Nikola Jokic’s Advice to International Rival Confirms Narrative Around Nuggets Star

There have been plenty of headline-making moves this season, from Kevin Durant’s arrival in Houston to Damian Lillard’s shocking exit from Milwaukee. While these moves might be the talk of the town, hardly any of them would create as much of an impact as the Denver Nuggets’ signing of Jonas Valanciunas. And even though the Lithuanian big man is yet to suit up for the Mile High City, it seems like he’s just getting along pretty well with his new teammate, Nikola Jokic.

How do we know? Well, right now, both players are representing their nations at the EuroBasket 2025. Although both centers haven’t faced each other yet, Valanciunas revealed that he did, in fact, get a chance to talk with his new teammate. During his media availability before Lithuania’s clash against Latvia in the Round of 16, the big man revealed that he talked to Jokic not about basketball but about the Serbian’s favourite topic: Horses. “Yeah, we talked about horses,” Valanciunas joked with the reporters. “He gave me some advice.”

Nikola Jokic is already giving Denver Nuggets newcomer Jonas Valanciunas some of his horse knowledge

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— BasketNews (@BasketNews_com) September 5, 2025

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