In the NBA world it seems that a firm that would change the history of the best basketball in the world is being cooking over heat. First there was talk of the possibility that Lakers Go for Nikola Jokicbut now Golden State Warriors He appeared along the way with a decision that dismayed the entire league.
To the background! Dave McMenamin, ESPN journalist, published that Los Angeles Lakers were being disciplined with the negotiations they carried out in the low season 2025-26. The reason? Have The greatest salary space for 2027 And, in this way, go for A NBA star.
And what do not guess who could be free at that time? According to ESPN, Nikola Jokic informed Denver Nuggets that This summer was not going to sign a contract extension for three more years and up to $ 212 million. This means that he is in his hands to become a free agent.
Jokic has a contract with the nuggets until the end of the 2027-28 season if he uses the Player option for $ 62.8 millionbut if the decision is the opposite, it would decline this possibility and become free agent. Given this scenario, it was believed that the Los Angeles Lakers chopped in Punta to go for The three times MVP of the NBAbut an unexpected weight competitor emerged: Golden State Warriors.
Warriors’ plan to go for Nikola Jokic before Lakers firm him
Stephen Curry and Nikola Jokic in the NBA. (Photo: Getty images)
“They want to maintain The maximum flexibility for the summer of 2027for now, they only have in their books the 13.4 million dollars of (Moses) Moody and the 10 million dollars of (Buddy) Hield as a player option. The Warriors, aware that Giannis antetokounmpo of Milwaukes y Nikola Jokic Denver have player options for the 2027-28 season, they are not the only ones in this stars. Renowned teams such as Lakers and Clippers have sent similar signals in recent months”said journalist Sam Amick, from ‘The Athletic’.
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If you don’t win the temptation to play with Stephen Curry in Golden State Warriors, Jokic could reach Los Angeles Lakers if the next plan is carried out successfully. “The friendship between Jokic and Doncic is well established and they begin to seep allusions to the idea that one day they form a couple (…) los Lakers have heard the same story about Luka and ‘Joker’ as everyone else and are planning accordingly“, The journalist Mark Deeks reported.
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