Nikola Jokic is in the most precious NBA company to his 30th birthday

It is difficult to believe that Nikola Jokic has been in the NBA for ten years. The season 2024-25 is his 10th year in the league and 19 February is his 30th birthday. As the icon of the European NBA takeover, Jokic is already stitched as the largest European player in NBA history, but it is easy to see that he also had one of the best 10-year-old runs in the history of the Association.

Jokic’s career was not about defining expectations, but about refining them. He proves positively that awareness and technology can thrive in sport that places a premium for athletics. Dad-point in the middle, Jokic got up above his colleagues to become Nuggets one of the best teams in the NBA during their career-something, what other stars in Denver fought consistently in the past.

While Jokic’s brilliance has always been again in the “best European” or “best big person”, the reality is that his 10 years in the NBA has built it among some of the biggest players in the history of this sport.

• Bill Russell (1956-1966): 5x MVP, 9x NBA champion, 9x NBA All-Star
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1969-1979): 6x MVP, 2x Master NBA, 9 x NBA All-Star
• Larry Bird (1979-1989): 3x MVP, 3x Master NBA, 9x NBA All-Star
• Michael Jordan (1984-1995): 3x MVP, 3x NBA champion, 9x NBA All-Star
• LeBron James (2003-2013): 4x MVP, 2x NBA master, 9x NBA All-Star
• Nikola Jokic (2015-2025): 3x MVP, 1x NBA champion, 7x NBA All-Star

These are the only six players in the history of the NBA who won the MVP at least three times and in the first 10 seasons they were appointed at five or more NBA All-Star games. Jokic’s season is not yet done, and while he and Nuggets feel like foreigners for winning the NBA championship this year, the door is still open.

Among these six players only Russell, Kareem, Bird and now Jokic managed on average in the first 10 seasons on average. This shows that not only Jokic’s individual awards require merit, but his statistics are among the giants.

It is past tense to remove any qualifications from Jokic’s inheritance. Simply appreciate it as one of the best players of all time. Although his career is still ongoing. We gave this level of respect to LeBron, now it is Nikola’s turn.