Nikola Jokic doubles down on anti-booing stance: ‘I think they are not real fans’ – The Denver Post

Nikola Jokic doubles down on anti-booing stance: ‘I think they are not real fans’  The Denver Post

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic doubled down on his stance that NBA or basketball fans shouldn't boo their own team. When the boos rained down on Nikola Jokic, his face went red with angry determination and his Nuggets stuck it to their fans — by sending them home happy, ironically. Two nights later, amid the awkward silence of a neutered crowd, a 20-point deficit stayed dormant. The Nuggets might’ve given their fans more reason to boo with a 134-114 home loss to Golden State on Monday night. But Denver decided to zip it, mostly obliging the wishes of its superstar, who, after all, is not under contract beyond this season despite his promises.

Jokic doubled down on his anti-booing stance after the rout. He even took it a step further: Fans who boo their own team, in his words, “are not real fans.” The Serbian center has made numerous comments in the past expressing a sort of fondness for how ruthless European basketball fans are. As recently as this preseason, he said: “I wish every player in NBA should go play, like, six months in Europe just to see how (much) pressure it is to play.” In an exchange with The Denver Post on Monday, he was asked about that sentiment in relation to his condemnation of the Ball Arena