Nuggets Journal: Mike Miller saw something special in Nikola Jokic. So he gave him a nickname.

Nuggets Journal: Mike Miller saw something special in Nikola Jokic. So he gave him a nickname.

MIAMI — If you listen closely, Mike Miller still pronounces Jokic with a hard “J”. Even now, close to a decade after their careers crossed paths in Denver, Miller falls into old habits. It was Miller’s inability (or perhaps unwillingness?) to properly pronounce the Serbian’s name that gave the NBA and Nuggets fans their greatest gift. That’s how the nickname “Joker” was born. “Because he was a goofball and Jokic, Joker, and to be honest with you…