First noted by Denver Nuggets president Tim Connelly, playmaking center Nikola Jokic has slimmed down plenty during the quarantine. In fact, he’s slimmed down so much that he looks a lot like he did during his rookie season.
Nikola Jokic has lost some lbs during this quarantine. pic.twitter.com/foQvlH1pTl
Per ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk, Nuggets rising star Jamal Murray discussed Jokic’s new physique while on a Zoom call with Nuggets reporters. A seemingly bemused Murray would compare how Jokic looked now to how he looked in the 2017-18 season, which was a fair comparison:
“Hey, Joker got a little four pack,” the guard said of Jokic’s abs.