DENVER NUGGETS CENTER Nikola Jokić is just shy of seven feet tall and his weight fluctuates in the vicinity of 300 pounds; he has the amorphous build of a middle school bully. His arms are perpetually decorated with scratches, his pale face invariably turns pink by halftime, and his vertical leap is more typical of a CPA. Nothing about Nikola Jokić screams superstar—not his disheveled appearance, not his wobbly running gait, and not even his height. In the NBA, a league of giants, Jokić is seldom the biggest player on the floor.
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