{"id":196104,"date":"2025-12-23T14:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=196104"},"modified":"2025-12-23T14:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:59:15","slug":"kevin-durant-bowed-to-jokic-he-is-one-of-the-five-best-players-i-have-ever-seen-play-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/kevin-durant-bowed-to-jokic-he-is-one-of-the-five-best-players-i-have-ever-seen-play-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"KEVIN DURANT BOWED TO JOKI\u0106: He is one of the five best players I have ever seen play basketball!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The Denver Nuggets and the Houston Rockets have met twice in the past week in the NBA league, and after an equal performance in that mini-series, the Nuggets have a 2-1 lead in the season, while one more game remains to be played in March.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This encounter between the Nuggets and the Rockets has all the characteristics of a playoff series, and fans have already expressed hope that these two teams will meet again in the postseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After their last match where the Rockets won by a 14-point margin, the star of the Texas franchise, Kevin Durant, had high praise for the Serbian national team player and center of the Colorado team, Nikola Joki\u0107, claiming he is one of the best basketball players he has ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info-en wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info-en\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"i0CcSwRk5z\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/exclusive-interview-nba-star-in-tears-enes-freedom-i-fear-that-erdogans-killers-will-find-me-in-america-they-kicked-me-out-of-the-nba-for-criticizing-china-for-them-everything-is-profit-video\/\">EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, NBA STAR IN TEARS: Enes Freedom: I fear that Erdogan&#8217;s killers will find me in America! 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I love how he approaches the game. I think many people might not agree with me at this moment, but I think we have a similar mentality in the way we approach work, the game itself. I can feel that from a distance. So I have always had respect for him. And then you achieve what you have achieved in this league, you have to respect that \u2013 he concluded.<\/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\/denver-broke-the-record-in-three-pointers-counted-to-24-nikola-jokic-easily-to-his-14th-triple-double-of-the-season-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DENVER BROKE THE RECORD IN THREE-POINTERS, COUNTED TO 24! Nikola Joki\u0107 easily to his 14th triple-double of the season! (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/on-the-initiative-of-the-austrian-diaspora-mileva-maric-einstein-honored-in-the-serbian-parliament-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ON THE INITIATIVE OF THE AUSTRIAN DIASPORA: Mileva Mari\u0107 Einstein honored in the Serbian Parliament! 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