> Side-by-side clips emerged of Jokic in the immediate aftermath of his 2023 NBA championship and his reaction at Duzijanac. For some reason, this cannot be just a fun side adventure. It cannot be oh, that’s cool. The event must be shoveled into the discourse trough and become a referendum on whether it’s OK for a professional athlete to care about something that isn’t their sport. [Hikes up pants.] Do they love this more than the game they’re paid millions to play? Grumble, grumble, grumble, cry, cry, cry.
I feel like this author misinterpreted these reactions in the most negative way possible haha. Those videos and all the reactions seemed entirely in on the fun to me, they weren’t critical. I love any article praising Jokic, but this all seems to be arguing against a reaction that didn’t exist in the first place
Fun article, I don’t think there’s many people actually complaining about Jokic’s joy of horse racing over basketball, but it’s a fun strawman for the article.
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Who ruined it? And for whom?
Great piece, if only for this fantastic video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCzwyFHSMdY
Tbh, I think basketball is his side quest.
Dude is all about excellence
> Side-by-side clips emerged of Jokic in the immediate aftermath of his 2023 NBA championship and his reaction at Duzijanac. For some reason, this cannot be just a fun side adventure. It cannot be oh, that’s cool. The event must be shoveled into the discourse trough and become a referendum on whether it’s OK for a professional athlete to care about something that isn’t their sport. [Hikes up pants.] Do they love this more than the game they’re paid millions to play? Grumble, grumble, grumble, cry, cry, cry.
I feel like this author misinterpreted these reactions in the most negative way possible haha. Those videos and all the reactions seemed entirely in on the fun to me, they weren’t critical. I love any article praising Jokic, but this all seems to be arguing against a reaction that didn’t exist in the first place
Fun article, I don’t think there’s many people actually complaining about Jokic’s joy of horse racing over basketball, but it’s a fun strawman for the article.