Meet nikola jovic, the 2022 nba draft prospect who is eerily similar to nikola jokic

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The Nuggets may be getting another player similar to Nikola Jokic next season – so similar that you only need to switch out one letter. Nikola Jovic is Serbian, just like the back-to-back


MVP, and also works as a playmaker and scoring option for the squads he’s played on. In fact, he even played on the same Serbian pro team as Jokic, the Adriatic League’s Mega Basket.  The


19-year-old Serbian product Jovic (born in Leicester, England) is predicted to be selected around the mid-to-late first round of the 2022 NBA Draft. The Nuggets have the No. 21 pick. And


Denver brought Jovic in for a workout in the pre-draft process. Could they double-dip? Jovic is an anomaly for his height, a 6-foot-10 shooting guard who can stretch the floor – he shot a


35.6 percent from beyond the arc last season.  With a small forward build, the Serbian can also pass incredibly well and has good court vision. Also, for his size, he is a good ball handler


and can act as a primary playmaker for whatever team he lands on. ------------------------- Follow the New York Post’s live tracker for up-to-the-minute coverage and analysis of the 2024 NBA


Draft picks. ------------------------- Jovic, like many young players, is prone to turnovers – he averaged 2.7 this past season. The Mega Basket star also is fairly skinny – he weighs 210


pounds – but with his frame and age can easily fill it out as he joins the league. Any team that drafts Jovic will get a promising player with upside.  And maybe, he’ll be the second star


Nikola on Denver come next season.