The Serbian center seals an extension until 2028 of the bond linking him to the Denver Nuggets for which he will earn $270 million
The Denver Nuggets will cover Nikola Jokic in gold. The Serbian center, NBA MVP for the past two seasons, has signed an extension until 2028 of the bond linking him to the Colorado franchise for which he will pocket a total of $270 million, the highest contract in the history of the best basketball league on the planet. An astronomical deal that reaffirms the superstar status that the Balkans have claimed, without a doubt one of the most decisive players in the North American league.
Jokic, who had another one-year contract to receive $33 million, will remain the Nuggets flag bearer for more than five years, having signed for the maximum that the franchise that recruited him to the position could afford him. 41 of the 2014 draft, which averaged 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game during the last campaign.
Some of the numbers that enabled him to re-establish himself as MVP after winning votes against Giannis Antetokounmpo and Cameroonian Joel Embiid, but those weren’t enough for the Nuggets, who suffered from the injuries suffered by Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. high in the playoff, where they were knocked out in the first round by eventual champions Golden State Warriors.
Despite this, no one doubted that the Nuggets would do the rest to renew Jokic with a multimillion-dollar cascade that will enable him to break the record set by Giannis Antetokounmpo when he signed a five-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2020. cost him 228.2 million euros to the Greek.
At 27, Jokic is the main ray of a project whose goal is to achieve that ring that the Colorado franchise has never been able to tie. For this, the Nuggets have already entered the market and have not only made the Balkan center the highest paid player of all time, but also secured the services of Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith, two good additions coming from the Washington Wizards in return. for Monte Morris and Will Barton. While much of the options of the team that Mike Malone is training will go through the physical condition in which striker Michael Porter Jr. and especially point guard Jamal Murray, two stars who have not been given a reprieve in recent years due to injuries, will return of late, but at their usual level they can trigger the Nuggets’ actions.
Nikola Jokic’s multi-million dollar contract extension wasn’t the only juicy move he made on the first night after NBA free agency opened. Yes Morant, one of the biggest thrills of the job ending with the Warriors’ seventh ring, signed a five-year extension with the Memphis Grizzlies that will insure the South Carolina-born point guard a minimum of $193 million, who will they can go up to 231 if the next course is included in one of the All NBA quintets.
The center of Dominican origin Karl-Anthony Towns, for his part, will bring in 214 million in four years after his extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Phoenix Suns also signed the renewal of shooting guard Devin Booker in exchange for $224 million for four years, while the Washington Wizards tied Bradley Beal for the next five seasons, who will receive $251 million.
Bad news for Juancho Hernangómez. The Utah Jazz have cut the Spanish striker, who will have to find a new destination by not going into the plans of the Salt Lake City franchise. The Madrid man, who joined the Jazz last February, after a frenetic few months that saw him go through the Boston Celtics and San Antonio Spurs without a shine after leaving some Minnesota Timberwolves that prevented him from competing in the Olympics in Tokyo, had a secondary role in Quin Snyder’s rotation, despite finishing the season well, and didn’t seem to fit the roadmap of Will Hardy, who replaced the coach who a few days ago was rebuilding the franchise. led.
Juancho Hernangómez, who would have gotten $7.3 million had he continued in Jazz, becomes a free agent and seeks a team to start a new phase in the NBA, a league he landed in 2016 with help of the Denver Nuggets, who picked him in 15th place in the draft and where he had his best seasons before sending him to the Minnesota Timberwolves in February 2020. If he didn’t get it, he would return to Europe, where he has sounded for teams like Real Madrid or Barca.
Source: La Verdad
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