Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić has decided to delay a contract extension with the Denver Nuggets this summer, a person with knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday night.

As someone who has seen Nikola Jokić work behind the scenes, and also faced him as an opponent, former Denver Nuggets teammate and reigning NBA champion Isaiah Hartenstein heaped praise on Denver's superstar center,

Nikola Jokić, bruh, oh my God," Anthony Edwards on Jokić's performance. "He might be the best basketball player I've ever seen, like close up, besides myself to myself.

In fact, while Jokić greeted swaths of fans in China, one diehard supporter of the star came up to him and gifted the Denver star a horse's head." Well, actually, that is, they gave him a horse's "head" consisting entirely of his signature shoes from the Chinese shoe and apparel brand 361.

On the sports company’s social media, Jokić can be seen interacting with tens of thousands of fans during the trip, including one fan embracing Jokić’s love of horses and making him a small figurine of a horse wearing Jokić’s jersey No. 15. He could also be seen enjoying local cuisine, and of course, racing the high-speed trains.

Yang Hansen turned heads, opened eyes and elicited every other revelatory cliche with his NBA Summer League performance. The Portland Trail Blazers rookie models his game after three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic,