{"id":535485,"date":"2026-09-28T20:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=535485"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:18:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:18:44","slug":"nikola-jokic-wants-to-re-sign-with-the-nuggets-i-want-to-stay-in-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nikola-jokic-wants-to-re-sign-with-the-nuggets-i-want-to-stay-in-denver\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic wants to re-sign with the Nuggets: &#8220;I want to stay in Denver&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nikola Jokic reiterated his commitment to the Denver Nuggets during Media Day, making it clear that he wants to remain with the franchise beyond his current contract. The Serbian superstar confirmed that his intention is to sign a new deal with Denver next summer rather than extend his contract immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to stay in Denver. I want to play here for the rest of my career,\u201d Jokic said, reiterating the desire he had already expressed earlier this summer. The Nuggets star is currently under contract through the 2026-27 season, with a player option for 2027-28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By waiting until next summer, Jokic will be eligible for a five-year contract worth approximately $359.5 million, which would be the largest deal in NBA history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nikola Joki\u0107 says he\u2019s re-signing with the Denver Nuggets next year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hTf0zx4W2k\">pic.twitter.com\/hTf0zx4W2k<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArashMarkazi\/status\/2104626636033605767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three-time MVP reiterated his desire to remain with Denver during Media Day, while confirming that he plans to sign his new contract next summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":386897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[187],"posizionamento":[16775],"class_list":["post-535485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-video","posizionamento-stories"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/05\/Denver-Nuggets.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535486,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535485\/revisions\/535486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535485"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=535485"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=535485"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=535485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}