Nikola Jokic shouldn’t be but able to signal an extension with the Denver Nuggets. It would not come with out threat, nevertheless it additionally comes with a ton of reward.
According to Bennett Durando of The Denver Submit, the three-time NBA MVP is not going to signal a contract extension with the Nuggets this offseason. He nonetheless has two seasons left on his present deal in addition to a participant choice for the 2027-28 season.
Tuesday was the primary day that he was eligible to signal an extension that might have added as much as three years and $212M to his present deal. Whereas that form of cash and assured employment sounds nice, even for an NBA celebrity, Jokic is probably going holding out for extra.
If he indicators the extension subsequent season as an alternative, he may earn roughly $80M extra, in response to Durando. It is a growth that was not essentially surprising from Denver’s facet of issues, both.
“We’re positively going to supply it,” Kroenke Sports activities & Leisure vice chairman Josh Kroenke said in June. “I’m unsure if he’s going to just accept it or not, as a result of we’re additionally going to elucidate each monetary parameter round him signing now versus signing later. To be fully clear, that’s the best way we at all times are. After which he makes one of the best determination for himself and his household, and we’ll assist him in it.”
It appears like the extra $80M is price it for Jokic, although it is price noting that he’s taking a little bit of a threat. If he suffers a setback or harm in 2025, he could value himself some long-term ensures in Denver. That is doubtless not even within the calculation, contemplating his present deal runs via 2027-28 with that participant choice.
Final season, he averaged a triple-double: 29.6 factors, 12.7 rebounds and 10.2 assists per recreation.
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