For anyone wondering how Derik Queen got that “Baby Jokic” nickname that’s displayed on his profile page on the Basketball Reference website, the answer came Wednesday night as he shared the court with Nikola Jokic himself.

While Jokic and the Denver Nuggets got the 125-118 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans , a 20-year old rookie was showing off a similar skill set to arguably the best player in the world.

Queen stuffed the stat sheet with a career-best 30 points, nine rebounds, four rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots in the 125-118 loss at Smoothie King Center.

“That was an impressive first go at Jokic,” said Pelicans’ interim coach James Borrego.

Borrego wasn’t the only one impressed.

So was Jokic.

“He’s an amazing player,” Jokic said. “You can see some similarities (

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