“IF WE WERE IN SERBIA THEY WOULD HAVE FIRED US ALL”: Nikola Jokic reacted to the Denver Nuggets’ elimination in the first round of the playoffs! (VIDEO)

The Denver Nuggets players have finished their season, and the team’s best player, Nikola Jokic, had an interesting comment on the occasion.

Denver lost on the road to the Minnesota Timberwolves with 110:98 and, with a total of 4:2 in victories, lost in the first round of the playoffs.

After the game, Jokic was asked a question about the future of coach David Adelman on the Nuggets’ bench.

Nikola Jokic: “We just lost in the first round. I think we are far away.”

Changes needed?

“That’s not my decision. Definitely, if we were in Serbia, we would all be fired.” pic.twitter.com/9JfZftejzt
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) May 1, 2026

“That is a question for the club owners. I know that if we were in Serbia, they would fire us all,” said Nikola Jokic.

He pointed out that the players are responsible.

“He cannot rebound and score points. We players are exclusively to blame.”

"I want to be a Nugget forever"

Nikola Jokic has no plans to leave Denver after the first round exist

THANK GOD
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— Nuggets Lead (@NuggetsLead) May 1, 2026