As the Portland Trail Blazers and 27 other NBA teams officially shift their sights to the 2023 NBA Draft and ensuing offseason, the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat have taken center stage. Utilizing that platform after his series-opening 104-93 win in the NBA Finals, Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokiu0107 joined Hall of Famers Charles Barkley, Grant Hill and Shaquille O’Neal to discuss the evolution of the big man and basketball’s global rise.
Within that conversation, the 2021-22 and 2022-23 Most Valuable Player got the opportunity to acknowledge his own basketball roots, listing players he sought to model.