Nikola Jokic is one of the most recognizable NBA players in the world, but he doesn’t want to be. It’s already been well known that Jokic likes to disappear during the offseason, but the depths of how much he wants to disappear have never been spoken about.
When Jokic was a guest on Michael Porter Jr.’s Curious Mike podcast, Jokic revealed his hopes for the future, the type of life he wants to live after retirement, and how he feels about being a celebrity.
“Being famous, some people like it, some people don’t,” Jokic said to Porter Jr. “When I finish my career, I really wish nobody knows me. I wish my kid or kids in the future…remember me as a dad. I think that’s gonna be my goal in life.”
Similar to Kawhi Leonard it seems like Jokic really doesn’t want to live the superstar life and just wants to be a basketball player. In fact, he doesn’t like being a celebrity at all.
“I really don’t like this life because, at the end of the day, we are just basketball players,” Jokic said. “We are just good at what we are doing. But the media is something that is around us, and, of course, we are getting paid because of the media, because of our popularity.”
Jokic has one surprising goal in mind for the future that seems like it may not be possible. While Kawhi Leonard has no social media, Nikola Jokic wants to have no phone at all.
“To not have a phone, that’s another big goal of mine,” Jokic said. “Just to live in the moment, be a normal person,” he said. “Go drink with your buddy or go have lunch or go play with your kids or go ride horses, and nobody’s going to make a big deal of that.”
The level that Jokic revealed the type of person he is on the Curious Mike podcast was something very special – a moment that could only happen between two teammates. Hopefully, he will show more of himself in the future.
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