The NBA is currently in the offseason, but that does not mean that basketball worldwide has been paused. For basketball fans who are not aware, Fiba Eurobasket 2025 takes place, featuring some of the Best International Players in the NBA. With Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kristaps Porzingis, and undoubtedly the best player in the League, Nikola Jokic.
The tournament does not officially start later in August, but the preparation matches are taking place at the moment while the teams are starting the group phase. For Denver Nuggets Jokic and Serbia, they faced Germany in a preparation match, Get the best of them 91-81. While Jokic played in victory, it was not the time that has become viral.
🙌🇷🇸 Nikola Jokic did not like the fact that Nikola Topic did not succeed at five years on everyone on the bench when he was substituted and made him note all his teammates. #Eurobasket
True leadership 👏 pic.twitter.com/jipa4mdtpq
– Eurohoops (@eurohoopsnet) August 16, 2025
As team leader, Jokic took a while to light up one of the brilliant young stars on the Serbia list in the choice of the first round in 2024 of Oklahoma City Thunder, Nikola Topic. Jokic made sure to say about that he had to ensure High-Five and recognize his teammates after being replaced, while the subject got up and did it.
Seeing this moment of Jokic with subject, the fans went to social networks to share their reactions to this.
Nikola Topić had not played for 15 months, returns from an ACL injury and is only 19 years old, so he works with rust and adapts to the NBA in real time.
..but his creation of games jumped every game.
– Brandon Rahbar (@brandonrahbar) July 16, 2025
“Nothing other than the class … He has more respect for the game than most players can even understand! He simply does not show it as some seeking glory and recognition – his game speaks of himself …” A shared fan.
“From a NBA champion to another,” Another fan added.
“Loving the fact that Topić immediately jumped, to do it,” A fan underlined.
“This is what leadership looks like,” A user responded.
“A real leader,” Another user said.
Nikola Topić vs Indiana Pacers Saints
7 pts
10 AST
2 STL
+17Elite feels for the game in the open display. pic.twitter.com/zgq6djlrzr
– 𝐙 🏆 (@homahoops) July 13, 2025
Before the draft of the NBA 2024, the subject was a promising Serbian perspective with the red star Belgrade. Considered a potential choice among the first five, the stock of securities gained a major drop after Suffering an ACL tear. This refused him to participate in the combination project, which means that he would not be able to prove himself to the teams by what he did and in the interviews.
One of the few teams able to wait on the subject, Oklahoma City Thunder tried its luck with the 12th choice in total. The Thunder would win the NBA final in 2025, because the subject could readjust and develop around a winning culture. Fans recently seen him during the Utah and Las Vegas summer league, while he is preparing for a probable rotation role next season.
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