I really don't get Jokic, feels like something is off with him. He is arguably at top 20 by this point, but even if not he is %100 guaranteed to be in top 30 at this point, he has 2 mvps and 1 fmvp, limiting down how many people have that already shows you how rare that is, not many people won it like that. In the end he should have been like going crazy, some people celebrate for weeks, and he was literally unemotional by the end of the game, like he didn't care at all. For him it was "job is done, back to home to relax" and by home its not denver, he wants to go back to his nation and be happy there. He even said "who likes their job", stating basically that he doesn't even like his job, by the way his job is multi million dollar earning NBA MVP, and he dislikes that?
I get that some people may defend him and say it could happen and that's normal and all that, but I do not feel like that's normal, I do not see him being 35+ and still playing, something may happen with him, dude may just retire at 30, its very possible, or he may just start being terrible because he doesn't want to work on himself and he will get worse and worse, I do not really know whats going to happen, but this mindset is unique and I have never heard of it before.
Couldn’t it be like he was just trolling? And I actually agree with him that no one actually likes his job. Nobody wants to do the same thing day after day, year after year. No one likes to do his job, people are just consistent and disciplined. Most of the people in the world right now are working 9 to 5 jobs. Of course, they do not like their job. They do what they are doing just because they are disciplined. I think he said it because of frustration. People do get tired of doing the same thing, the same training every day.
So yes, in this situation, I am going to defend him, but I will defend him as long as he stays consistent and disciplined to do the same thing again, which will bring him success.
Everyone has a different personality, and perhaps Jokic's calm demeanor is what helps him win games because he doesn't panic easily. While the NBA is his profession, he still has a life outside of it. Just imagine if Jokic aims to further improve his game; he would become even more unstoppable. He has a relaxed and laid-back approach, making it seem easy for him to achieve a championship, while others who are overly hyped and desperate for a championship struggle to attain it. In short, Jokic is highly underrated.