Overview
- Jokic’s horse Delicious Gar took first place at the Dužijanca race at the Subotica Hippodrome, giving Jokic a consecutive win at the event and extending the horse’s reported winning streak to four races.
- He celebrated on the track with his brother, members of his Dream Catcher stable and his children, raising the trophy and popping champagne after the victory.
- Dužijanca is a century-old Bunjevac harvest festival that includes an international harness race drawing dozens of horses from across Europe and is the race Jokic won last year with a different Dream Catcher horse.
- Jokic recently represented Serbia in FIBA World Cup qualifying and has said he values NBA championships most, yet he declined to pursue a four-year, $278 million supermax extension this offseason and will earn roughly $59 million next season unless he exercises a reported $62.8 million player option.
- Denver faces concrete roster and cap choices because it matched Spencer Jones’s offer sheet and has reportedly offered restricted free agent Peyton Watson a five-year, $70 million deal, so Jokic’s contract decision will shape the team’s moves this offseason.