Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic weighed in on the controversial new format of the NBA All-Star Weekend, making a bold statement about the state of the event. Last weekend, the NBA hosted another edition of its All-Star Weekend,

Jokic could be right. The NBA might be at a point where players simply do not care about the All-Star Game, and the league might just have to accept that. Jokic is one of the prime examples, as one of the league's biggest superstars gives little-to-no effort in the star-studded exhibition match.

As Nikola Jokic takes the stage in his seventh NBA All-Star Game, here are some of the athletes he admired from his childhood to the early stages of his career. The Denver Post asked three of