Nikola Jokic's godfather lifts the lid on what the three-time NBA MVP was like before his Denver Nuggets fame.
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00:00Nikola Jelke!
00:05You always think of him, little Nikola, you know, but he's not little, he's an adult.
00:09He's seen the world, he's the best in the world.
00:16His older brothers, Nikola and Strahinja, used to play basketball,
00:21so we met each other at the basketball court.
00:23We became friends, and ever since I know both of them, I know Nikola.
00:28Nikola was very little and chubby, smart boy.
00:32He's very humble, highly intelligent, he's got photographic memory.
00:37Everything he sees once, he memorises that forever.
00:41He was a little bit spoiled when he was very little, obviously because of two older brothers,
00:46but he's a great person in every sense.
00:49He's the best player, but he's coming from what person he is,
00:55and from the family and everything else.
00:58You could tell he's extremely talented.
01:02He can do anything with a ball.
01:04He could do that at 15 years old, when he was 15 years old.
01:08He could do the same thing he's doing today.
01:10It's amazing.
01:11Nowadays he's stronger, he's extremely strong, extremely strong.
01:16I compare him as a gorilla.
01:19When I was travelling to Africa, I brought him like a big gorilla, made of wood, carved gorilla.
01:26He didn't have big muscles like Dwight Howard or some other guys when he was younger,
01:33but he was always persistent.
01:35He was doing hard and he was working more than everybody else.
01:41Didn't change him at all.
01:43Some characteristics became more broad and more exponent.
01:48He's more intelligent now.
01:50There is a long road ahead of Nikola.
01:54I'm hoping and I think he's going to achieve more and more.
01:59I personally do, but let's not put any burden on his back.
02:06Let him do what he does best.