Many executives across the league were caught off guard by the new level Nikola Jokic reached in the playoffs last season, including the All-Star center’s countryman and Sacramento Kings assistant general manager Peja Stojakovic. “I had Peja who I know well come up to me and he goes, ‘I had no idea Nikola had that in him,'” Michael Malone…

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