{"id":495707,"date":"2025-09-29T15:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=495707"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:32:18","slug":"nikola-jokic-stays-loyal-to-nuggets-despite-extension-delay","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/nikola-jokic-stays-loyal-to-nuggets-despite-extension-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic stays loyal to Nuggets despite extension delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Denver Nuggets fans can be relaxed\u2014Nikola Jokic isn\u2019t going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time MVP, who is entering the third year of his five-year contract with the franchise, chose not to sign an extension this offseason, sparking speculation about his long-term future. But speaking at NBA Media Day on Monday, Jokic made it clear where his heart lies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy plan is to be a Nugget forever,\u201d Jokic said. \u201cI think those contracts, extensions come as a reward, as something that\u2019s natural to the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jokic has spent his entire NBA career in Denver since being drafted in 2015, becoming the face of the franchise and leading the Nuggets to their first NBA title in 2023.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;My plan is to be a Nugget forever.&#8221; \ud83e\udee1<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Nikola Jokic on not signing an extension this summer <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kFtWgGyHO6\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/kFtWgGyHO6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DNVR Nuggets (@DNVR_Nuggets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNVR_Nuggets\/status\/1972719225015017959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His decision to hold off on signing an extension has more to do with timing than loyalty. Reports suggest that if Jokic waits until 2026 to sign, he could be in line for a far bigger deal\u2014potentially worth $292 million over three years, compared to the $212 million he would have earned by signing this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denver Nuggets fans can be relaxed\u2014Nikola Jokic isn\u2019t going anywhere. The three-time MVP, who is entering the third year of his five-year contract [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":490263,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16736,17837,16737],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17859,17858,1067],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"\"My plan is to be a Nugget forever\", said the Serbain superstar","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495708,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495707\/revisions\/495708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495707"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=495707"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=495707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}