The Nuggets completed a sweep of the Lakers in the Western Conference finals and no one had a funnier reaction than the Jokic brothers.
Nemanja and Strahinja are the two older brothers of Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic. They are very involved in Nikola’s career and were even part of the negotiations when Jokic signed an extension with the Nuggets in 2022.
You may remember the Jokic brothers (and their shared Twitter account) from heckling Jack Nicholson during Game 3 of this series against the Lakers or their near skirmish against the Suns in June 2021.
But the moment they shared with Nuggets coach Mike Malone on Monday may be their silliest yet:
THIS MOMENT pic.twitter.com/qGTqgt94VJ
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) May 23, 2023
Following the victory, Malone celebrated with the brothers for a second before the two individuals casually lifted him up like they would a small infant.
They rocked him back and forth as he had both feet fully in the air before eventually putting the 51-year-old coach back on the floor.
Note that while he looked incredibly small in this video, Malone is actually listed at 6-foot-2 and played four years of college basketball for the Loyola Greyhounds men’s basketball team in Maryland.
If that is how Malone and the Jokic brothers celebrated winning the West, we can’t wait to see what it looks like if they win the NBA Finals.
