DeMarcus Cousins just lately revealed simply how little the NBA means to Nikola Jokic in comparison with his life exterior of basketball.
Cousins shared a stunning dialog he as soon as had together with his former Denver Nuggets teammate.
“A harmful dude,” Cousins mentioned whereas describing the three-time League MVP on Straight Recreation podcast. “What I like probably the most about Jokic is his character. When you ever get the possibility to have a dialog with him, if he tells you even slightly extra about himself, he’ll be sincere. He doesn’t care about any of this.
“The NBA is perhaps his second, third, and even fourth favourite factor in life. In most video games the place he places up these loopy stats, he most likely doesn’t even need to be there. And that’s what’s scary. It’s loopy.”
Cousins, who performed with Denver in 2022, recalled a dialog about cash became discuss of retirement.
“After I was in Denver, our lockers had been subsequent to one another within the locker room. I don’t keep in mind who had simply signed an extension on the time, however I instructed him: ‘Your new contract goes to be insane!’ He instructed me: ‘Cuz, I would retire earlier than that contract.’ I mentioned: ‘You’re going to depart $300 million on the desk? Are you loopy?
“Signal the contract after which get fats, turn out to be unhealthy. Simply don’t miss out on $300 million!’ Then he instructed me: ‘Cuz, I simply need to return to my hometown and chill with my horses.’ I instructed him: ‘Joke, these horses can be there. You’ll simply purchase extra horses with $300 million.’”
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