"They've been buddies forever, but this was the first time Jokić paid attention to how his friend makes a living. Pavkov was in constant motion, going from his phone to his customers in the front of his shop to the back, where he oversaw a paint job for one of Jokić's sulkies, the two-wheeled, chariot-like vehicles that attach to Jokić's horses as they race around his track down the street."
""Brother," Jokić began, a look of concern on his face, "you do this all day?" "Yes, I do," Pavkov said. "From 7 to 3, and if there's more work, I will stay." "Bro, that's hard," Jokić said. Pavkov laughed, and a realization struck: This giant man in front of him, the three-time NBA MVP, has never been anything other than a basketball player."
Nikola Jokić spent an afternoon in Sombor observing his longtime friend Nemanja Pavkov working in an auto body shop. Pavkov moved constantly between phone, customers and overseeing a paint job on one of Jokić's sulkies, prompting Jokić to express surprise at the demanding hours. Pavkov urged Jokić to continue playing basketball rather than take a regular job. Jokić is portrayed as a mysterious superstar who shuns public fame and lives outside the hyperconnected era. Public familiarity with Jokić largely derives from his on-court performance, while Sombor reveals a more grounded, ordinary context for his life.
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