Nikola Jokic's godfather lifts the lid on what the three-time NBA MVP was like as a youngster in Serbia.
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00:00 Nikola Jelke!
00:04 You always think of him as little Nikola, you know?
00:07 He's not little, he's an adult.
00:09 He's seen the world, he's the best in the world.
00:12 His older brothers, Nikola and Strahinja, used to play basketball.
00:21 So we met each other at the basketball court.
00:23 We became friends and ever since I know both of them, I know Nikola.
00:28 Nikola was very little and chubby, smart boy.
00:32 He's very humble, highly intelligent.
00:35 He's got photographic memory.
00:37 Everything he sees once, he memorises that forever.
00:41 He was a little bit spoiled when he was very little, obviously because of two older brothers.
00:47 But he's a great person in every sense.
00:49 He's the best player, but he's coming from what person he is and from the family and everything else.
00:58 You could tell he's extremely talented.
01:01 He can do anything with a ball.
01:04 He could do that when he was 15 years old.
01:08 He could do the same thing he's doing today.
01:10 It's amazing.
01:11 Nowadays he's stronger, he's extremely strong.
01:15 I compare him as a gorilla.
01:19 When I was travelling to Africa, I brought him a big gorilla made of wood, carved gorilla.
01:25 He didn't have big muscles like Dwight Howard or some other guys when he was younger.
01:33 But he was always persistent.
01:35 He was doing hard and he was working more than everybody else.
01:41 Didn't change him at all.
01:43 Some characteristics became more broad and more exponent.
01:48 He's more intelligent now.
01:50 There is a long road ahead of Nikola.
01:53 I'm hoping and I think he's going to achieve more and more.
01:59 I personally do.
02:01 But let's not put any burden on his back.
02:06 Let him do what he does best.
02:09 [Music]