As Nikola Jokic etched his name alongside Wilt Chamberlain, no one with the Nuggets seemed to have any idea what type of rare air he was occupying.
“I didn’t even realize he had twenty rebounds at the half,” said Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. “That was shocking.”
Then again, since arriving in Denver this summer via trade, Caldwell-Pope said Jokic has surprised him on a nightly basis.