DENVER Nuggets star Nikola Jokic has had wife, Natalija Macesic, by his side since they were both teenagers.
Nikola, 28, and Natalija, 28, are high school sweethearts as both went to high school in their hometown in Serbia.
4Nikola Jokic and his wife, Natalija, got married in 2020Credit: Instagram/jokic.natalija
4Natalija has been by Jokic’s side since 2013Credit: Instagram/jokic.natalija
Both started dating around 2013.
After completing high school, Nikola moved to the US to attend college.
They decided to date long-distance as Natalija went to Seminole State College in Oklahoma where she played collegiate volleyball.
During that time, Natalija posted on Instagram that she missed him and once shared a photo of her TV as she watched her then-boyfriend’s games back in Serbia.
Then, Nikola would sign a contract with the Nuggets in 2015 after being drafted in the second round of that season’s draft.
He’d move to Denver and his two older brothers and Natalija went with him into an apartment together.
She eventually transferred to the Metropolitan State University of Denver where she received a degree in psychology.
Nikola and Natalija had plans to marry in early 2020.
But due to the pandemic, their wedding arrangements were postponed.
On October 24, 2020, the couple got married in a private ceremony in Sombor.
Then, in September 2022, Nikola and Natalija welcomed the birth of a daughter, Ognjena Jokic.
Natalijia shared that she was pregnant on New Year’s with a picture on Instagram of herself at her baby shower.
She captioned the post: “Thank you 2021, you were my favorite so far.”
The 28-year-old Natalijia regularly shares photos of her daughter.
Earlier this month, both were in a viral clip moment at the NBA playoffs.
The video showed Nikola’s daughter pointing at Natalijia’s ring finger — encouraging the NBA star to win the championship.
Nikola then made the same gesture back at his daughter.
Natliijia will get to see her husband Nikola and the Nuggets battle against the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals, starting on Thursday in Denver.
4Natalijia regularly posts photos of Nikola and their daughter Ognjena on InstagramCredit: Instagram/jokic.natalija
