Dimitris Giannakopoulos, the owner of Greek basketball club Panathinaikos, has the same dream as many NBA executives and owners. That dream is to somehow find a way to lure three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic away from the Denver Nuggets and sign him to a contract.

While Jokic declined a contract extension with the Nuggets each of the last two offseason, raising some eyebrows across the NBA regarding whether his long-term future is with the Nuggets, the superstar center has made his intentions to stay in Denver clear.

“My idea is to sign next summer and stay with Denver for the rest of my career,” Jokic said this summer while representing Serbia at the FIBA World Cup qualifiers.

It doesn't seem like Jokic is going anywhere, including the possibility of leaving the NBA to join a club like Panathinaikos overseas, but that has not stopped Giannakopoulos from speaking his vision into existence.

In August, the Panathinaikos owner made it clear during an appearance on the Euro Insiders podcast that he intends to sign Jokic next year and even put together a proposal to the Nuggets star's agent. Misko Raznatovic, who represents Jokic, later confirmed Giannakopoulos' claim that he reached out with an offer.

Now Giannakopoulos is at it again regarding Jokic, this time putting the Serbian star in the same sentence as Michael Jordan.

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“Look, as far as I'm concerned, I stopped watching the NBA the day Michael Jordan stopped dribbling the ball. Seriously. I started watching the NBA again a little bit when Jokic went there,” Giannakopoulos told Serbian publication Mozzart Sport. “I believe he's in the top 10 players of all time. I'd love to see him in a Panathinaikos jersey, and I'll do everything in my power to try to do that.”

Even though this is Giannakopoulos' dream, he admitted that he doesn't think Jokic would even be allowed to leave the NBA.

“The politics around it is difficult, because I don't think it's a matter of the clubs. The thing is that the NBA may not allow such a big star to leave.”

Jokic, 31, has not commented on the Panathinaikos owner's desire to sign him, and he is fully committed to the Nuggets entering the 2026-27 season. He will make $59 million during the upcoming year in Denver before making a decision on his $62.8 million player option for the 2027-28 season next summer.