318 million in 5 years! Bigger than Jokic's contract! Murray is expected to re-sign his contract with a super-max salary

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2024-05-21 00:14Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

After the Nuggets were out, NBA salary expert Bobby Marks wrote an article to review the contract extensions within the Nuggets this offseason: Murray's contract expires in the summer of 2025, Gordon's contract expires in the summer of 2026, and the 2025-26 season is a player option worth $22.84 million. Both of them can renew their contracts with the Nuggets early this summer!

Murray's current contract is $170 million over five years, with a salary of $33.83 million this season and $36.01 million next season. If Murray chooses to re-sign with the Nuggets this summer, he could sign up to a four-year, $208.5 million contract extension. If he waits until the summer of 2025 to renew his contract, Murray could theoretically sign a five-year, $318 million super-cap salary.

Murray wants to get a super cap salary, and there is another premise: to be named to the All-Star team next season. It is worth mentioning that Murray has never been selected for the All-Season team in his career, and his hope of winning 318 million in five years is very slim. After the tie-break, Edwards left the court saying, "I handcuffed Murray!" （I had Jamal in handcuffs）”。

Why is Edwards so obsessed with Murray? Huazi told a small story: In the first round of the playoffs last year, the Timberwolves were eliminated by the Nuggets 1-4, and Huazi and Conley met Murray at the bar. Huazi revealed that Murray spewed trash words at Conley: "You make me feel disgusting, you can't prevent me at all!" Huazi responded at the time: "We will be back!" ”

In this year's Western Conference semifinals, Murray played an average of 37.6 minutes per game, scoring 18.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.3 steals, shooting 40.3%, 33.3% and 100% from three. Edwards averaged 40.5 minutes per game, with 27.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.6 steals while shooting 49.8%, 37.3% and 84.6% from three.

In this year's playoffs, Murray played an average of 38.5 minutes per game, scoring 20.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 0.8 steals and 2.6 turnovers, and shooting 40.2%, 31.5%, and 92.3% from three. In the playoffs last year, Murray averaged 26.1 points, 5.7 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 1.5 steals and 2.5 turnovers per game, shooting 47.3%, 39.6% and 92.6% from three.

The Nuggets are not as strong as last year, partly due to the departures of Bruce Brown and Jeff Green, and partly due to the decline in form of Murray, Pope and Porter Jr. In the first round against the Lakers, Porter Jr. averaged 22.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game, and averaged 10.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1 assist and 0.7 steals per game in the second round. Murray's brightest performance in the first round was two strikes.

In the Western Conference semifinals, facing Huazi's high-intensity defense, Murray's mentality collapsed. In the second quarter of the series G2, Murray first threw a towel at the baseline referee and then a hot compress into the court, and was finally fined $100,000 by the NBA. After all, Murray has suffered a major injury, and if the contract is renewed for 5 years, the Nuggets' future space will be locked!

Finally, Gordon is currently on a four-year, $86.44 million contract. This offseason, he can sign up to a four-year, $149.5 million contract extension with the Nuggets. In the Western Conference semifinals, Gordon averaged 14.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1 steal and 0.9 blocks per game, shooting 63.1%, 58.8%, and 78.6% from three.

In this year's playoffs, Gordon averaged 14.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.6 blocks per game, shooting 58.5%, 40.7% and 82.1% from three. In the regular season this season, Gordon played in 73 games, averaging 13.9 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.6 blocks per game, shooting 55.6%, 29% and 65.8% from three.

Don't forget, the Nuggets already have two big contracts: Jokic for $276 million for five years and Porter Jr. for $173 million for five years. Final question: How much do you think Murray and Gordon are worth each year?

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