Overview

• He remains eligible to sign a three-year extension worth about $200 million through Oct. 20 under current rules.
• Waiting until next year could allow a fourth year to be added, reportedly increasing the total by roughly $77 million.
• Jokić’s existing contract includes two guaranteed seasons and a 2027-28 player option on a five-year, $276.1 million deal signed in 2022.
• Denver reshaped leadership after April decisions to part with head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth, promoting David Adelman to the full-time job.
• The Nuggets traded Michael Porter Jr. and a 2032 unprotected first-round pick to the Nets for Cam Johnson, and the move created room to use most of the non-taxpayer midlevel exception, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks.