Bennett Durando is the Denver Nuggets beat writer for The Denver Post. Before moving to Colorado, where he started as The Post's Avalanche beat writer, he covered SEC football, basketball and other sports for five years: first reporting on his alma mater, Missouri, for the St.
Tennis player Novak Djokovic, from Serbia, hugs Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets with former Laker great Vlade Divac looking on after the game against Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena on March 2, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
“You have the best tennis player in the world, and you have the best basketball player in the world — according to my opinion,” said Nuggets assistant coachto a FIBA World Cup silver medal last summer. “They support each other. It was really cool. You can kind of feel proud you’re a small piece, small part of that.”
“We always followed each other’s careers and respected and admired each other,” Djokovic said. “So now I think the more time passes by, the more we appreciate each other and what we are doing professionally. But also privately, I think we click really well. He’s a family-oriented guy like myself. He’s really close with his family, with his origins, with his country, with his city. And it’s very important obviously to never forget where you came from.
While he waits for that invitation, he feels fortunate to have witnessed a fitting display of Denver’s clutch pedigree.
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