Raznatovic about Jokic: 'There are great chances that he will play at EuroBasket' / News - Basketnews.com

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Serbian national team playerNikola Jokicis playing in the NBA playoffs with theDenver Nuggets, and he is currently in the series against Golden State Warriors where they are trailing the series 3-1. While the current MVP of the league is in the USA, there are more and more talks in Serbia about whether he will play for the Serbian national team at the upcoming EuroBasket.

Nikola Jokic

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Jokic's agent Misko Raznatovic participated in Podcast Inkubator in Croatia where he was also asked the same question.

"We agreed to talk about it when the season is over", commented Raznatovic. "Everything I say will now be transferred to Serbia and interpreted one way or another. I have no answer to that question, but the chances are higher than they were last year. That will be known soon," said Raznatovic.

"I know that people do not believe that Jokic wants to play. It's not like it doesn't occur to him. He is an exceptional athlete and the young man and other people do not know anything, because he does not communicate, except after the game or before. No social network, nothing. Man lives in his phenomenal world and that's it," he added.

Raznatovic denied rumours that he did not allow Jokic to wear the national team jersey previously.

"What I resent the most is hearing that I did not let Jokic play for the national team. That’s one of the top 3 nonsense I’ve heard," commented Raznatovic. "These people have built personalities, they have their lives. They are not my slaves, so I cannot tell them if they can play or no. We talk, the situation varies from summer to summer, then a decision is made. I never told anyone not to play unless he was injured, nor did I force anyone to play. I show them the pros and cons and give them an opinion," explained the agent.

"They don't understand that he played 110 games that year, that he was in the bubble, that he played for 40 minutes, that he played with injuries, that his daughter was born. All these are the reasons why he could not play, and not because some Misko told him not to play, " concluded Misko Raznatovic.

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