Athletistic/Basketball. The Denver Nuggets intend to keep center Nikola Jokic in the team for a long time, so they are preparing a contract for the Serb, which will be the largest in the history of the National Basketball Association.

How informed on one of the social networks, the journalist of The Athletic Shams Charania, the new contract with the “Most Valuable Player of the NBA” of the last two seasons will be for five years. Meanwhile, Jokic will earn $264 million in Denver. No one in the NBA has ever been paid that amount before.

During the 2021/2022 NBA regular season, Jokic played 74 games, averaging 27.1 points, 13.7 rebounds and 7.9 assists. Jokic playoff stats: 5 games, 31.0 points, 13.2 rebounds, 5.8 assists.