Once an obese, Coca-Cola guzzling child with a curious obsession with horses and harness racing, was a longshot for stardom before he was drafted by the out of his native Serbia in 2014.Trainers remember him struggling to complete a single push-up, and even with a 6-foot-11 frame and two older brothers playing professionally, the teenager was virtually ignored by NBA teams and media. When Denver eventually did pick Jokic in the second round – long after the top prospects had come off the board – ESPN didn't even bother airing the announcement, instead running a late-night Taco Bell commercial.
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