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Nikola Jokic's MVP summer: Inside the NBA champ's offseason in Serbia

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HOURS AFTER THE Denver Nuggets' first championship parade and a night of epic partying in Las Vegas, Nikola Jokic hopped on a plane back to his personal paradise -- Serbia.

If the newly minted NBA Finals MVP thought he would slip into obscurity for a few months, he instead found basketball fans worldwide enjoying a side of his life few had seen before. After only two days in his hometown of Sombor, thousands recorded Jokic's every move when he visited a local racetrack to watch his horses compete in his other passion -- harness racing.