and i think that shows on the court. and at the end of the day, when he (jamal) got that shot in, everybody jumped, of course it's the playoffs and all that but i think we were all happy for him that he scored. miroslav ćuk: you're trying to live in the moment. jokić: yes. absolutely. you have to, because tomorrow is a new day, and you forget (today) already, so you have to enjoy the moment.
Did nikola not say: хорошо? (Serbian equivalent) before reporter said çao? Idk Russian or Serbian but it sounded like jokic was like “good!” When he heard/noticed the reporter
Bro got more excited hearing that than winning the championship 💀
Lmaoooooo
Bukvalno
So patriotic Jokic
😂😂😂
Nonono, I need to go home... 😂😂😂
Jokic: That ain’t a reporter….that’s Family
LMAO
I am one of those who have a name that is difficult to pronounce for most people so when I run into that one stranger who pronounces it perfectly the very first time they see it, I wanna give them a BIIIIIIG hug.
@@diambo4life arent you special
💀💀😩😂🤣
I read this in Shawn Wayans voice lmao
bro got activated like the winter soldier
😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmao Train yard 🤣
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Mission report.
“My countryman!!!”
❤
What are they saying?
@@tokivikerness8863 "Lakers were the champions before only...." gets cut off by Nikola
@@diaboliquedia4300"oh hi!" "hi"
@@user-sp9ue1ws7c no, they don't say harašo in Serbian. He said "hej, čao", which would translate to "hi, hello". The reporter replied "čao"
That Serbian reporter woke the big fella up!😂
“Pause.”
He looked up so naturally like his parents were calling him.
No he looked up excited like someone speaks his language.
Yes, i had the same look first time i heard Serbian after 6 months in Georgia
It is about the melody of speaking word/name Nikola
As word Nikola in 5th case (padež) doesnt change as many other names/ words.
It has diferrent melody
sounds like mom or teacher :)
he truly did , like it was someone of common knowledge or relation
@@BruhWhyDidTheyChangeThis You don't take jokes well huh?
"Could this man be one of my people" meme
that is the last thing he wants prob xD
@@Djoga100why? I’m the biggest Jokic hater ever and I don’t get what you’re saying he literally just beat my king in game 2 I couldn’t have any more hatred for that big horse rider.
@@Ginamy72it was Jamal Murray who always saves jokic
@@Grind2Excellence They complement each other, each one of them is making the other one even better player, and the whole team. These guys practically grew up together in a league, both as the players, and as the men.
@MrDiMES123 jamal saves him? After missing 20shots before that and putting the team at all in that situation?? Jamal is not an allstar with a reason. If Joker had any true PG such as lilard or anyone literally who is an all star he would sweep all opponents
He is very homesick always very sensitive big hearted guy you can tell.
How can you tell any of that from a 10 second clip?
@@OsceolaNola7 Exactly.
@@OsceolaNola7 the way that he perks his head up the way that his eyes sparkle when he hear his home language and how his name sounds from his foreign tongue. You can see when he’s around people or his horses or hoops or what really matters to him you can see how big his heart is from what he says around his daughter and his wife.
The first thing I thought was man he misses home. U can see it in his eyes.@@OsceolaNola7to answer your question. A man only longs for certain things when he is wealthy enough to buy everything else. Love and family. And hearing a familiar voice he knows has ties to home, immediately touched him and pulled his heart into it. The relief when he realizes it's for real and yes this is a country man of mine at the end says it all. Ps. Don't be so simple
@@OsceolaNola7 a picture says a thousand words so what does a 10 second video say 🤔
Nelson Mandela said, "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
Madiba
Someone should've spoken to him in the language of economics because South Africa has the worst inequality in the world because of him. Tata SELLOUT
What if hes deaf?
@@Pako_equis Use sign language and that'll go to his heart.
@@Cindy99765 Ok captain obvious
This man genuinely has a love for his country and his people in Serbia 🇷🇸
and we, people from Serbia, also have big love for Nikola ❤️
My husband wakes up in the middle of the night to watch his games, even though he has to get up at 6 am for work. 😂
@@sandrabojovic4817 he is great.
Reporter: *speaks*
Jokic: I sense one of my people
Reporter isn’t Serb
Yes he is bro
Best feeling!
😂😂
This is stupid
He Is so humble. Hearing a country fellow talking to him made his day xxx❤
Translation: My Niggaaaa!!! 😂😂😂😂
For over 400 years that word has kept our people down.
@@dannydiazphoto😂 Take the word out of the dictionary, half of you will still call off work at least once this week. But hey, keep making excuses and blaming verbatim.
@@budknight8868 half of what?
@@dannydiazphoto Tropic thunder refference. got you lol
@@wenlisman you people....
He was sick of it than he felt back at home again… pure ❤️
He perked up when he heard a brother from his homeland, that’s a MAN who is proud of who he is 💪👊✊👍😎
Flashbacks to the first day he saw a horse 🐎
😂
His name was "Mini Nikola"
@@Jos3phIVIasucciLil’ Nikola
💀
This comment section tff😂
just "Nikola" was enough for him to realise he was one of ours
exactly english pronounciation of hes name isnt good. he just heard perfect pronounce of hes name and that alerted him.
i heard Nicole? like Ni-Kol, right? why type Nikola? as it would sound Ni-ko-la in english
@@sherwinpinugu he says all 3 syllables, but it's very exaggerated in American English. It sounds more like "nik-la"
@@NoCluYT The English enunciate 'o'.
@@thinkerismoit sounded the same way we say it but in 2x speed😭
Koliko ja volim ovo čoveka. Toliko je spontan I neodoljiv I nevidjeni patriota ❤❤❤❤❤ Koliko on samo voli svoju zemlju ^-^
How can you not like this guy ? Very humble guy !!!
By being mean and seeing evil everywhere. The same they see in Djokovic.
He’s like WTF is that ?!
This dude is humble. Everyone appreciates that
Underrated clip.
Underrated soul.
11/10
Jesus loves us!
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 💖✝
For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 💖✝
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:23-24 💖✝
@@Andrew-Johnson damn bro thats crazy
I love Nikola. So down to earth. No big ego here. Also one great player.
When it comes to bosnians, serbs, croatians. We can recognize each other off pronouncations almost instantly lol. The second he said his name with a Slavic tone Jokic instantly knew it was one of us 😂
@@v7poistblazneihe objectively said Nikola. It was an A, I promise you.
There’s minor differences between many of the sounds in their language that you can’t hear as a native English speaker without a lot of practice.
Many of their As are mumbled and hard and to us sound like Os.
I was a Serbo-Croatian Cryptologic Linguist for the US Army.
@@j.g.mcbell9494I actually heard "Nico-lob"
@@j.g.mcbell9494how hard is that language to learn?
@@j.g.mcbell9494 Sounds good......My family is Czech and I've been speaking Czech for over thirty years....I could be incorrect applying Czech grammar rules I guess....I understand Croatian OK when I'm there...I'll have to head further south for the experience. But it's Turkey this summer! ČAU!
@@LynxStarAutoShort A. I am Nikola too.
The man asking the question is probably from Belgrade. They tend to talk like gays.
Nothing touches the hart more than hearing your mother tongue... especially when he surrounded by English speakers all day it was likely a breath of fresh air to him
Nothing hurts the eyes like misspelling HEART*.
@@josecoreano633 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@josecoreano633 👍🤣
It's hard to not like this guy.. Joker is a likable player. ✅️💯💪🏽
“Finally! I haven’t heard my name said correctly in 10 years!”
He loves his family and country more than anything ❤
Serbia
Reminds me of when a reporter called Steph Curry "Wardell" 😂😂🤣
that was so good 😂
@@jzmskzm Lol right!
Naw, Steph was annoyed by that.
Steph looked up like "are you serious rn?"😂😂
@@princellasmith7562 naw he didn't mind
It’s like being in a foreign land and hearing another American speak. We’re all homesick and relate to those who share our culture.
Priceless reaction...I not a Nuggets fan but how can you not like this dude!!! Velicina !
I’m a lakers fan. But fuck it man. Nikola is that dude. 😂😂 bron had his time. I’m not mad to see others shine now.
Good on you bro, way to admit it unlike all the other Lakers fans
I've burned up my purple and gold merchandise just to buy some Jokic jerseys. Im a Denver fan today.
@@derekhayter4879 Good for u
What are you talking about? Bron still shining bright. Unfortunately it is a team game and not individual. Jokic may go down as the best center ever by the time he is all done.
You win some you lose some part of the game
He said "hey, ciao" Serbian friendly greeting
That's italian 😂
@@stevengerrard110 we say the same, but it's written ćao. I wrote in Italian guessing that people could understand it better than serbian lol
From Italian but lots of cultures say a form of ciao regularly. Like in Portuguese but spelled Tchau.
@@stevengerrard110 lot of places actually
@user-cz7bu5qk8w and in Spanish we have chao.
Jokic: Oh wait that’s a brotha?!
Jesus loves us and died for us!
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 💖✝
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 💖✝
Very heart-warming moment 😊
Everyone deserves to have their name pronounced correctly. It’s a sign of respect.
Unless its adolf
Or hitler
@@drewbewhoadulf shitler
not the guy who made the nazis
Definitely, although I can't expect people to get mine right on first glance.
Even after what he's done to the Lakers, I find it extremely hard to hate this man
Naruto hates no one
Makes it easier to like this man
@@baron17your profile pic looks like Jokic looking for his horses
bro you are allowed to like more than one team
You can’t hate Joker that’s why everyone pushed for him to win such a loveable guy never boast always humble
I love it! Such a wholesome reaction to his fellow countrymen and hearing his native language spoken!
Jesus loves us!
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 💖✝
And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 💖🌅
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:8 💖✝
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10:13 💖🌅
🤣🤣🤣You gotta love this guy
Not really lol
Yup
@@adamjohnson5307laker fan spotted 😂😂
@@adamjohnson5307why? He is a great player with a great personality
Nothing compares to the happiness you feel when you find someone from your country speaks your national language
I love jokic. He goes against everything americans stand for. Loud, obnoxious, arrogant. He doesn't care for any of that. It's amazing.
You gotta love this guy! So down to earth.
Everything ablout this guy is class, honesty, and pure entertainment. I hope he gets 10 rings, 10 MVP, 10 Finals MVP. Honestly, he's the only reason many people are watching today's brand of basketball.
10 is almost impossible in this day and age.
You got that right. Passing is what makes it a beautiful game. And he is a master passer.
Covek nije mislio bukvalno
10 MVP’s despite already having had one stolen would be sweet
Imagine if Doncic and him played together in Denver. Mind-explode.
Jokic: finally someone who speaks my language
Jesus loves us!
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 💖✝
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: John 1:12 💖🌅
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 💖✝
If he got this much love for his language, his culture, I can’t imagine how hard he’s willing to play for his country.
Shows you how important it is to remember and use people’s names!
That’s like being black and hearing a black person yell “what’s good bro” then asks a question. After playing basketball in China for 3 years
LOL
It's the small things for this MVP
*The
@moonmullen9992 You're right, but sounds better with "this"
@@OpalRuins true
I bet he's cooler in Serbian
He's probably an entirely different person. I'm sure the guys in the locker room know that side of him.
Aaron Gordon said in Serbia he's treated like a King. They have so much love for him that side
He's just a kid when he's in Serbia
He's goofier
He's pretty cool here.
I just came from Serbia today. Absolutely lovely people there ❤❤❤ Pozdrav svima iz Slovenije!
Someone in Slovenia just won €60 million Eurojackpot last week. It wouldn't have been you by some chance?
Slovenes say that Serbs who have lived for many years in Slovenia still can't speak Slovenian. Is Slovenian much more complex?
@@jobrock1079not really, but many (if not most) Slovenians can understand and speak basic Serbian so many Serbs that come here don’t bother to learn it because they can get by without it
Slovenijo volimo vas❤❤❤
That the look of a homesick man. He really wants to be with his people back home😂😂😂😂
I hope people realize how truly amazing Jokic is, basketball speaking. He may go down as a top 10 player all time. He's already the most unique skilled big man and the greatest passing big in history
If NBA lets him. There's a lot of big black high-jumpin dudes they gotta sell.
kakav je ovo kralj. natjerao me lik da već petu godinu na posao idem ko zombi. prije toga 15 godina nisam gledao NBA. sad znam playoff rotaciju Denver Nuggetsa, prednosti i mane svakog igrača... da mi je netko rekao....
Isto :)
Yes sir! Denver is a great team and they're very fun to watch! 💪🏾
Iz Hrv sam ..poceo opet gledati NBA u Doncicevoj prvoj sezoni u medjuvremenu mi Jokic postao drazi i od Luke
Brate, Nikola je vratio nadu u NBA košarku. Postalo je dosadno i nezanimljovo.
@@ManWhoKnewTooLittle nevjerojatan je. Radi se o vjerojatno najboljem, tj. najkompletnijem ofanzivnom igraču u povijesti. Treba mu još jedan prsten, i finals MVP i to ga cementira u TOP 10. Ima još 4 godine prajma, onda ovisi o njemu. Ako odluči igrati do 40. (što može zbog načina igre), ko zna di bi završio. Realno, gledamo jednog od najvećih ikad
I know that feeling when you suddenly hear the home language.
It knows u2
There nothing sweeter,then hearing your name,or your native tounge❤❤❤
Props to the HR team for getting a Serbian media correspondent.
That’s the most excited I’ve ever seen Joker 😂
Yo as a person who’s name gets mispronounced more often than not, there is nothing sweeter to a man’s ears than his name pronounced correctly
I get the double negative of mispronunciation and misspelling. Every time either happens, it makes me not want to talk to the person who committed the offense -_-
@@bhill005 I know the feeling, I used to have a neighbor who mispronounce my name, I don't know if he does that on purpose but I find that offensive haha
@@bhill005You're sad and pathetic. I have a Slavic name. Never in all my life has anyone in America pronounced my first or last name correctly on the first try. I go by a nickname because most people struggle with my first name even after being told how to sat it properly. Why on earth would this bother me? If anything I have fun with it. I went to China and absolutely no one could even get close. It was hilarious.
Every reporter should learn to pronounce his name the right way, it will make him excited to answer
"nee-kow-kuh". Imagine how annoying that must be to him
Most people will never be able to pronounce his name with that accent so it will never sound right.
I am amazed it takes so long really.
Just say "Nicholas" (like the actor Nicholas Cage) but leave the "s" at the end out.
Maybe if he just wrote "Nichola" people would get it, this way only one sound dropped and it somehow became Knee-Cola.
@@GK-cb3vc they can tell nikola tesla but they cant tell nikola jokić
@@bllade23
Well to be honest if you said Nikola Tesla to most americans they would prob tell you that is a very strange name for a car.
Best player in basketball right now!
A pure Hooper with class
Especially If he win this chip!
I love serbs. They are great ppl.
ask bosnians
Serbian reporter: Nikola.
Jokic: 😳 Fo' shizzle my brate!
Like he heard the dinner bell 🔔🔔
His language ...didn't expect . CIAO -from Italian , usual call in Serbia .
I hate the nuggets being a spurs fan but I love this guy and wish him nothing but more success 😅
He is also your coach’s favorite player😅
I respect he coming over to do his job but his heart is always home respect
Брат мой, что случилось?
"My brother, what's up?"
He knew it was one of his people as soon as he heard the pronunciation of his name
It's something about your first language, attention immediately once hear that channel of noise. ❤❤❤😊
Reporter : Nikola (perfect pronunciation)
Jokić: 👂🏻👀🙂↔️
It’s not the name pronunciation but the follow up question in Serbian language that got his attention
@@lkix8010 I thought so, too. But upon looking at it more carefully, I'm certain the way he raised his head upon hearing "Nikola", that he was reacting to that, and he was surprised. And you remember how fast Joker's response time is. And I'm telling this as a Serbian. BTW, we don't mind for our names to be mispronounced. My own name, when pronounced correctly sounds like an internal combustion engine clicking on all cilinders. 😂 So I don't mind people pronouncing it the easier way. And I'm pretty sure that's the case for a majority of Serbian people. Nikola was just pleasently surprised.
@@lkix8010it is rection on pronauncing his name!!!
It's very specific!❤
@@predragnikolic5807so what’s your name?
@@yuriysokhaI think Nikolic
I'm a dubs fan, but I absolutely love Jokic. I look forward to watching this dude for the next decade +
I wish I had a friend like jokic he's so cool and lay back 😂😂😂
Wholesome moment ❤
This is why he is so great and one of my top five favorite players all time. He is just a dude who is amazing at basketball but just wants a simple life with good people and loving family in the long run. This is the kind of person you want to see make a ton of money because they will help better the lives of so many deserving people, not just buy a Maserati and blow $40k at a strip club.
Boban and this guy are adorable guys in NBA 😁
As a classroom teacher for more than 20 years, the simplest but most impactful thing one can do is pronouncing a student’s or someone’s name correctly.
Gru couldn’t believe that one of the minions finally got it right
😂😂😂😂
RESPECT 🤜🏽✌🏽🤛🏽🙏🏽
I mean if I were him I would too. Respect
Jokic looked like " Oh $h!t we in here(serbs)!!"
No place like home☺️
We been saying his name wrong this whole time and still do, we don't deserve him,,
Akumpo
And giannis isnt yawniss its ya-neez
its like nikola tesla ....same pronouncing
He got 15 flashbacks in that moment 😂
I can only imagine how he hates all the nicknames we give him smh
That meant more to him then his MVPs 😂
Bro turned Nikola into 1 syllable
This man was mid day dream about leaving the United States to go home and then he heard his family literally call him from the crowd in the true pronunciation of his name.
16-0 Sweep Nuggets
They also spoke his language 😊
instant flashback of his horse racing in Sombor after he won the championship and finished the parade.
Joker is hilarious
Thanks for these clips!
My heart feels him!!
For those that don't know, Jokić probably got surprised by seeing Miroslav Ćuk. He runs a Serbia themed podcast on the Denver Nuggets fan channel called DNVR sports. This was his first time in Denver.
Thx
But he called him Rashaw?
@@bluehillz Jokić said "E ćao", which means hey ciao.
@@bluehillzbruh
Nobody cares
Damn hating what’s he’s doing to the lakers but this shit is wholesome
Kinfolk, 🤣🤣🤣
You always recognize your fellow countrymen !! 😂
Suddenly, the sound of home: He was immediately transported. Beautiful moment.
Nicola is the man!!! Im rooting for him! ❤
Ladies and Gentledevils, here it beee....
Translation of the full serbian interaction in the end:
miroslav ćuk: nikola. (nikola: oh hi!! *he heard the serbian*) the lakers won a championship only 3 and a half years ago, and you just beat them for the 10th time in a row. do you have a certain way to take these moments in, while the team is capable of winning even the games that go completely south at first?
jokić: of course, i think we're in a great stretch where we beat them 10 times in a row but i think every game is... this game today, we were losing by 20 at one point and it could have been very bad for us, but yeah. we always somehow find a way, we believe in one another and i think that shows on the court. and at the end of the day, when he (jamal) got that shot in, everybody jumped, of course it's the playoffs and all that but i think we were all happy for him that he scored.
miroslav ćuk: you're trying to live in the moment.
jokić: yes. absolutely. you have to, because tomorrow is a new day, and you forget (today) already, so you have to enjoy the moment.
You are a true legend
@@apipoowitsaruttamai5332 Thanks! Now it is true OUTSIDE mine own mind. Hee
Did nikola not say: хорошо? (Serbian equivalent) before reporter said çao? Idk Russian or Serbian but it sounded like jokic was like “good!” When he heard/noticed the reporter
Gold Medal to you sir.
Jokic having a Cheers moment..
Jokic: Where everybody knows how to pronounce my name..
Hearing his language brightened his day😂 so patriotic gotta love him😊❤
He's like brother😢😂
Bro was like I feel some disturbance in the force
nooooooooooo, he felt like he is one with the force thats why he had that reaction
My man Miroslav Cuk💪💪💪💪