Nikola Jokić and Aaron Gordon's Summer in Serbia | Knuckleheads Podcast | The Players’ Tribune

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[@andrefinance1314]

Gordon is the most appreciated American in Serbia. Pure heart.

[@Bojan-ig3fu]

Nemojmo ni Krisa Webera i Jasona Kida da zaboravimo.

[@drec2072]

@@Bojan-ig3fu Mislis Jason Williams?

[@milandjukic4583]

Kevin panter ​@@aiexout-a-magic6549

[@nkotur]

@@aiexout-a-magic6549 What? Lol !?

[@andrefinance1314]

@@aiexout-a-magic6549 🤣🤣🤣

[@Calaman228]

Eron Gordanović 💪🇷🇸

[@noone6365]

Era Gordanović 😉😄

[@miloshp7399]

Avram 🤷‍♂️

[@korneldavid4876]

"good food, good people" is one of the biggest compliments a country can get

[@kristinastan6939]

Yes. ❤

[@armanvranka7520]

Feel like that’s not a very deep compliment. Pretty easy to say good food good people about anywhere

[@BurbenogExpert]

@@armanvranka7520 can you say that about germany?

[@mcnalga]

@@BurbenogExpertwhy wouldn’t you be able to say that about Germany

[@BurbenogExpert]

@@mcnalga bcs you can not.

[@joshybones]

AG is always a class act.

[@tim.noonan]

Just don’t ask him about alphabet people

[@dancleary4101]

@@tim.noonanwho tf cares

[@vladeputinovic6128]

gay 🥰

[@dancleary4101]

@@vladeputinovic6128 you are

[@sinisaspiric9184]

AG is such a normal dude, rolemodel compared to the rest NBA fake ass divas.

[@yoshikigrg8]

Joker is phenomenal but AG also deserves great amount of recognition and respect. He was also a tremendous asset for the team's championship run. 🔥

[@MoralesCorner]

On point. They don't win it without him. Denver put up together a fantastic team to surround a generational talent

[@TheGegemon23]

Tremendous asset is an understatement. He is absolutely indispensable for this team. No AG, no party.

[@markoloncar2550]

AG for me was #2 last season, not Murray or MPJ, AG was the man.

[@Pheliction]

@@markoloncar2550 !!!!!!!!!! you ain't lying

[@ShaGzz]

@@markoloncar2550hold on na i love AG but Murray was the Head of the Snake for our championship run yk jokic is jokic but everybody play they part fasuree

[@Woody13woodpecker]

AG is way smarter than the average NBA player! Good for him!

[@azel155]

huh? what's so smart he said here?

[@LegTwister]

Go check out his sit down with MPJ. AG is a smart, wise, young man. ​Great team mate on the Nuggets@@azel155

[@gemini-sd420]

for u nothing trust me@@azel155

[@unwokeneuropean3590]

Also, I will never understand why so much use of abbreviations in the American sports culture. Why not calling him Aaron or something?

[@AsukasSlave]

@@azel155 He sees why Jokic has developed into such a good player: he is focused on his family, the game, and a peaceful and wholesome lifestyle. That creates an environment where you are "locked in" and always rooted in what matters. No drugs, partying, sleeping around, tv commercials, music, expensive vacations, expensive cars, and all the other crap that distracts pro athletes.

[@aleksandrat6668]

As a Serbian, thank you for portraying Jokic for who is , real values in life...I am happy that he is showing you another side of himself where you can clearly see who he is and what his culture represent. Respect! Always liked you AG, you are underrated in NBA

[@rastkoDev]

Dodji u Sombor da vidis vrednosti njega i njegove porodice. Podrzi smrada na vlasti i privatizuje pola grada. Rasteruje ljude i rusi stare kuce po centru da bi izgradio kicerajsko govno s ogromnim zidovima na koje onda nacrta prozore.

[@TheProphet7]

Поздрав из Србије! Гледамо вас момци!

[@Skoshtwo]

Čujem da bez ćirilice više ni ne puštaju u NBA

[@garfildpop9728]

​@@Skoshtwo Смета ти?

[@noone6365]

​@@SkoshtwoUskoro menjaju NBA u ЕНБИЕЈ 😉

[@didi_mega_dudu]

@@garfildpop9728 relax, take a walk

[@zzilverback]

​@@Skoshtwo имаш среће , без мозга смеш коментарисати изгледа.

[@echolude]

Aaron Gordon has grown over me with his intelligence, basketball & overall.

[@sp123]

everyone capable of making the NBA is intelligent.

[@Djoga100]

@@sp123 I will disprove you with just one name: Kendrick Perkins

[@airnidzo]

​@@Djoga100Ahahahahaaha, true that xD

[@MoralesCorner]

@sp123 no, everyone capable of making it to the NBA is incredibly physically talented and may or may not have some great work ethic. Most of these guys are physically gifted but that doesn't make them any more intelligent. Don't mistake capabilities with intelligence

[@zerocal76]

@@sp123 I'll disprove you with yet another player: JR Smith... Hennything is possible 😂

[@alexsamain812]

"you can't even do that in 2k, man" Probably the best compliment one pro can give to another 😂

[@pejicmajster]

Just for the record, what AG might got wrong. His horses that race in Italy make 3-4k for a win. His horses in Serbia make 400e for the win, or maybe even less. But for a horse lover, a win is a win.

[@arturobugarin3125]

WElL Akchooley....

[@muhammadputera6593]

​​@@arturobugarin3125you can still delete your comment, since it doesn't add value

[@GoodFella-wi7gw]

It’s about passion not money for Joker!

[@airnidzo]

AG, you got the ambassador place locked down in Serbia! You got nothing but love here young brotha! Much respect

[@bjornsvartsen]

I lived in zemun and novi sad and I will say Serbia is extremely underrated I love Serbs

[@CovertBandit0]

Thanks for the love and respect😄

[@bjornsvartsen]

@@CovertBandit0 nista brate ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

[@ravijojlasimictesanovic7849]

Hvala.

[@bjornsvartsen]

@@CovertBandit0 rakija is the only” alcohol” I will ever touch. I tell my friends in Sweden about natures medicine. I nicknamed my Serbian brother that raps A$AP Rakija

[@CovertBandit0]

@@bjornsvartsen hahaha heartwarming to hear that. Glad you enjoy our culture brother, your open mindedness is amazing.

[@kiddkenzo]

I randomly met AG in Marbella, Spain in September. Asked for a picture and got a video with him. Great guy. Me being a Magic fan, it was really cool watching him go to Denver and winning a chip. Super happy for him.

[@alexharalambiev2873]

Did people recognize him in Spain?

[@Jordi_Llopis_i_Torregrosa96]

​@@alexharalambiev2873NBA not so big here, Marbella is quite touristy so maybe some people I'd assume

[@kiddkenzo]

Probably, but i didn't see anyone go up to him while i was there. Then again i met him in Puerto Banus (a pretty wealthy area) and it wasn't at its peak in terms of tourism during that time in mid september, so he probably wasn't approached that much tbh. @@alexharalambiev2873

[@Bozha_Kapetanovic91]

Joker is so humble, grounded , normal guy , who enjoys in little things, money didn't spoil him, hello from Serbia!

[@duskojasic5234]

AG..SERBIA LOVE YOU

[@Brave2standalone]

'loves'.

[@slavsaffairs7910]

Serbs love AG

[@andrejatodorovic4094]

This man is just pure vibe and sincerity, he basically leaves you no other choice than to love him. Greetings from Serbia brother, wishing you all the best.

[@jasondye9565]

Kudos to AG for getting to know his team mate like that. They formed a bond for life.

[@bure818]

I been in Serbia, meeen the people and food… WOOW! And nature is beautiful!

[@lachezarbonev]

Aaron Gordon is the best dunker ever, bit he is also a great humble guy and tolking with so much love and respect for Jokic makes him even greater!

[@JESUS_CHRIST_777_GOD]

We Serbs love you Aaron !

[@Joee22222]

❤❤ Visit Serbia and enjoy life....❤❤❤

[@JohnSon-vk1nz]

AG is such a spiritual dude.

[@DanijelMdalanovic]

Love from Serbia 🇷🇸 ❤️ 💕 💖 💗 ❤❤❤

[@jnewsom1979]

AG is a KING!!!! Denver and state of COLORADO nothing but mad love for you big dawg!!!!!!

[@airnidzo]

He rockes as royalty in Serbia too :) The kid is awesome. Grew so much as an athlete and as a person especially. That is a champ right there. Elite

[@elbowgang9715]

Joker up there with Magic and Bird passing wise for me

[@funkysteve2583]

Clearly better than bird with passing

[@deerobinson557]

Joker makes passes nobody else can make.

[@acpliego]

​@@funkysteve2583Bird was amazing, he's definitely up there with Magic and Jokic

[@benjaminbronnimann3966]

​@@funkysteve2583 Just like Jokic Larry was one of the most intelligent passers in NBA history

[@funkysteve2583]

@benjaminbronnimann3966 yes but jokic is still the better passer of the 2

[@damirsolajakaras879]

Thank you AG. Big love from Sombor! ❤❤❤

[@leonne07]

I always liked AG, and I always thought that he can grow as a player, so I am so glad to see him making his footprint in Denver! Absolutely deserved the title with his contribution to the team.

[@jordancarlin9687]

So cool that AG went to serbia

[@zzlatkovicm]

AG big respect, he is truly a class.

[@casey1973]

I love AG. His gritiness is commendable. One of the most underrated post players

[@rankoorovic7904]

Aaron's brother played in Serbia so he knew about even before playing with Jokic

[@gunprojects5398]

In his town in Serbia, and maybe other similar small towns/villages in Europe, you don't need a car; you just ride a bike to the town square or a bar...Jokic is just doin what he's used to

[@southparkgdp]

I was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina back in the late 90's. Interacting with the Serbian side was a pleasure. They said what they meant. Always respected them and could easily make a life there. With the way America is going, I might have to.

[@manuelnoreaga7354]

lol you were deployed to an area where Serbs were committing war crimes ?

[@jevicmilutin8533]

@@manuelnoreaga7354 every war bring war crimes from all sides

[@manuelnoreaga7354]

@@jevicmilutin8533 would you care to share your opinions on srebrenica and ratko mladic. This guy makes it seem like what Serbs were doing in Bosnia is something to respect

[@Ratnik_Svetla_1389]

@@manuelnoreaga7354 Maybe he is ashamed to talk about the massacres they have inflicted on the Serbs, or he must not talk about it in order not to experience a sudden death... As the years pass, fewer and fewer people believe in the dirty lies and narratives about the Serbs from the 90s and the good partly contributed by events from Iraq about the so-called weapons of mass destruction or perhaps many other events around the world that turned out to be a false narrative for the military industrial complex to make money. Maybe a fake massacre in the Butcha in Ukraine.. The truth is slow, but it ALWAYS comes out!!!

[@alexkataras9135]

Giannis, Luka, Jokic... Its a Balkan love story...

[@redstarbelgrade96]

The way AG looked at Joker when he fell over Jalen Suggs, got his back no matter what! Much love to AG from Serbia.

[@markomarkovski6142]

Appreciated AG for good words. Welcome again!

[@vukmicunovic565]

Aaron is a great man 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🇷🇸🎩

[@dantheman1109]

Glad AG went to see Joker home land

[@sini81rs]

Best tennis player in the world and best basketball player in the world . Of course, they are kings in their country. That's normal..

[@dragon2695]

They are loved so much because they are normal in all this glory. It's not easy to remain simple, honest with yourself and others when you are the best of all in what you are doing. That's why they are loved and respected even more.

[@alandouglas2700]

I love AG! He's a people person! He's Mr. Cool all the time!

[@fredflintstone6729]

Refreshing to see a team of guys who have a different mindset off the court prospering on it.. Kids need to know this, see it, be it

[@geov5369]

Much much respect and Love to Aaron Gordon and the Podcast...

[@delugesofgrandeur]

This was very sweet and wholesome.

[@drewgarrison6096]

Gordon has become my FAVORITE PLAYER! I’m 47 and love MJ but I’m getting me a Gordon jersey

[@kizicsladjan8880]

Gordonović🫶🃏🇷🇸

[@mindaugasdacys6921]

Underrated post

[@MrDarkweaver]

AG comes across as a really chill, nice guy. Good to see Denver doing well, and that he is really loving his time there.

[@beloglavi_supjimmy8446]

His older brother played in Serbia, for Partizan.

[@miki5940]

His brother, Dru Gordon was a player in Partizan Belgrade. That was i believe 12 years ago..

[@daveonezero6258]

I never understood the people who says he isn’t training in the offseason

[@rachhk6660]

He works out, lifting pretty much. Hence why he came bigger this year and a bit less slim than in the playoffs. But ball work he has said besides 2 or 2 pick up games, didn’t do any. Most guys are really working on their game during the off season, he just doesn’t. I think he should though, his 3point would be so much better if he did.

[@viktorarsovski1685]

It was even funnier with Murray before the season started when he said he played a coupleof games and Murray replied "no he didn't, he didn't" lol

[@gymshoe8862]

He shows no evidence--he is smooth, round, heavy looking.. His running endurance seems pretty good but I see little evidence he trains hard.

[@michaelbuto305]

@@gymshoe8862 I think it has something to do with his way to enhance stamina-efficiency while being so tall. What i mean like those ecto, endo, etc

[@babyaardvark]

Bravo AAron!! Joker is lined in with good values and goodness, and God gives back to him

[@tex-do1wm]

Respect.

[@simojovic6358]

AG what a man

[@Lazar532]

Seems like that pretty soon we will have 4 Jokić Brothers. 😂 😇❤️🇷🇸❤️🇺🇲

[@macedindu829]

It's pretty hard to not like AG. And that's saying something, considering he was such a monster prospect coming into the NBA.

[@southwestrunner6384]

AG is the DUDE…straight up baller- cool as He is finally getting the respect he deserves- my man can fly

[@ignacypaderewski2685]

Smart and cool dude. Wish him a lot more championships

[@sheikhadnan4074]

Gordon got robbed off two Dunk contest trophies and took it personal, then went on to win a championship. So happy for him

[@user-fz6yv6vr7t]

Team chemistry is the main foundation of a Dynasty. It's as simple as that.

[@idonthavemonkey]

AG is the only man alive who can pull off that coat.

[@duskotrifunovic1351]

thank you for your kind words

[@predragkaraulic6077]

Emotional connection❤💪💪💪

[@terucks]

Aaron Gordon is the spirit of the Nuggets you can feel it in his interviews. His babyface and excitement and engagement is essential to the nuggets.

[@loriwatkinson6425]

Just love you bud! I give thanks you and Joker are playing for us here in Colorado. We are so lucky and blessed. You guys rock!

[@scottmunson2917]

"You can't even do that on 2K." Greatest compliment ever?

[@gost5835]

Great young man!

[@Carpediem4138]

NICE TEAM... NICE FRIENDS

[@AleksAvramJeff]

AG legend love the guy!

[@jasminafuehrer]

Aron Gordon is just awesome ❤

[@DD-sr9xm]

AG is Mr Nugget for a reason.

[@BorisMitrev19BM77]

.. he's gangsta 🫡🤣

[@russbeard3665]

Cool interview, props to you!!!

[@turner1291]

Jokic should be governor of Colorado and president of Serbia at the same time. I don’t know if that’s legal but I think he could win both races

[@vjetar2822]

Guy from Norwegian black metal band was elected as mayor of his town/city.

[@Jry088]

AG is a slam dunk champion

[@Brave2standalone]

I know for a fact that Joker's mother immediately adopted Aaron as her fourth son in Sombor! And if Aaron has no brothers of his own - he got them now!

[@panchoelsancho5595]

San Jose’s finest! Shark city legend🦈

[@coreystenson2010]

whats crazy to me is that the 2 best athletes on the planet currently are from serbia

[@mv0921_]

Serbian food rly good

[@manfakir5640]

AG now knows how Greeks feel. We love people from Serbia too, the only people in earth that we feel so close to. Well, those of us who know history anyway...

[@vladimircurkoski1455]

I hope AG will come again in Serbia and also MPJ,Murray,KCP,CB,PW and coach Malone

[@ThatGuy-fx4gb]

That he is👍

[@p0pov13]

🇷🇸🇷🇸

[@spideyvirus]

If only more american players went and visited their teammates different cultures, they would probably become better people and players...

[@maxalmonte14]

Man giving his props to Nikola Vucevic.

[@ilijalazarevic190]

What kind of microphones are they using?

[@yep4630]

❤❤❤

[@Bojan-ig3fu]

Look at Vlade Divac's game, he gave a small hint of what is coming from Sombor 30 years later.

[@vlada]

1999-2004 Kings with Vlade, Peja, Hedo, Webber got me watching NBA again. (Grew up on 80's Basketball, didn't enjoy iso 90's) I still remember a play that consisted of 3-4 behind the back passes: Vlade, Peja, Webber, Doug Christie. I enjoyed that Kings era team, Nash-Dirk-Finley Mavs, the 7 seconds or less Suns, Diaw era Spurs, even pre KD Warriors but nothing has been as enjoyable as watching Jokić initiate and run an offense since the Magic Johnson days. He literally is the offense whether he scores 35 or takes 2/2 shots in the first half of a blow out. He's taken the same concepts in Serbian basketball that Divac also came from, mixed it with his own egoless personality and skills, touch, IQ that are off the charts.

[@thetrav8730]

Jokic looks like a new age Larry Bird with those passes

[@milankaglisovic2531]

Aaron is a mnogo dobar frajer!

[@kristinastan6939]

❤

[@spencermackay9020]

AG right there.

[@oliveravukobratovic8290]

SERBIA-JOKIC-DJOKOVIC

[@welennelew9866]

You don't even see a point guard dime like that nowadays Let alone a center

[@FavreianVengeance]

"You can't even do that on 2K"

[@leeronald3645]

Underrated quote

[@harlemm6047]

It’s weird listening to guys talk about stuff that happened this year. They make it seem like it was so long ago and such a huge deal 😂

[@Awf780]

Underated the jokic physic condition change

[@svarogbg]

The only way to keep Joker in the states after he retires is to have him involved somehow in US horse racing.

[@mattymatt1626]

Y’all gotta edit the clips y’all taking about in the video.

[@Bi6M4C]

hbahaha nice riding a bike thru town in the US is considered Gangster... amazing! XD