Jokic Fantasy Basketball Names
The list of Nikola Jokic fantasy names are:
- You Got Serbed
- My Team is a Jokic
- In the Nikola Time
- Big Nik Energy
- Nikola at Nite
- The Jokers
- Ain't No Jokic
- Tell Me a Jokic
- Jokic's on You
- Old Saint Nikola
- Full Metal Jokic
- Fear the Joker
- Joker, Smoker, Mile High Toker
- Circle Jokic
- Take a Jokic
- The Serbian Slayers
- Your Team Is A Jokic
- Mile High MVPs
- A Serbian Film
- Nickelodeon
- The Serbian Hooker
- Nikola Not Tesla
- Sombor Sauce
- Sombor Savants
- Nikola Cough Drops
- JokJok Rabbit
- Splendid Serbians
- Sombor Shufflers
- Jokers Wild
- Do You Know How I Got These MVPs?
- Nikola Jock-itch
- Joker’s Jockstrap
- Joker Cartel
- Why So Serious?
- The Triple Doubies
Mike Miller, a former Nuggets player had difficulty pronouncing the name Jokic and used to call “Yo-kitch”. So, with Nikola's approval, he coined his nickname “The Joker”.
Jokic has also posted about his nickname on social media.
The 28-year-old player has been associated with the Denver Nuggets since 2015 playing the center position.
Although Jokic fantasy basketball name might not have gained popularity as "The Joker", there are many nicknames that are also admired by his fanciers. Some of these names are:
- Good Luck Necks Year
- You’ve Got to be Jokicing
- Shock Jokics
- Big Honey Bureks
- Fear the Joker
- Honey, I Shrunk the Jokic
- Tesla Jokic
- What The Jokic Is Cooking
- Jokic’s Pekara
- Jokic on the Block
- Not Jok'ing Around
- Jokic and the Pussycats
- The Honorable Jokic
- Real Nikola Alert
- Jokic And Find Out
On 26 June 2014, Jokic was the 41st pick in the second round of the NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets. His draft news was published during a Taco Bell commercial.
In December 2012, he made a contractual commitment with Mega Vizura for a season. Jokic has also played for the Adriatic League and the Serbian League from 2013 to 2014.
During his rookie year in the Nuggets, Jokic made his career-highest average of 15 rebounds with the win over the San Antonio Spurs earning him the 2016 NBA Rookie of the Year Award voting and NBA All-Rookie First Team honors.
Jokic was ranked fourth in the season of 2016-17 for his six triple-doubles behind Russell Westbrook, James Harden and LeBron James. He also got voted for the 2017 NBA Most Improved Player Award as well as the 2017 Assist of the Year.
Nuggets signed a five-year contract with Nikola in July 2018 in the amount of 148 million dollars. He had his first All-Star and All-NBA appearances in 2018-19.
Nikola agreed to a five-year extension contract with the Nuggets with a supermax contract of 264 million dollars making it one of the richest deals in the history of the NBA.
In the NBA championship 2023, the Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat with the final score of 94-89 in 5th overtime making the winning series 4-1.
Jokic averaged 27.1 points in that game, 7.9 assists and 13.8 rebounds making him the dominant force in the playoffs. The trophy was the first NBA championship ever won in the franchise's history.