Discovering Nikola Jokić: From Unknown in Serbia to 2x NBA MVP | ALL THE SMOKE
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- Serbian sports agent Miško Ražnatović recalls how he discovered Nikola Jokić by seeing his crazy stat lines in a newspaper. #ATSCroatiaTakeover
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Kobe predicted Joker would be a star back in 2016 after playing against him for the first time. Dude was coming off the bench at the time as a rookie. Kobe said after the game the league was going to have a problem in the future cause he is going to be a star.
I knew by his 2nd year he would be the most valuable incoming
I love Serbia, been there on vacation, the best and most helpful and hospitable people I’ve met in Europe so far.
And the best food by far
Thank you man, i am from Belgrade Serbia, and i must say, everyone's of my guests was saying the same.
We are all Serbs!
@@MilutinSRB87 your people are the best. I went to Croatia and Serbia that summer with my best friend from the states. Serbian people were so hospitable, they made us the best beef stew even though it was early in the morning like 10 am and they were already serving my best friend jack Daniels with no questions. Also we got lost there in a small town and there was no bus to take us there. A man went and got his friend to drive us 2 hours back and didnt overcharge us like they do in Croatia. Of course we paid him well because he deserved it but he didn’t have to do it. It was late and we would have to wait for expensive cab since we had no choice. He took it upon himself to help us and make sure we were safe and not overcharged. The best experience I have had out of all European countries I have been to. Thank you Serbian people for being helpful and normal to us dumb tourists
@@katlap3101 🙏 i am so glad and happy that you guys make a way out from that situation.
Tnx God.
Thank you for a kind words, in the name of all Serbians, i hope you will come again. I also must say that hospitality is deep in Serbian gens.
This year, Miško has 3 players in the NBA finals. Last year, he had both NBA and Euroleague MVPs. 🤯
wtf. thats crazy
@@mnoorist8223 who is third beside 2 nikola?
@@branko6068 vlatko cancar
@@branko6068 i think Čančar is myb
@@branko6068Nikola Jovic is the other one
Nba teams should hire this guy as a GM. He is don Corleone of serbian and european basketball
Tbh a lot of teams probably do have him as a connection
He makes much more working WITH the NBA instead of FOR them.
Why would he want to be a GM? Lol
@@slimthugga1 that's every agents dream, he can find other people to run his business
@@mojeime8029 definitely isn’t every agents dream
For those who dont know. The person being interviewed is the biggest basketball agent in europe. he really knows what he is talking about. He has great portfolio of players.
I love this so much :) Miško speaks pretty good English, but his pronounciation is like a true Slav :)
He sound like my dad and uncle hehe
Serb
Anybody who can speak two languages gets my respect whether they got an accent or not . . .
#believethat
@@LeksoS Serbs are Slavs so he didint said anything wrong
@@serbianwarrior385 your knowledge is lacking
Или ти, не знаш о чему причаш. Ал да те научи ђедо. Реч словен/славен потиче од речи слава и наденута је онима који славе славу од оних који не славе (немаца). Зна се ко слави славу
I think Jokic cares about his horse more than the MVP trophy 😂
I would hope so his horse is alive his mvp is an object
and it is actually true
Have you ever had a pet
@@mehranhassan3297 I used to have a dragon 🐉
truly crazy story…now he’s the best in the league
Anthony Day to Davis clears 💯
@@taken4granite817 clears in injuries
Has best team
@@taken4granite817 Jokic left toe >Davis
Idk if he’s better than Giannis only person who get a pass on defense maybe curry
Nice to see somebody from American media actually doing reporting instead complaining how Jokic doesn't wont to talk to them.
Except all the smokes is a podcast and on you tube. Not representing American media...
@@slobausa Sta nije to na Showtime?
@@ObelixCMM Mozda. Ja gledam na you tube
@@slobausa I ja
THAT explains why Jokic is as humble as he is. You gotta love him. ❤❤
Interesting fact 😎 Serbia extended their historic 3x3 World Cup heroics, capturing their sixth title in just 8 editions after defeating USA (21-19) in the final.
To think a player who ended up being as great as Jokić almost slipped through the cracks is unfathomable. What a journey he has had. As someone who has been a Nuggets fan since 2005, it’s an honor to have him on our team. The most incredible part is that I can see him staying in Denver for a long time.
Joker seemed like a loyal guy, he will never leave denver unliss the management screw up the team so bad.
Slip thru the cracks at 7ft? Thats a huge crack.
Believe me, in Serbia probably over 50% of young talents never get to realize their full potential!
@@jlui21in Serbia it's not that distinctive, on average they are some if the tallest ppl in the world. I checked that after their soccer team came to world cup and had a size of a basketball team, looked like growm men playing against kids out there, too bad thats not necessarily attribute you want to have in soccer lolz.
Misko has been finding and producing excellent players Jokic and Jovic on the heat.
Miško Ražnatović is an institution. This guy knows how to get the right coaches and target the right players for potential. It's no wonder his team Mega produced the most NBA drafted players in Serbia, even more than the giants Red Star and Partizan.
Miško Ražnatović LEGENDA! Kakav je to majstor ima to nesto da prepozna igraca. Miško stari smeker.
Nikola has me reevaluating image of a superstar. Now I expect them to be humble and normal 😊
Good luck on that lol… it’s hard to be humble when you grow up in a spotlight. Jokic is one of a kind
You've never heard of Tim Duncan?
@@mestizomarquez8944Alright, those guys are great and humble too.
Nuggets fans, like myself, could definitely get use to this!! So much Nuggets talk and breakdowns and coverage these past few days!!! I feel like a little kid for Christmas not knowing which video to watch next!! In the regular season it felt like a 3 business day wait just to catch postgame media talk and highlights!! 😂😭
Spot on!!!
Is this guy Jokics agent? Matt Barnes seemed really nervous with his questions at the start 😂
@@mylord4916 Yes
Oh man i feel the same😂like a kid. First when i wake up Watching denver jokic videos
@@MilutinSRB87 you live across the pond? In Serbia? I’m just assuming because of the flag!!
Jokic happened because of a newspaper. Luck is a hell of a thing
blessed
Also in irony, we don't like to acknowledge it.
The story is BS just so you know :)
Destined
@@rankoorovic7904 how you know
- 2x MVP
- 1x NBA Conference Finals MVP
- 5x All-Star
- 5x All-NBA
Nikola Jokic this postseason:
- 2nd in PTS
- 1st in REB
- 1st in AST
🃏 has averaged Nikola Jokic this playoffs:
29.9 PPG
13.3 RPG
10.3 APG
62% TS
In head-to-head matchups:
Jimmy - Jokic -
22.9 PPG 19.4 PPG
5.1 RPG 9.6 RPG
5.7 APG 6.4 APG
46/33/90% 53/46/84%
Himmy Buckets is 6-8 Vs Nikola Jokic in his career 14(games)
Jokic stats by playoff round:
1st -
26.2 PPG | 12.4 RPG | 9.0 APG
2nd -
34.5 PPG | 13.2 RPG | 10.3 APG
3rd -
27.8 PPG | 14.5 RPG | 11.8 APG
-Nikola Jokic joins Wilt Chamberlain (1967) as the only players in NBA history to average a triple-double in back-to-back Playoff series.
-Nikola Jokic (27.8 PTS, 14.5 REB, 11.8 AST) is the 4th player to average a triple-double in a Conference Finals:
-Jason Kidd (2001-02 vs. BOS): 17.5 PTS, 11.2 REB, 10.2 AST
Magic Johnson (1982-83 vs. SAS): 17.5 PTS, 10.5 REB, 14 AST
*Wilt Chamberlain (1966-67 vs. BOS): 21.6 PPG, 32 REB, 10 AST
*Divisional Finals
Most Triple-Doubles in Single Postseason
NBA History
2023 Nikola Jokic 8
1967 Wilt Chamberlain 7
1982 Magic Johnson 6
2019 Draymond Green 6
The Nuggets are now 8-0 at home this postseason.
Only 4 MVPs in NBA History have never made an NBA Finals appearance:
- Nikola Jokic
- Derrick Rose
- Steve Nash
- Joel Embiid
Nikola Jokic joins LeBron James as the only players in the last 25 years with 10 points & 10 assists in any half of an NBA Finals game.
James did it in his 42nd Finals game.
Nikola Jokic is the first player to have at least 10 assists with 0 turnovers in a single half during an NBA Finals game in the play-by-play tracking era (since 1997)
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Man, you the entire stats department and then some.
Lol you should publish this
I know the post is about Jokic but goddamn how ABSURD it is to even have a 42nd Finals game? (for LBJ)
@@jeanlucbertumen8687Not hard if you are top 3 all time and have superteams everytime 🤷♂️ Just sayin.
Someone told me Jokic was not All NBA First Team this year, so I checked on wikipedia, and holy shit he really isn't...
Joke of a league..
@@noah18150 I think they only have one slot for center, so Embiid goes in by default since he's the MVP
@@jovincebrillantes1042 yea we know. That’s why it’s a joke…
@@Geeandrezzi relax... Giannis didn't get a 3rd trophy because of the playoffs narrative.
I think they're changing the rule for all NBA where it's not position specific so you could have like two centers making the team and things like that.
Respect to Miško for taking Olympiakos and Panathinaikos money year in year out for at least two decades. He is a great man of the sport.
Them boys be finding the clutch interviews we really want to see
Not two times MVP it's THREE TIMES MVP🎉
Don’t hate bro just because one guy is good doesn’t mean another is bad.
The real MVP Nikola.
Crybay always injured fraudbid
@Pro Scopez I did not said that Embid is a bad player, just Jokic is better!
He dropped off in the last quarter of the season, Embiid earned that MVP.
Jokic still clears him though.
Its cos media dissed him even used false narratives like that hater Perk or Nick W. Plus Embiid was crying to media and even callout Jokic in an interview just to not show up in Denver couple of days later ! Now we all see how that went up for Embiid and media clowns ! Now you know how we Nuggets fans felt and we new this is bound to happen comes playoffs !
I appreciate this, Matt Barnes and Up In Smoke always get the good interviews
Miško the G.O.A.T 😅
Love it I am a quarter serbian feels great
Come to Serbia, drink some rakija and you will be 100 % serb.
@@michaelpetrovich5353 I did that ! Zivela Srbija
@Michael Petrovich I'll come but.i do not drink alcohol anymore ever since I was 25 I've had no desire to drink alcohol
@@hoopdr3amz23 rakija is not alkohol, rakija is something more. Its a way of life, its the nectar of the Gods.
Nobody is saying that you should get drunk.
You only have to take one shot and the doors of your soul will be unlocked and you will be 100 %😁
@@hoopdr3amz23 Then eat some pečenje or ćevapi with us brate. We love our American Serbs!
AWESOME interview guys
Amazing video. Great agent!
bravo for you Mat for doing this interview !
great interview, the entire nuggets gets buckets. as an entire team up 1-0! we’ll come back to this tweet to see if they prevail
JOKIC THE REAL MVP 🏆
I think the best analogy to make is that this guy is the Bill Belichick figure to Jokic. Not only did he discover him and coach him, but he is also his agent to this day. Jokic was a sleeping giant with an extremely versatile skill set, but it took a versatile basketball mind to awaken him.
Joey Diaz's serbian step brother.
One time matt i was in belgrade kalemagdan 1982 higher then a motherfucka
😂
Without the creepy me too's
Hahaha he does kinda look like him
Let me tell you something Joe Rogan
This dude has so much talent that is winning MVPs playing basketball as an hobby LOL
Nikola 🏀 🏆on the 🌎 with 🇷🇸 in ❤
U guys should come to Belgrade we would treat u like kings , alot of serbs that watched nba loved the we believe team.
Great job showtime.
Great segment boys
awesome work boys
Taking The MVP Trophy away From Jokic Added Fuel Too His 🔥 🔥 🔥
Good Job.. 👍🏿 👍🏿 🤣😂
I sow jokic once playing on tv.he was like 18.woow it was so obvioues he is gona be great.
Great video
I need more! Where's the rest?! I'm never commenting on these but I need it!
3x Mvp in the minds of anyone who can think properly, and soon to be champion. The greatest player of his era, the highest peak we've seen since prime Jordan.
Nikola already deserves a movie.
I love how his Moonswatch matches with his shirt
Misko legenda
This is like the Pat Riley of Serbia
His story reminds of that Ratatouille ideal. In this case 'Not just anyone can be an MVP, but an MVP can come from anywhere'
If the NBA wants to succeed, they need to stop cheerleader announcers from ignoring the international players. If they don’t, we’ll all watch Eurobasket…
"If the Nba wants to succeed" What planet are you living on? Nba "succeeded" 30 years ago which is why Jokic is there in the first place. I am from Europe and I never watch Eurobasket. Rest of the world doesnt watch Eurobasket. Nba is THE league whether you like it or not.
@@mrfatuchi many in europe still dont follow it that much. it could be way more profitable if they focused on europeans
@@markusengel4701 It wont because of the time difference. Who is going to get up in the middle of the night to watch live games.
No we won't! Just like casual soccer fans only follow the Premier League and don't care for MLS. Stop playing the victim
I wonder what’s Stephen Jackson feels whenever the show is talking about how his guy Joel rob Nikola of his supposedly 3rd MVP
yeah, i think they dont realize who they are interviewing. this guy is the Don
Media dissed him even used false narratives like that hater Perk or Nick W. Plus Embiid was crying to media and even callout Jokic in an interview just to not show up in Denver couple of days later ! Now we all see how that went up for Embiid and media clowns ! Now you know how we Nuggets fans felt but we known this is bound to happen comes playoffs !
Watching Joker/Murray is like watching an inverted Malone/Stockton
Where's the full interview???
And now..in your starting line up NikOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOla Sweep'aQueenovic'!!!!!!!!
Don Miško 😂
Love the Joker! But can we get a hand for Matt Barnes you got to remember this guy was not very well-liked in the league not just because of the Kobe stent but because he had a Jordan Clarkson mindset where he was pretty much ready to go at the first sign of anything not going his way. He's turned out to be a super good in-depth interviewer and should probably have a spot ESPN or some other platform to do analysis. Stephen Jackson kind of the same mentality and all that video proof of the malice in the palace he sure has seem to mature in his later years much more reserved and well-thought-out as well. Sometimes is controversial and sometimes I disagree with him but who am I to disagree with a 10-year plus veteran who was capable of scoring 20 points a game. Just my opinions
was thinking the same thing, Matt Barnes is eloquent af when he cares about the interview. Nice to see how far theyve come. Stacks stay a little crazy though lmao.
Stack can still get pretty wild & biased with his takes. I think Matt is much more refined as a media guy.
They’re both great actually, they have diff styles on interviews and that’s what makes their show so good
Seriously, lol why is Stephen Jackson even there at times.... depending on the guest he says nothing and looks like he doesn't want to be there
I think he is racist
@@stepancevicmilos he does it to white and black guests he was just engaged with Jason williams
I think there's nothing wrong with just listening and absorbing information. I would say Matt is the more intelligent and more of a media person than Stephen.
@@dimitrijetucovic1307 you can't do that the whole show if you're a cohost, they even have questions on the prompt you can ask
@@rashawnne7050 Oh for sure.
još si taj džoker u rukavu, još si taj lek za moju glavu
Misko and Dejan Milojevic
He really talks like a Balkan Godfather
Stephen Jackson hates jokic you can tell
Who is Stephen Jackson
@@NeneVZ The other cohost former Nba player
When you realize destiny really is a thing
5:00 This one really gets me lol.
The media is so desperate to get Nikola to care about extracurricular awards they’re willing to bend reality and pretend he’s sitting at home praying for more MVPs.
Like no one outside America cares about that shit, rings are the only things that matter.
Why the description has “Croatia takeover” in the subject line?
Croatia has nothing to do with Jokić or Jović
I think it's because the ATS guys recorded this interview with Misko Raznatovic at the Sunset Sports Media Festival in Zadar, Croatia that took place a few days ago.
And someone insists the Joker is stat padding 🤣
🃏
Amazing interview and story, thank you Barnsey for getting him on
An original/nonstardard talent is dificult for an average mind to see
Thats why mr Ražnatović had to do it himself
Discovered him without even seing him
Whats with the hashtag? ATSCroatiaTakeover?
Interview was made in Croatia. Miško, Matt and Steph were guests on the same sports festival in Zadar.
@@tonirezan7187 Nice I did not know it was held there. Zadar is gorgeous.
Jokic was cute chubby too .
Stephen Jackson don't trust him though 😂! The way he looks at him.
Stak thinking about what religion he's gonna convert to the next month
@@sonik6892 useless comment
@@karimb972 Still less useless than Stephen Jackson when it comes to all the smoke sit downs
Serbia got some orchards.
This guy is manager from serbia, unfortunately to say now days corrupted politics are destroying our rep. and Nacional team with their involvement in sport, it is not the understatement to say this guy is keeping our rep alive because his talent to find players without hepl of the state
Čovek je primetio da su Zvezda i Partizan kancer našeg sporta i krenuo svojim putem. Nikola nije potekao iz Zvezda i Partizana 🤭
Dude looks like a mob boss
He wasn't 'unknown in Serbia, he was the best player in a pretty big club there, won some trophies, played Euroleague, was Adriatic league's MVP....
DENVER IN 4
God has a plan.
I'm From Serbia. And i know from the very close people to basketball that a certain coaches noticed Jokić before this fraud Misko. Even Miško was doubting. And his agent was literally pushing him to see this guy and signed him. So he was not the first to notice Jokić believe me.
Yeah I'm from Serbia too. Good times dude
It's an interesting topic. Miskos results are undeniable. But he is a complete sleazeball. I mean just look at him 😂😂😂
you are jealous people, how many people's lives did he change with his contracts and how many of them did he secure, don't you wonder??
Westoids surprised at the level of hoops talent coming out of the Balkans is hilarious… the Dominicans of the basketball. The greatest pound for pound hoopers in the world
That’s crazy that showtime got George Floyd to do this interview 🤯 great to see he can breathe now!
Stephen Jackson is such a hater, icegrillin the man for no reason😂
GUY IS SERBIAN AND YOU PUT CROATIA WTF
ATS stands for all the smoke. They are in croatia right now thus ATSCroatiaTakeover. Nothing to do with Joker or his nationality..
He should have been MVP this season also Embid is a quitter
He doesn't talk much yay let's his basketball talk for him
What is wrong with S.Jackson ??
Jet leg ? To much Croatian vine or weed..who knows..
probably he tried some of the Serbian home made rakija.
His agent is not that good person, he have way to big ego but tnx god nicola doesnt care for that too much...
It's called success Dude
Raznatovic is full of BS all the coaches and teams at the time knew that Jokis was a HUGE talent he just got him by promising him 30+ min per game,whic is legitimate but he is pretending all the time he was the ONLY one who saw his talent
Without the crooked refs and nba league helping lebron eliminate Steph and the warriors in the second round, jokic and the Denver nuggets would have been home already by now. They in the nba just don’t like the warriors to win and Steph outshine the big stars like lebron and Michael et al
Watched the Lakers Warriors and agree Warriors got hosed. Highly unlikely they beat Denver though. But I guess you have the psychic powers
@@NeneVZ maybe they’d lose in the end, but would have been a better match than with the heat coz Miami is really undersized!!! A lot!!
cope
Absolutely Gereat Nicola
Dude pronounce his name correctly!
“Yo - kitch” wrong❌
“Yor- kitch” right ✅
“Ni- ko-La” wrong❌
“Ni- Kor- La” right ✅
Nikola Jokic
you so wrong, fool
What? 🤦♂️.. there is no “r”.. anywhere…
@@Timur21 yeah I know that- this is for the “English - western” people to understand.
My wife is Serbian- we married in Belgrade - been there many times.
@@Brother_from_Oz aw that's sweet, you went all the way to here to marry her
@@dimitrijetucovic1307 we met in Australia - together for 10yrs and decided to marry in Belgrade so her family can celebrate with us.
I love all Serbians - Croatians - all of ya’ll. Very similar to NZ (Māori) culturally- where I’m from. 👍🏻❤️
Jokic overrated
your basketball knowledge is too
Ok then explain us why he is overrated?
He's better than anyone else in the world right now
Bro you predicted mavericks and clippers for western conference finals, you don't know ball
Overrated or not, His new name is Nikola Sweep'aQueenovic' and he came in and handled that drama queen
Pretty simple they’re not racist. Everyone in America thinks you have to be black to play the game of basketball. It’s pathetic.
Its crazy that if he hadnt have read the newspaper the best basketball player in the world might be doing some average job in serbia😂😂
Crazy....
Funny thing is that although a lot of people would miss out in that case (like people in Denver), Nikola himself would be happier and probably have a better life.
He would still be married to his girl and would probably do horse racing all year.
He would make some money playing for a mediocre euro team for 4-5 years playing ball, just enough to start his horse racing team and he would 100% quit basketball to switch to that.
He wouldnt be famous, media wouldnt bother him, no fans, he could walk around and live just like a regular dude.
I think that is his dream.. To be able to live just a normal modest life without anybody paying any attention to him.. And he could spend all the time he wants around horses and his family.. No schedules, no flights no nothing.
Damn, if someone would offer him that trade right now I think he would just take it.. But now too many people are putting preasure on him to keep on playing, to keep on winning.. Like the ownership, the fans, his family to some extent, his agent..everybody.. And he is the kind of guy that wants to make everyone happy and not disapoint anyone.
Denver is lucky to have jokic he is not your typical american who wants to go to bigger cities. I don't see him leaving denver.
@@warhund This is my why my favorite quote is... "A blessing or a curse, what's the difference?"
It’s nut how many players that doesn’t get reached out to be that could be amazing