Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic has decided to delay a contract extension with the Denver Nuggets this summer.

The Nuggets have been eliminated in the second round of the playoffs in back-to-back years since winning their first NBA title 2023. After their Game 7 loss to the Thunder in May, Jokic was blunt in concluding to reporters that Denver wasn’t not good enough to win the championship.

The projected max he could sign at that time is $285.4 million.It is in Jokic's interest to wait. Jokic, 30, is not an older player or one with an injury history where there is an added motivation to grab the money on the table now because it might not be there in a year.