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Kiszla: Nikola Jokic and LeBron James couldn’t more different as basketball players. But their secret sauce is the same.

LeBron is a superman that descended on the NBA from Krypton. Joker is from a corner diner. What makes them great is more similar than you might think.

Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets operates as Jock Landale (11) of the Phoenix Suns defends during the first quarter at Footprint Center in Phoenix on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets operates as Jock Landale (11) of the Phoenix Suns defends during the first quarter at Footprint Center in Phoenix on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
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LeBron James and Nikola Jokic share one gift from the basketball gods that make them NBA immortals. They see a beautiful game muggles like us find so incomprehensible that all we can do is sit back and giggle with delight at the magic that Joker and this King make happen on the court.
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