Nikola Jokic is eligible for a contract extension with the Nuggets, but will he take it now in NBA free agency or wait for a larger deal?

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Three-time MVP Nikola Jokić became eligible to sign an extension with the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, but has informed the organization that he will not do so this summer, according to the Denver Post.

Nikola Jokic has reportedly informed the Denver Nuggets that he does not intend to sign a contract extension at this time. The former MVP would be eligible to potentially sign a contract worth $80 million more next season.

Which, to be clear, by delaying signing his new contract, Jokić isn't trying to place more pressure on the Nuggets. With a decade in the NBA under his belt, that's just never been the kind of player he is. That's not how he operates. He's simply getting his bank accounts in order. Nothing more.

Multiple sources tell The Athletic that when the Nuggets offer Jokic the five-year, $260 million extension, the center will sign it.

The Nuggets are expected to offer Nikola Jokic a five-year supermax extension worth a combined $254 million this summer, one that would give him the largest contract in the history of the game.