Curious Mike

Josh Kroenke on Building Successful Teams, Realizing How Special Jokic is, and Drafting MPJ


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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.

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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


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