Hockey player Radulov called Serbian basketball player Jokic a “masterpiece of art”

Hockey forward“Lokomotiv” Alexander Radulov In an interview with , said that the basketball player of the Serbian national team Nikola Jokic gave his best at the Olympics, but his efforts were not enough against the American team.

The Serbian basketball team won bronze medals at the Paris Olympics, but the Serbs lost to the American team in the semifinals. Jokic was part of the symbolic team of the tournament.

— Have you watched the Olympics?

– Only football and basketball. Because it was even problematic to find all these programs. I mostly watched the athletics finals, the 200 and 100 meters. And I really liked the basketball semi-final. I was rooting for the Serbs and they were winning until the third quarter. But then they lost to the Americans, of course. American basketball players, listen, are on a completely different level.

— Is their basketball Dream Team a work of art?

– In a way. Although I would say that the masterpiece of art is rather Nikola Jokic, who played 38 minutes out of forty and carried his team. It was a shame that he didn’t have enough. But what do you do when a man comes out and makes four threes in a row? So what can Jokic do?

— As I understand it, Stephen Curry hit three.

“They all three cover him, he takes him and throws him.” And then he runs, saying, “Let’s go to bed.”

– Who is the best basketball player in general, according to you? Victor Vembanyama?

—Michael Jordan. The best of all time. The young Frenchman is cool too, what can I say. The same Jokic is fine, LeBron James. “Everyone who plays an important role in the NBA deserves our attention,” Radulov told .

During the offseason, Radulov, 38, left Ak Bars and signed a one-year contract with Lokomotiv. Last season, the Ak Bars forward scored 40 (16+24) points in 58 KHL regular season games, adding 4 (1+3) points in four playoff games.

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