Nikola Jokic is rightfully going to go down as one of the greatest to ever play the game of basketball, and even Denver Nuggets fans never saw him reaching the level he's currently at way back when he was drafted. With that in mind, the NBA is a copycat league, and young players are always going to mimick the playstyles of those they grew up watching. And in Yang Hansen, the Portland Trail Blazers' 2025 draft selection, we may be seeing the first big man who structured his game around watching Jokic.
It is not difficult to see the connection.