But at least the way one of his former Denver Nuggets teammates tells the story, Jokic's basketball career was almost over three years ago. On the Straight Game Podcast, DeMarcus Cousins shared the story that Jokic nearly retired in 2022 rather than sign his supermax extension with Denver. Jokic was 27 at the time.

DeMarcus Cousins recently revealed just how little the NBA means to Nikola Jokic compared to his life outside of basketball.Cousins shared a surprising conversation he once had with his former Den