Nikola Jokic’s journey began with his two brothers, parents and grandmother in a two-bed apartment in northwest Serbia.
It came to an ecstatic climax in the early hours of Tuesday morning at the Ball Arena in Colorado as the six-feet 11-inch centre led the Denver Nuggets to their first-ever NBA Championship.
A title previously graced and dominated by the likes of Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James is now in Jokic’s hands after he powered the Nuggets to a 94-89 win over the Miami Heat to win the best-of-seven series by four games to one.
