DeMarcus Cousins reveals the scary part about Nikola Jokic's dominance with the Denver Nuggets is that basketball isn't even his top priority

But at least the way one of his former Denver Nuggets teammates tells the story, Jokic's basketball career was almost over three years ago. On the Straight Game Podcast, DeMarcus Cousins shared the story that Jokic nearly retired in 2022 rather than sign his supermax extension with Denver. Jokic was 27 at the time.