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Keeler: Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic “slowed down” and “let outside noise” affect him last spring? Ha! Memo to Kendrick Perkins: More distractions. Please

Jokic cares about “outside noise” about as much as he cares who wins the Rocky Mountain Showdown between Deion Sanders and Jay Norvell.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver hands over MVP trophy to Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets, who holds his daughter Ognjena, after defeating the Miami Heat 94-89 to win the NBA championship at Ball Arena June 12, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
NBA commissioner Adam Silver hands over MVP trophy to Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets, who holds his daughter Ognjena, after defeating the Miami Heat 94-89 to win the NBA championship at Ball Arena June 12, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Sean Keeler - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | skeeler@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Jamal Crawford told me that Nikola Jokic got distracted last year. If that's what "distracted" looks like, faith and begorrah. Could someone distract him some more?
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