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Nikola Jokic's contract extension discussions with the Denver Nuggets will be postponed until after the season, as his focus remains on winning games and pursuing another MVP title.
Q. Nikola Jokic has said in interviews that he wants to remain with the Denver Nuggets. He does have a player option for next year at $62.8 million. I'm curious what's the contract plan for him in Denver and are you having conversations with the Nuggets about a new extension? Nikola Jokicâs agent Misko Raznatovic: During the season, his focus is on basketball, winning the games, and trying to get one more MVP title, so all the conversations about the contract extension will happen after the season. So, we practically didn't touch this topic.
NBA Courtside: Carmelo Anthony reacts to Jaden McDaniels calling out Denvers bad defense: "That's grown man talk. You didn't beat around the bush, you called names out.... When you have that type of passion about the point you're trying to make, it's on. It was already a rivalry, its personal now. Now Jokic is sitting back like 'I got something for you now.' Hearing this will take him to a whole other level... This is war, this is chess... If you don't win game 3 though, we'll have to have a conversation." â 4/21/2026 x.com
Nikola Jokic's contract extension discussions are on hold because he is prioritizing his performance and the team's success during the season.
Nikola Jokic has a player option worth $62.8 million for next year.
Conversations regarding Nikola Jokic's contract extension will resume after the current season ends.
Nikola Jokic aims to focus on winning games and securing another MVP title this season.

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Anthony Slater: Pretty gutty Game 2 win from the Timberwolves in Denver. Came from 19 down early. Responded to a Nikola Jokic surge late third quarter. Rudy Gobert was good on Gobert down the stretch. Anthony Edwards had 30 in 40 minutes on ailing knee. Series 1-1, shifts to Minnesota. â 4/21/2026 x.com
Bennett Durando: David Adelman on Nikola Jokic passing up the floater: âYou always want him to shoot that shot. But he sees what he sees out there. Heâs playing. And if he sees his teammate open, heâs gonna make that play. ⊠I trust the best player in the world to make the decisions he makes.â â 4/21/2026 x.com
Bennett Durando: Nikola Jokic: âI definitely shouldâve took that floater.â â 4/21/2026 x.com
Nate Duncan: Rudy Gobert on the floor: Nikola Jokic was 1-8 from the field for 4 points in 20:38 with 5 ast and 2 TOs, zero offensive rebounds. â 4/21/2026 x.com
Jorge Sierra: Nikola Jokic is one of only eight players in NBA history to finish Top 3 in the MVP vote at least six times. This is something Kobe, Shaq or Duncan didn't accomplish. He really has one of the best peaks we've seen in the league. â 4/21/2026 Bluesky
The Nuggets were up three entering the fourth. Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards called Gobert over in the huddle before the final 12 minutes. "I told him we ain't bringing no double team," Edwards said. "You gonna guard [Jokic] one-on-one. Stop fouling. Stop going for the reach-in. Because he's going to flop. They're going to call the foul. Play him straight up." â 4/21/2026 ESPN
On the same day he finished fourth in Defensive Player of the Year voting, Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert held three-time MVP Nikola Jokic to 1-of-8 shooting in his individual Game 2 matchup. That defensive work, which included three one-on-one stops in the closing minutes, helped the Timberwolves to a 119-114 win over the Denver Nuggets to tie their first-round series at 1-1. It was the worst shooting performance in Jokic's playoff career against a single defender (minimum six shot attempts). "I was lucky," Gobert said. "A top-three defender cannot do that. So I was lucky." â 4/21/2026 ESPN
French center Rudy Gobert delivered a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds in 37 minutes of play. Following the loss, Gobert compared his matchups with the Nuggets' Nikola Jokic to a battlefield: "It's just like going to war, it really is a mental game," Gobert started. "As a kid, I dreamed to be in this position, to be facing the best players in the world, just embracing this opportunity." â 4/19/2026 BasketNews
NBA Communications: The three finalists for the 2025-26 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, @okcthunder Nikola JokiÄ, @nuggets Victor Wembanyama, @spurs â 4/19/2026 Twitter
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