{"id":160212,"date":"2025-01-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=160212"},"modified":"2025-01-22T17:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:16:01","slug":"shaq-improving-his-serbian-the-legendary-center-had-a-special-gift-for-nikola-jokic-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/shaq-improving-his-serbian-the-legendary-center-had-a-special-gift-for-nikola-jokic-video\/","title":{"rendered":"SHAQ IMPROVING HIS SERBIAN: The legendary center had a special gift for Nikola Joki\u0107! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Legendary Shaquille O\u2019Neal and <a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/tag\/nikola-jokic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nikola Jokic<\/a> had an interesting conversation after the Denver and Philadelphia game.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O\u2019Neal praised Jokic\u2019s performance in Serbian, who recorded a triple-double in the Nuggets\u2019 144-109 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGreat job,\u201d said Shaq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You know <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHAQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SHAQ<\/a> had to hit the Joker with a message in Serbian \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N7x5Lh87w8\">pic.twitter.com\/N7x5Lh87w8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT\/status\/1881938338946396431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He then asked Jokic about his partnership with Russell Westbrook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI love that connection. He knows exactly what I\u2019m thinking. He always passes the ball at the right time. He\u2019s a great player. I think people and the teams he\u2019s been on before didn\u2019t understand him and didn\u2019t give him a chance to be who he is,\u201d Jokic said, among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE IN SERBIAN:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\t<figure class='wp-block-newspack-blocks-iframe'>\n\t\t<div class='wp-block-embed__wrapper' style=\"height:600px; width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t<iframe\n\t\t\t\tid = 'newspack-iframe-F7BYq0wrAV91'\n\t\t\t\tlayout = 'responsive'\n\t\t\t\theight = '100'\n\t\t\t\twidth = '100'\n\t\t\t\tsrc = 'https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0GVCvR6VpdQWEwJr8r5CcMfrGPvy9WHw58emEgmG4ovzCmeHDrZYUe2vi3CWYnfDfl'\n\t\t\t\tstyle = 'height: 600px; width: 100%;'\n\t\t\t\tframeborder = '0'\n\t\t\t\tallowfullscreen\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figure>\n\n\t<script>\n\t\tconst iframe = document.getElementById(\"newspack-iframe-F7BYq0wrAV91\");\n\t\tconst timerId = setInterval( function() {\n\t\t\t\tiframe.src = iframe.src;\n\t\t\t}, 2000 );\n\n\t\tiframe.onload = function() {\n\t\t\tclearInterval(timerId);\n\t\t}\n\n\t<\/script>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shaq then showed the gift he had prepared for the Serbian center, whom he considers the best in the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs president of the \u2018Big Man\u2019 alliance, I made a belt for you, I\u2019ll send it to you. This is for you, brother, because you\u2019re a champion. You\u2019re the best center in the league by far, and I love that, and I appreciate you. Tell your brothers I say hello. This belt is for you, brother,\u201d said O\u2019Neal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;As the President of the Big Man Alliance, I made this belt for you&quot; \u2764\ufe0f\ud83e\udd79 <br><br>Shaq &amp; Joki\u0107 share a moment on the Postgame Show \u2728 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UcPSwRxzyT\">pic.twitter.com\/UcPSwRxzyT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT\/status\/1881945012130218491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jokic, incidentally, had a good time during the game, and he even performed an out-of-bounds play with his head, which didn&#8217;t go unnoticed by the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/no-one-like-the-serbs-how-our-people-made-a-famous-hollywood-actors-night-at-trumps-inauguration-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201cNO ONE LIKE THE SERBS\u201d: How our people made a famous Hollywood actor\u2019s night at Trump\u2019s inauguration! 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(VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/america-will-recognize-only-male-and-female-genders-heres-the-list-of-orders-signed-by-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AMERICA WILL RECOGNIZE ONLY MALE AND FEMALE GENDERS: Here\u2019s the list of orders signed by Trump!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Izvor<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.b92.net\/sport\/kosarka\/nba\/96614\/sakil-onil-progovorio-srpski-ima-i-poklon-za-jokica\/vest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">B92<\/a>, <strong>Foto<\/strong>: Printscreen Youtube<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Shaquille O\u2019Neal and Nikola Jokic had an interesting conversation after the Denver and Philadelphia game. O\u2019Neal praised Jokic\u2019s performance in Serbian, who recorded a triple-double in the Nuggets\u2019 144-109 victory. \u201cGreat job,\u201d said Shaq. You know @SHAQ had to hit the Joker with a message in Serbian \ud83d\ude02 pic.twitter.com\/N7x5Lh87w8 &mdash; NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":160213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1129,248,267,1137,249,190,1695,250,4533,4511,2376,4534,91,156,15],"class_list":["post-160212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-basketball","tag-denver","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-filadelfija","tag-kosarka-2","tag-nba","tag-nba-league","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-nilola-jokic","tag-sekil-o-nil","tag-serbs-in-the-nba","tag-shaquille-oneal","tag-sport","tag-srpski-jezik","tag-video","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160262,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160212\/revisions\/160262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}