NBA ALL-STAR MEDIA DAY

February 18, 2023

Nikola Jokic

Media Day Press Conference

NIKOLA JOKIC: I think there is a lot of European players that are impacting the game on a really high level and have a huge role in their team.

Q. If somebody doesn't know who Luka Doncic is, how can you explain what kind of player he is?

NIKOLA JOKIC: He is a one-man army. He is the guy who can destroy you, who can really manipulate the game the right way. There is no good matchup for him.

If he has a smaller guy, he is going to post him up. If he has a bigger guy, he is going to go by him. He has the deadly step-back. He has a really big basketball IQ. He is seeing the floor really on a different level. So basketball-wise he is a really, really unique player. And a person, he is a really good guy. A guy you can hang out with.

Q. What's the name of your favorite horse?

NIKOLA JOKIC: My first horse that I bought, Dream Catcher.

Q. Who would you pick for the All-Star Game, Aaron Gordon or Jamal Murray?

NIKOLA JOKIC: That's hard. I'm playing with Jamal so long, and we have a really good connection. I'm going to pick both of them.

Q. Your phone, laptop, or video console, which would you cut?

NIKOLA JOKIC: I think my goal is to not use my phone when I finish my career, so I think I can go without most of them. I just need YouTube to watch horse racing, and that's basically it.

Q. You don't play video games?

NIKOLA JOKIC: Not anymore. A little bit, but not -- what?

Q. Any Pokemon?

NIKOLA JOKIC: No, no, no.

Q. What's your favorite breed of horse?

NIKOLA JOKIC: Breed of horse? I don't know -- Standardbred. That's how you say. Yeah, Standardbred. It's harness racing, so it's a trotter. They call it trotters, yeah.

Q. You already won two MVPs. Would you change that to being the Finals game?

NIKOLA JOKIC: Of course. If you miss something collectively and something that everybody is trying to win, yes, you're going to change that for any ring or any opportunity to win something big.

Q. How many minutes do you want to play in the All-Star Game?

NIKOLA JOKIC: I mean, I don't know. As long as I have two points, that's it.

Q. (Off microphone.)

NIKOLA JOKIC: Yeah, yeah. Of course, not just them. We have a great addition in Bruce (Brown) and KCP, and now we have Thomas (Bryant) and (Reggie Jackson) came to us. I think the players that we are bringing, they can help us a lot.