Josh Kroenke on Building Successful Teams, Realizing How Special Jokic is, and Drafting MPJ
Curious Mike - A podcast by Michael Porter Jr.
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In this episode Michael sits down with Josh Kroenke, owner of the the Nuggets and several other professional sports teams, to discuss how he built a winning team in Denver, when he realized just how special Jokic is, and why he decided to draft MPJ despite the injuries he went through. Watch full interview on YouTube TIME STAMPS: 0:26 Josh's childhood, growing up in a wealthy family, developing trust 5:35 Josh playing basketball growing up and at Mizzou 8:10 Post-college internship at NBA league office 11:18 MPJ accidentally posting Adam Silver's number at rookie transition program 12:55 Kroenke family getting into owning teams 17:48 Strategy to win a championship in Denver 21:28 Realizing how special Nikola Jokic is 25:17 Nikola's numbers vs. Larry Bird's numbers 27:30 Carmelo Anthony's frustrating with Jokic wearing #15 31:25 Why Nuggets drafted MPJ 42:45 How it felt winning first NBA championship as an owner 50:50 Purpose
