Agent: Jokic originally wanted to play in Barcelona for 3 years before going to the NBA. Fortunately, he didn t go there in the end

August 28th, Jokic's agent Misko Raznatovic participated in Serbian program "6.75 Range" and talked about the process of Jokic's journey from Europe to the NBA after being selected by the Nuggets.

He said: "He had already decided that the Red and Blues had just been put on his jersey. Our contract with Barcelona has been completely negotiated. We decided to withdraw Jokic from the draft, which annoyed four or five teams, among which the Denver Nuggets had the strongest dissatisfaction. To be honest, I felt that he was not ready to enter the NBA directly - not because of his lack of talent, but because of his size, and also requires a lot of targeted training. I originally agreed to him going to the Champions League and joining Barcelona, ​​and we had already negotiated a three-year contract."

"Later, because of a bad game, we suspended that plan. During this time, the Denver Nuggets expressed a strong desire to bring in. Their offer and planning dispelled all my concerns, and he eventually joined the Nuggets. The initial plan was to let him play a small number of games first and serve as a substitute for Nurkic, but had to give the Nuggets a thumbs up - after just two or three months, they recognized his talent and handed over the core control of the team to him. If he had stayed in Europe, he would not have had a career like this today."