Jimmy0034 | Clippers

242 | 19 hours ago

According to Yossi

Nikola Jokic can get a four year max by extending anytime between now and June 30, 2027.

He can get a five year max with a no trade clause if he re-signs with the Nuggets as a free agent in the 2027 offseason.

Peperoncino_PPJ | Lakers

123 | 19 hours ago

Then he’s just being smart with money!

for_fun_88 | Knicks

33 | 19 hours ago

Especially if he gets someone to give him insurance on future earnings just in case

Blasto05

39 | 19 hours ago

He would have to have a significant career ending injury to deter every single team from offering him a max contract still.

Jokic could go out there and tear his ACL or Achilles in Game 7 of the Finals and every team that could offer the max contract still would.

Adorable-Bike-9689

1 | 19 hours ago

What do you mean by this?

PoopOnPoopOnPoop | Pacers

13 | 19 hours ago

Insurance now in case he gets hurt before he extends

for_fun_88 | Knicks

6 | 19 hours ago

Exactly. It’s only smart if he protects himself from losing the added benefit in the event of a horrific injury

Adorable-Bike-9689

2 | 19 hours ago

Idk maybe I’m being dumb but do you mean an insurance company will give him a policy based on his future earnings?

PoopOnPoopOnPoop | Pacers

9 | 19 hours ago

Yes, I don’t know the specifics but you can essentially get injury insurance for expected income. Easier for him since he clearly has a huge payday coming.

iceberg_ape | Kings

5 | 19 hours ago

You’re not dumb a lot of people don’t know that about aflac

ftaok

1 | 19 hours ago

You’re not being dumb, but yes, there are underwriters that will absolutely write him a policy to protect against an injury before next year’s FA period that causes him to lose his Max.

JoeBiden2020FTW [OP] | Grizzlies

27 | 19 hours ago

I still think the optimal move from a risk+money standpoint was to sign the max extension in 2025, then another max extension in 2028 which would go until 2033.

Basically what Devin Booker is doing.

The main benefit of Jokic’s current strategy is to apply pressure to the Nuggets. However, he doesn’t seem to have interest in leaving, so it’s a moot benefit.

yourhomeland

10 | 19 hours ago

I wonder if he has his own timeline to move back to Serbia.

TylerBlozak

11 | 18 hours ago

He’s gunna be able to buy Serbia pretty soon

sewsgup

7 | 19 hours ago

to your point doesnt that 2033 timeline, line up better with the Over 38 rule, to make sure he locks in as many years before he triggers that

IndependenceLate3415 | Nuggets

0 | 19 hours ago

I wish a reporter would ask him or his agent what their thoughts are on NBA Europe and if that’s affecting his plans around the contract at all.

DJFreezyFish | Nuggets

4 | 19 hours ago

Doubt they would put a Serbian/Balkan team in the league for monetary reasons, and I don’t think he would prefer playing in London, Rome, etc

IndependenceLate3415 | Nuggets

1 | 19 hours ago

I don’t think he would leave Denver or the NBA either, but I just wonder if his camp has an interest in knowing more about NBA Europe if it becomes more developed a year from now, so they can make an educated decision before they lock Jok in to 4-5 more years in Denver.

Takemyfishplease | Lakers

1 | 19 hours ago

I thought the same thing at one point, but then I saw Joe Montana play for the chiefs and Jordan the wizards.

Shit happens.

IndependenceLate3415 | Nuggets

2 | 19 hours ago

You thought Joe Montana and Michael Jordan would play in Europe?

ftaok

1 | 19 hours ago

I don’t think anyone has Joe Cool playing in the WLAF back then, but there were strong rumors that MJ was looking to extend his career in the Czech Extraliga.

Wrong-Vermicelli4723

1 | 19 hours ago

Doubt it , like I doubt there going to be a Serbian team in the Europe league

Salty_Helicopter9356 | Nuggets

1 | 19 hours ago

And a salary increase too inevitably.

So maximum amount of money and total control of his future (or just wanting to make sure he can’t get traded)

KD_AshyAnkles | Rockets

132 | 19 hours ago

I feel like Shai is more of a possibility of leaving than Jokic

Prestigious_Team3134 | Nuggets

75 | 19 hours ago

.001% vs .01%

Extension_Virus_3733

17 | 19 hours ago

The Shai chance is definitely higher than .01%, this isnt even his first NBA team

fisheggsoup | Jazz

18 | 19 hours ago

Hilariously different circumstances now.

Extension_Virus_3733

4 | 19 hours ago

Didnt say it was happening just saying it’s not .01% and I CAN picture him in a different uniform lol

DingleberryOrchard | Thunder

1 | 15 hours ago

What did he win with the Clippers?

Extension_Virus_3733

1 | 15 hours ago

Nothing, that’s not the point.

My point is this is a guy that already understands what changing teams means in the NBA, he’s been there and done that. While the Thunder won’t be trading him anytime soon, I bet if the time comes he wouldn’t be as reluctant as guys like Giannis and Damian Lillard were to rip the Band-Aid off.

DingleberryOrchard | Thunder

1 | 15 hours ago

Lol

Crayondy | Timberwolves

-20 | 19 hours ago

Crazy to assume Jokic will be okay with mediocrity for the next half decade. How many more first round exits can he endure?

Additional-Ear-6871 | Nuggets

27 | 19 hours ago

Wolves fans are awfully smug for a franchise that hasn’t even sniffed the Finals

Salty_Helicopter9356 | Nuggets

17 | 19 hours ago

You act like we haven’t been the most consistently good team in the west this decade.

He also just likes the lowkey vibe of Denver. His kids are from Denver now. Maybe he has other priorities than how Redditors will remember his career

clancydog4 | Nuggets

14 | 19 hours ago

Last season was literally the first playoffs ever where Jokic + Murray lost in the first round, what is this

Jokic has made 8 consecutive playoffs, only twice has he lost in the first round and one of those years was starting with a Facu + Austin Rivers backcourt. You act like that’s the norm. The Nuggets have played more playoff games this decade than any other team in the western conference.

Jokic has played 86 playoff games since 2020, the next highest in the western conference is Gobert with 71 (MPJ had 75). And if healthy this nuggets team can absolutely still contend deep in the playoffs.

I know y’all have our number, but don’t act like the Nuggets and Jokic are always losing in the first round and struggling.

Crayondy | Timberwolves

-19 | 19 hours ago

Christian Braun David Adelman 👈😬 Yeah that’s definitely making it out of the first round this year.

Frosty-Roof3124

15 | 19 hours ago

Braun and Adelman literally made it out of the first round in 2025

Crayondy | Timberwolves

-2 | 15 hours ago

It’s almost like all of the Western contenders improved these past two years while Denver pays the wrong guys. Your team is a parody at this point. Tim Connely’s puppet.

Frosty-Roof3124

11 | 19 hours ago

That was Jokic and Murray’s first first round exit in 8 years

Prestigious_Team3134 | Nuggets

11 | 18 hours ago

Ring Check 💍

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27 | 19 hours ago

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Adorable-Bike-9689

18 | 19 hours ago

What if he replaced DeAaron Fox in San Antonio?

Earl_Sinclair | Thunder

23 | 19 hours ago

cant win MVP doing that

EthicalBballFan | Heat

16 | 19 hours ago

Not with that mentality

Either_Imagination_9 | Knicks

6 | 19 hours ago

Is that a challenge?

MostlyMellow123 | Kings

4 | 18 hours ago

Situations change quick because of the aprons.

Hes been on an all rookie contract team until now. Now is when the cuts start happening

DingleberryOrchard | Thunder

1 | 15 hours ago

You mean players who weren’t playing meaningful minutes despite being down a starter and sixth man?

MostlyMellow123 | Kings

4 | 15 hours ago

This is the last year.

Next year youll have 35% sga,25% chet, 25% jdub

85% with three players. That is when all the good role players go away and are replaced with rookies and vet minimums.

Until the nba changes their supermax rules or changes the aprons to promote teams staying together the thunder will collapse like every other team has.

DingleberryOrchard | Thunder

1 | 15 hours ago

We’ll see. We went 7 without Wiggins, Joe, Dub, or Mitchell playing much if any role.

Dopeez | Spurs

0 | 18 hours ago

Things could look very different in a few years.

blacksoxing | Thunder

9 | 18 hours ago

Shai gushes over the level of detail that HE gets within the facility. He publicly acts as if the shit was made exclusively for him…evne if the Thunder been doing it since ‘08. Dude ain’t leaving.

In his offseason he spends most of his time up in Hamilton. I’ve been there. THere’s not much there, too! There’s a world where LA may have been “too much” for him in the same vein of how folks love to visit say Chicago/LA/NY but live in smaller cities or towns

ilickedysharks | Raptors

4 | 17 hours ago

He can get the best of both worlds by coming back home :)

CurrentRoster | Wizards

6 | 19 hours ago

both aren’t leaving, no way

Shadoken-TYPE0 | Canada

19 | 19 hours ago

I think Shai could be interested in playing for Toronto eventually

YizWasHere | Hornets

2 | 19 hours ago

It’d probably be a Hakeem Olajuwon situation lol

Ironredhornet | Pistons

5 | 19 hours ago

I could see SGA doing an end of career swansong in Toronto but that’s still a decade+ out.

SeaworthinessSome454

2 | 19 hours ago

I wouldn’t say that. Okc is going to have a salary crunch. Not that they’ll trade him as part of that but the thunder are far from certain to be top shelf contenders. 2-3 more years of regression and the thunder could get blown up or he wants to be traded. I’d say the same thing even stronger about Jokic except he’s been so outright adamant about not leaving

CurrentRoster | Wizards

1 | 19 hours ago

i think at most it would take 3 straight first round exits. but then u also see that shai and jokic are eligible for a truck load of cash in the future

YKG1998 | Knicks

4 | 19 hours ago

Why?

CLGplz | Vancouver Grizzlies

2 | 18 hours ago

I think with how Presti convinced him to be patient through the rebuild and the future assets/current team they have, Shai would just as unlikely to leave as Jokic

DingleberryOrchard | Thunder

1 | 15 hours ago

So none on either account. Got it.

TheKnightThatSaysRee | Nuggets

1 | 12 hours ago

Only way this happens is if he wants to go back home and win it for Toronto.

donkeyinparadise | NBA

48 | 19 hours ago

Bigger contract next year but also his brother just got the license to become an agent. He probably wants him to collect that commission fee, which itself is a huge amount, after they figure out the setup etc.

Rook2Rook

31 | 19 hours ago

Josh Kroenke walking into negotiations with Strahinja Jokic 😳

False_Pressure_6324 | Angola

5 | 15 hours ago

The Jokic’s are suddenly going to own Arsenal

AO_from_DP | Thunder

44 | 19 hours ago

He already told he planned to play in Denver forever and this is good and loyal thing to do from Jokic. But it also relieves any pressure from FO

CheesewayBreezeway | Nuggets

19 | 19 hours ago

Yeah I almost wish he didn’t say it, just because I want fire under the booties of our FO/ownership

T-UM | Bucks

10 | 19 hours ago

Coming from someone who just had this. I don’t think you know what you’re signing yourself up for with that.

CheesewayBreezeway | Nuggets

2 | 17 hours ago

Hence “almost”, but yeah, probably true that I’m naive to the unsavoriness of a situation like that. Plus, fire under booties doesn’t always produce wise moves, as Bucks fans unfortunately can attest to

T-UM | Bucks

2 | 17 hours ago

Fire under the butt also has a way to translate to unnecessary pressure and stress in hard times like it did for us.

Ultimately a FO that REALLY wants deep level success and a secure superstar that shuts everything down is the ideal duo. We had the FO, you guys might have the superstar

OldManWillow | Trail Blazers

4 | 19 hours ago

Nah, the FO knows Giannis said the same thing. Him not signing is all the pressure they need

Miscto3 | Nuggets

4 | 19 hours ago

Yea but having a FO under pressure can push a team into panic moves that cripple a team and guarantee their star leaving ie Milwaukee. It’s a double edged sword.

AO_from_DP | Thunder

2 | 19 hours ago

Sure, saying he want to quit also not good move. I think best position in his case would be like “Will I sign the contract? Maybe yes. Maybe no. Maybe fuck yourself”

zokii1983

28 | 19 hours ago

full quote

Vezano za nba free agency, danas je pocelo popisivanje tih ugovora, kakvo je tvoje razmisljanje o novom ugovoru i eventualno ostanku u Denveru?

Moja ideja i moja zelja je da ostanem u Denveru i verotvano cu potpisati sledece godine .. tako da ..ovaj .. to je striktno biznis .. tako da

Moja zelja je da ostanem i da igram do kraja zivota a na njima je dal ce da mi ponude ili nece

Regarding NBA free agency, today is the first day those contracts can officially be signed. What’s your thinking about the new contract and potentially staying in Denver?

My idea and my wish are to stay in Denver, and I’ll probably sign next year. So… this is strictly business. My desire is to stay and play in Denver for the rest of my career, but it’s up to them whether they’ll offer me a contract or not.

Frosty_Salamander_94

-5 | 18 hours ago

he said probably? not as favorable of a quote as I saw elsewhere

EstablishmentSlow754

2 | 17 hours ago

Verovatno (or vjerovatno for my ljekavski friends) means “probably” but depending on context it may lean more towards “definite” than “maybe”. I’d say in this context, it’s closer to “most probably”…… Where I’d worry with the Serb (BCS) “verovatno” is if not signing anything is an option, which is not. For ex: somebody asks me if I’m coming to their house this weekend. If I want an “out”, I’ll say “verovatno” and still give me option of not going

Frosty_Salamander_94

1 | 16 hours ago

Makes sense, thank you! So you think he’s keeping the ‘no’ open but in all likelihood was closer to ‘definitely?’

EstablishmentSlow754

2 | 15 hours ago

Yeah. I think it’s a “barring malpractice, I’m good”

bulldozer_rob | 76ers

14 | 19 hours ago

I thought he was a Celtic

bruhtestmomentus | Celtics

7 | 19 hours ago

Ugh fine, Luka it is then, I guess🤷

yapyd | Minneapolis Lakers

1 | 10 hours ago

Best I can do is PG. No takebacks - u/bulldozer_rob

Additional-Ear-6871 | Nuggets

12 | 19 hours ago

Fuck all y’all

IcyMeat7

8 | 19 hours ago

got -10 downboats here short while ago for suggesting Jokic was putting no pressure on Denver and it was all about money… I don’t know why people thought otherwise

FernBlueEyes

5 | 18 hours ago

Nikola is trying to tell KSE to focus on signing LeBron James right now.

Upbeat_External_4945

5 | 19 hours ago

We are seeing less and less top tier super stars leaving as FA at their prime time. Nowadays they just sign a max and wait for 2 years and if they are unhappy they request for a trade. Not good for the big market teams

chasingit1 | Nuggets

18 | 19 hours ago

Will someone think of the big market teams that don’t draft and develop their own stars/max level players?!….

Upbeat_External_4945

5 | 19 hours ago

Yeah I am just talking about a fact rather than saying this is good or not. Just not like before when players like LBJ KD Kawhi chose to be FA. It is a quite different era and basically teams have to grow their own superstars because top players do not enter FA anymore. Also teams must have masterpiece control over their salary book because of the new CBA. Basically we will never see a team like the 2008 Celtics, the 2012 Heat or the 2017 Warriors anymore.

trentyz | Nuggets

3 | 15 hours ago

Great, can we all chill on the Jokic trade comments now 😂

Neinhaltt

2 | 18 hours ago

That’s not how you put pressure on your team man.

Dissident_is_here | NBA

0 | 14 hours ago

This is very uh oh for Denver. He’s going to pretend it’s just about finances but it seems likely he’s also a little worried about the direction things are going in Denver. Especially with the “probably” thrown in there

guacamoleandtomato

-12 | 19 hours ago

He going to the lakers

Takemyfishplease | Lakers

5 | 19 hours ago

Do we have enough second round picks and injured players to make it happen?

urfaselol | NBA

-13 | 19 hours ago

he gone

PumpkinHead555 | Bucks

-37 | 19 hours ago

He’s going to LA with Luka. So obvious it’s not funny.

AstroBtz | Celtics

18 | 19 hours ago

With what cap space and trade capital 😂😭

FireBickerstaff | Pistons

10 | 19 hours ago

Bronny for jokic who says no

ihatedougford | Toronto Huskies

-10 | 19 hours ago

The Lakers have pulled off crazier moves we can’t laugh at them

Supreme_God_Bunny | Hornets

7 | 19 hours ago

They really haven’t, Getting Luka gifted to them wasn’t a Lakers moves it was a Nico move

TangerineStrong3781

3 | 19 hours ago

Go search how little they gave up for Pau Gasol or Kareem. Nico wasn’t a GM back then

Air2Jordan3 | Cavaliers

4 | 19 hours ago

They gave up Marc and two 1sts for Pau. Marc had a great career and played for a decade in Memphis. Yeah Pau was better and they won the trade but I think people forget Marc was included because of the popular Stephen A rant about Kwame Brown.

TangerineStrong3781

2 | 19 hours ago

That’s hindsight, Marc was a second round pick and throw in. If anybody thought he would be as good as he was he’d be a top 10 pick

LegitimateMoney00 | Knicks

3 | 19 hours ago

Not to mention getting Steve Nash and Dwight Howard without having to give up Pau Gasol even tho it was widely expected they would have to. The Lakers literally have a franchise history of pulling off batshit crazy moves.

The only move in recent memory they really had to pay their weight on was the Anthony Davis trade. Three young up and coming players along with the 4th overall pick and two more unprotected firsts. Probably one of the heftiest prices ever paid on a trade before.

TangerineStrong3781

2 | 19 hours ago

Exactly, Laker fans are delusional but it is for good reason

Supreme_God_Bunny | Hornets

0 | 15 hours ago

Nash and Dwight were washed

LegitimateMoney00 | Knicks

1 | 15 hours ago

Howard was regarded as the best center in the league and Nash finished 9th in MVP voting the year before. They were not considered “washed.”

JoeBiden2020FTW [OP] | Grizzlies

9 | 19 hours ago

Lakers should’ve saved their picks and/or cap space then

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

2 | 19 hours ago

Not complaining but why the change of flair bro lmao

JoeBiden2020FTW [OP] | Grizzlies

-3 | 19 hours ago

I hate Bob Pelinka and am crashing out.

I love the Grizzlies analytics-heavy front office, and I love Cam Boozer.

But might switch to another team too, haven’t locked in the Grizzlies yet.

AlmostHereButNot | Bulls

2 | 19 hours ago

Your team is your team. You’re a complete and total poser.

browndude10 | United States

5 | 19 hours ago

it’s not funny.

you are right; your comment isn’t

MacJonesisaterrorist | Celtics

1 | 19 hours ago

He’s going to Boston for PG and 8 firsts

AntSmith777 | Lakers

1 | 19 hours ago

We don’t have any money

[Stein] Nikola Jokić reiterates tonight in Serbia that he intends to be a Nugget for life but also confirms the recent report about delaying a contract extension. Jokić says that, like last summer, he plans to put the signing off until after the coming season.