Is Nikola Jokic playing for the Serbian National team at the 2024 Olympics in Paris?

Nikola Jokić and his Denver Nuggets finished their NBA season much earlier than expected, but that opens a greater chance to see him in the national team’s jersey at the Olympic Games. The NBA MVP did not play in the World Cup last summer. The Denver Nuggets reached the finals and won the title against the Miami Heat, and the Nuggets’ leading player decided to rest from the busy season and not show up at the FIBA World competition.

What about Paris 2024?

Following the Minnesota Timberwolves’ defeat, Jokić seemed undecided about his prospects for participating in the Games. With his schedule opening up, his chances of making it to the Games have significantly improved.

- I don’t know, my friend, I need to think about it. - said Jokic at the post-game presser.

Nikola Jokic’s national team participation has been marked by a series of notable events. He first displayed his talent at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, where Serbia won the silver, losing to the Teeam USA in the finals, following a standout performance in the qualifying tournament where he earned the MVP title. Subsequently, he opted out of Eurobasket 2017 but returned to represent his country at the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

His absence from the 2021 Olympic Games qualification was followed by his participation in Eurobasket 2022, only to withdraw the following year. Basketball fans will be thrilled to know that the Serbian NBA star has decided to play for his country and will be in the basketball tournament at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.