50 Nikola Jokic-inspired Fantasy Basketball names to try for 2023-24 NBA season

Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets to their first-ever NBA championship in June and is now preparing for a title-defending year. The two-time NBA MVP and Finals MVP and the Nuggets will host the LA Lakers on Tuesday night's opener and will get their championship rings pregame.

Jokic is coming off another MVP season with averages of 24.5 ppg, 11.8 rpg and 9.8 apg in 69 games, on 63.2 percent from the field, 38.3 from three and 82.2 percent from the free-throw line.

The Serbian big man should be in the MVP conversation for another season, as the Nuggets want to stay healthy and do their best to fight for the repeat.

50 Nikola Jokic-inspired Fantasy Basketball names to try for the 2023-24 NBA season

At the same time, Nikola Jokic should be considered among the best players in the draft and a top pick for fantasy players. Sports Feel Good Stories went a step further and posted an article with the fantasy teams that have been named after the Nuggets superstar.

1. Joker's Wild
2. You Got Serbed
3. Just In The Nikola Time
4. Nikola At Night
5. Jok Jok Rabbit
6. Old Saint Nikola
7. Ain't No Jokic
8. Joker, Smoker, Mile-High Toker
9. Fear The Joker
10. The Jokic On You
11. Mile-High Sigh
12. My Team is a Jokic
13. Tell Me A Jokic
14. The Serbian Slayer
15. Nickelodeon
16. Full Metal Jokic
17. Nikola Cough Drops
18. MVP Squared
19. Shock Jokics
20. Jokic Around and Found Out
21. Nik Rolled
22. Crack A Jokic
23. Jokic Aside
24. Life Jokic
25. A Running Jokic
26. Inside Jokic
27. Impractical Joker
28. Play A Jokic
29. Joker Folie A deux
30. The Denver Omlette
31. Nik On Somebody
32. Joke a Hole In
33. Nik Something Up
34. A Practical Jokic
35. Nik-Up Artist
36. Jok The Bear
37. Nik-Knack
38. Nik-and-Roll
39. First Round Draft Nik
40. Return of the Joker
41. Joker
42. Saint Nik
43. Big Honey
44. Horse Master
45. White Shaq
46. Blockic
47. The Vanilla Killa
48. The Slovic Comic
49. His Groundness
50. Vanilla Soft Serb

Nikola Jokic Fantasy Projection for the 2023-24 season

Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets are preparing for a challenging season, where they want to defend their title and repeat. The franchise will rely on the elite play of the Serbian big man and fellow superstar guard Jamal Murray to go all the way for a second straight year.

Per Basketball Reference, Jokic is projected to average 26.8 ppg, 12.9 rpg, 9.4 apg and 1.4 apg this year.

Regarding his fantasy numbers, he averaged 54.3 fantasy points for a total of 3,750 in 69 games last year. His projection for the 2023-24 season is 53.9 fantasy points for a total of 4,133 points in 77 games.