The Nuggets and Jokic start negotiations!

This season, the Nuggets passed the hurdles and reached the Western Conference semi-finals, but lost to the young Thunder in the tiebreak battle and was very regrettably eliminated. Although the team has failed to win the championship in the past two years, the management still does not want to break up the 2023 championship team. On the contrary, it will keep Jokic, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon and Michael Porter Jr.'s core players for a long time.

As the soul leader of the Nuggets, Jokic is the absolute core of the team building at any time, so keeping Jokic is equivalent to retaining hope for the championship. So with Jokic's existing contract still three years, the Nuggets couldn't wait to provide it with a three-year, $212.2 million early contract renewal. It is worth mentioning that when Jokic's new and old contracts were executed, the age was 36 years old.

Jokic performed as consistently this season, averaging 36.7 minutes in the regular season, with 29.6 points, 12.7 rebounds, 10.2 assists and 1.8 steals, and his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 41.7%, becoming the first center in history to average triple-double, and his MVP ranking is second only to Alexander. The average playoffs reached 40.2 minutes, and he could score 26.2 points, 12.7 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals, with a three-point shooting percentage of 38%! In the seven games against the Thunder in the second round, Jokic averaged 28.4 points, 13.9 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.7 breaks per game, shooting percentage of 47.9% and three-point shooting percentage of 32.5%. It can be said that he burned out his last energy and deserved the title of core boss. Although the Nuggets want to keep Jokic's entire career in Denver, the management should also be clear that it is difficult to win the championship again by relying so it is urgent to strengthen the offseason. Otherwise, when Jokic does not see hope for the championship, it is unknown whether it is voluntarily applied for a deal.