If you paid close attention, you might have spotted something special looped in the shoelaces of Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokić's left shoe through the playoffs — his wedding ring.
If you paid close attention, you might have spotted something special looped in the shoelaces of the MVP of the 2023 NBA Finals.Before every game, he slipped it off his finger, untied the laces on his left shoe, looped it through the ring and retied his shoe."I have wedding ring on my shoe just because it's family — something that just really important to me," he said in an interview."And they are always by my side. I just want to give them the love...
Jokić and his wife Natalija have a sweet backstory: They began dating in high school in Serbia when they were just 17 years old, according to People. They got married in October 2020 and welcomed their daughter Ognjena, now 1, into the world in September 2021. Natalija and Ognjena have attended every game of the playoffs, cheering the Nuggets and Jokić through a clean sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers and five games against the Miami Heat. The team won their first NBA Championship on Monday night and Jokić was named NBA Finals MVP.When asked about if he was looking forward to those plans after the championship win on Monday, Jokic candidly said,"No, I need to go home.
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