<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-shams-nikola-jokic-trade-speculation-to-bed');   ga('set', 'title', 'Shams puts all Nuggets Nikola Jokic trade speculation to bed');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Jokic-complains.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Shams puts all Nuggets Nikola Jokic trade speculation to bed</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-25T10:27:39-07:00">June 25th, 10:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-25T10:27:39-07:00">June 25th, 10:27am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Tuesday, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-josh-kroenke-bizarrely-mentions-nikola-jokic-trade-scenario">Denver Nuggets team president Josh Kroenke raised some eyebrows</a> by insinuating that if things get bad enough down the line, the team may <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-nightmare-scenario-lead-nikola-jokic-trade">consider trading Nikola Jokic</a>. The unprompted comment drew a wide range of criticism from Nuggets fans, who do not want to follow in the footsteps of the Dallas Mavericks in terms of trading their franchise superstar.</p><p>Recently, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania stopped by the Pat McAfee Show and, thankfully for Denver fans, <a href="https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1937915222552883341" rel="noopener">put those rumors to bed.</a></p><p>“I know personally that Josh Kroenke would never consider or want to trade Nikola Jokic.. People around Denver know that and Jokic doesn’t want to be traded,” said Charania.</p><p>It still remains unknown why Kroenke even floated the trade as a possibility given that the media present at the press conference didn’t ask him about the doomsday scenario.</p><h2><b>A crucial summer for the Nuggets</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Nuggets-front-office-not-sure-Nikola-Jokic-sign-contract-extension.jpg"><figcaption>© Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While the Nuggets may not have any plans to trade their best player in franchise history, it’s not difficult to envision Jokic putting some pressure on the front office over the coming months if the team is unable to put an adequate roster around him.</p><p>Jamal Murray’s play has dipped considerably since his epic run during the 2023 NBA playoffs, and the Nuggets have also seen multiple crucial pieces from that championship core walk out the door in free agency over the last two summers.</p><p>While Christian Braun and Peyton Watson have shown some promising signs of forming a new, younger foundation around Jokic, their improvement wasn’t enough to help propel the Nuggets past the eventual NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder in this year’s playoffs.</p><p>The pressure is now on the Nuggets’ brass to figure out a way to put the right pieces around Jokic so that they don’t waste any more of the best player in the NBA’s prime.</p><p>Whether that’s through free agency or trades in the coming weeks, Jokic and fans alike are probably hoping that the Nuggets look considerably different by the time next season rolls around.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Shams puts all Nuggets Nikola Jokic trade speculation to bed

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-nightmare-scenario-lead-nikola-jokic-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets’ nightmare scenario that would lead to unthinkable Nikola Jokic trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Denver-Nuggets-center-Nikola-Jokic-1.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets’ nightmare scenario that would lead to unthinkable Nikola Jokic trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-24T14:32:49-07:00">June 24th, 2:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-24T14:32:49-07:00">June 24th, 2:32pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Denver Nuggets came as close as anyone did to defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs. Nikola Jokic and Co. pushed the NBA champions to a seventh game in their second round series. Unfortunately, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-michael-porter-jr-confesses-harsh-reality-shoulder-injury">injuries to Michael Porter Jr.</a> and Aaron Gordon resulted in an 125-93 blowout. Heading into the offseason, Nuggets president Josh Kroenke is cautious.</p><p>In his end-of-season press conference, Kroenke expressed his concern over how to approach the offseason. According to him, Denver’s <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1937603210614833636" rel="noopener">injury problems need to be considered</a> when deciding whether or not to go into the second apron.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"The wrong person gets injured, and very quickly you're into a scenario that I never want to have to contemplate, and that's trading #15."</p><p>Nuggets President Josh Kroenke on Nikola Jokic and navigating around the second apron 🤯<a href="https://t.co/Xz5Rt3t8gp">pic.twitter.com/Xz5Rt3t8gp</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1937603210614833636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I think that for us as an organization, going into that second apron is not necessarily something that we’re scared of,” Kroenke said. “I think that there are rules around it that we need to be very careful of with our injury history. The wrong person gets injured and very quickly you’re in a scenario that I never want to have to contemplate, and that’s trading #15.”</p><p>Teams that are in the first and second apron are extremely limited when it comes to their financial flexibility. With a team with as many big contracts as Denver has, it is important that they build smartly around them, either through the NBA Draft or via smart trades.</p><p>However, things could go south. Here is a path that could end in Kroenke having to at least consider trading Jokic away.</p><h2>1. One of Denver’s stars gets injured</h2><p>While the Nuggets did not see any of their players tear an ACL in the postseason, they dealt with injuries. Porter Jr. nor <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-aaron-gordon-makes-confession-playing-through-injury-game-7">Gordon were nowhere near 100% entering Game 7</a> against the Thunder. The result was a lackluster effort that left Nuggets fans wondering where they could turn moving forward.</p><p>Both players expect to be fully healthy heading into next season, but the threat of re-injury looms large. If Gordon, Porter Jr., or Jamal Murray go down with a serious injury, even Jokic’s excellence might not be enough to carry the Nuggets deep into the postseason.</p><p>Almost every team in the Western Conference believes that they are ready to seriously contend for a title. As long as Denver has a healthy Jokic on their roster, they are included in that conversation. The two-time MVP had a legitimate argument to win his third this season and is regarded as the best player in the NBA. However, all it takes is one tragic play for that all to change.</p><h2>2. The Nuggets’ young talent does not develop</h2><p>Since they drafted Nikola Jokic with the 41st pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, the Nuggets have struggled to identify top-tier prospects. Selections like Christian Braun and Porter Jr. have been good, but players like Zeke Nnaji and Jalen Pickett have underwhelmed so far. In an NBA world where the draft is more important than ever, Kroenke’s team cannot afford to keep missing.</p><p>For better or worse, Denver does not have to worry about the NBA Draft this season. The Nuggets have no picks unless they decide to trade for one on the night of the draft. However, they will have a rookie play for them next season in DaRon Holmes. The former Dayton Flyer tore his ACL during Summer League and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-daron-holmes-ii-suffers-devastating-achilles-injury-nba-summer-league-debut">has not played a single minute with Denver</a>.</p><p>The Nuggets have surrounded Jokic and the starting lineup with young players with high potential. However, the team needs that potential to be realized in order to compete without climbing into the second apron.</p><h2>3. Nikola Jokic becomes unhappy</h2><p>Jokic has said throughout his career that he enjoys playing in Denver and does not want to leave the Nuggets. The Serbian center still has three years left on his current deal. However, he has not yet signed his extension, which could be a power move to put some pressure on Kroenke and the front office. Pleasing their star has become more important than ever for modern NBA teams.</p><p>Even if Denver struggles out of the gate and can’t recover, Jokic asking for a trade is unlikely. However, if the All-NBA big man decides that his best chance to win a title lies elsewhere, there is little the Nuggets can do to stop him.</p><p>If he did become available most of, if not all, of the teams in the league would be interested. A Jokic trade would mark the end of an era in Denver, sending them back into another rebuild.</p><p>What Kroenke alluded to is the worst-case scenario for the Nuggets. However, if Denver is not careful with their future, it could easily become their reality.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ nightmare scenario that would lead to unthinkable Nikola Jokic trade

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Downing-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets front office ‘not sure’ if Nikola Jokic will sign contract extension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-24T13:54:56-07:00">June 24th, 1:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-24T13:54:56-07:00">June 24th, 1:54pm</time><address><a>Preston Byers</a>Preston Byers is an experienced writer and journalist who currently serves as an associate editor for ClutchPoints and as a staff writer at The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle, where he covers sports in the Mahoning Valley. Previously, Preston worked as an associate editor for Dot Esports and a site expert for FanSided's Union and Blue.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets">The Denver Nuggets</a> are “definitely” offering three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic a lucrative contract extension this offseason, but they’re apparently not convinced he will sign it.</p><p>While speaking with the media today, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-josh-kroenke-bizarrely-mentions-nikola-jokic-trade-scenario">Nuggets CEO and president Josh Kroenke</a><a href="https://twitter.com/DNVR_Nuggets/status/1937576674125603053" rel="noopener"> introduced some doubt that</a> Jokic would put pen to paper this summer.</p><p>“We’re definitely going to offer it,” Kroenke said of the extension. “I’m not sure if he’s going to accept it or not because we’re also going to explain every financial parameter around him signing now versus signing later, be completely transparent, that’s the way we always are, and that he makes the best decision for himself and his family, and we’ll support him in it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Josh Kroenke on Nikola Jokic’s potential contact extension this summer:</p><p>“We’re definitely going to offer it. I’m not sure if he’s going to accept it or not.”</p><p>Jokic could sign this summer or later depending on what the financial numbers look like. <a href="https://t.co/vlzFnIqlcU">pic.twitter.com/vlzFnIqlcU</a></p><p>— DNVR Nuggets (@DNVR_Nuggets) <a href="https://twitter.com/DNVR_Nuggets/status/1937576674125603053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The reason why Jokic may want to wait to sign his extension is that, if he were to sign this summer, the extension would be worth around $213 million over three years. Those three years would be added onto the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/players/9a2908b3/nikola-jokic/contract">backend of his current deal</a>, negating the $62.8 million player option in 2027-28, the season in which the new extension would begin. That deal would then run from 2027 until 2030.</p><p>If he chooses to wait until next offseason to sign the extension, he would still get the same first-year salary (projected to be $65.5 million) in 2027-28. However, he would be able to sign for four years, instead of three, and thus guarantee himself more than $80 million in the final year of the deal. The extension would run until 2031, when Jokic will be 36 years old.</p><p>Theoretically, Jokic could hold off on signing any contract extension and become an unrestricted free agent in 2027. That would give him, as long as he remains at the top of his game and healthy, as much leverage as he can possibly get. If he decides to stay in Denver, re-signing with the team in 2027, he could ink a five-year supermax worth more than $380 million. The deal would extend until he was 37 years old.</p><p>Waiting is a risk, though. While players of Jokic’s caliber are more well-equipped and positioned to take those risks, Jokic may not want to play two more entire seasons and postseasons without the fallback of a lucrative deal guaranteed to him until the next decade.</p><p>Jokic finished second in MVP voting this season <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-bold-plan-beating-nikola-jokic-mvp">behind Shai-Gilgeous Alexander</a>, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-nba-finals-pacers-eerily-similar-nuggets-series">whose Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the Nuggets</a> in the second round of the playoffs en route to an NBA championship.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets front office ‘not sure’ if Nikola Jokic will sign contract extension

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-josh-kroenke-bizarrely-mentions-nikola-jokic-trade-scenario');   ga('set', 'title', 'Josh Kroenke bizarrely brings up Nuggets-Nikola Jokic trade scenario');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Nikola-Jokic-of-the-Denver-Nuggets-1.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Josh Kroenke bizarrely brings up Nuggets-Nikola Jokic trade scenario</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-24T12:44:28-07:00">June 24th, 12:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-24T14:02:45-07:00">June 24th, 2:02pm</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-sent-deandre-jordan-selfie-with-horse-offseason">Denver Nuggets enter the offseason</a> with the goal of building around superstar center Nikola Jokic to get back to title contention. However, on Tuesday, team president and governor Josh Kroenke brought up a scenario where the organization trades Jokic completely unprompted.</p><p>While discussing the strategy of acquiring players to continue building the roster, Kroenke mentioned that avoiding injuries is a key issue for Denver moving forward. He mentioned that a worst-case scenario for the Nuggets would be that the team <a href="https://x.com/jokicgoatic15/status/1937578346902405448" rel="noopener">suffers so many injuries</a> that the front office must trade Nikola Jokic away.</p><p>“I think that for us, as an organization, going into that second apron is not necessarily something that we’re scared of. I think that there are rules around it that we need to be very careful of with our injury history.</p><p>“The wrong person gets injured, and very quickly you’re in a scenario where, that I never want to have to contemplate, and that’s trading No. 15. We’re very conscious of that pushing forward.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/Q6w0oQNo4h">https://t.co/Q6w0oQNo4h</a> <a href="https://t.co/nnMdzqFn3m">pic.twitter.com/nnMdzqFn3m</a></p><p>— Jokicism 🃏 (@jokicgoatic15) <a href="https://twitter.com/jokicgoatic15/status/1937578346902405448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>So it doesn’t sound like Nikola Jokic is up for trade this offseason, but with all 30 teams making moves and decisions to upgrade their respective rosters, why even mention it? Overall, Kroenke is simply playing out a scenario out loud that could force the Nuggets to trade the three-time MVP.</p><p>Jokic, who is 30 years old, is widely viewed as the best player in the world. So it’s hard to fathom the idea of the Nuggets trading him away. He’s been nothing but a superstar talent for Denver and arguably deserved to win his fourth MVP Award for his efforts this season.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-wild-joker-origin-story-mike-miller">Nikola Jokic ended</a> the 2024-25 campaign averaging 29.6 points, 12.7 rebounds, and 10.2 assists per game while owning a 57.6% field-goal percentage and shooting 41.7% from beyond the arc.</p><p>The Nuggets are more than likely to keep Jokic on the roster for the long haul. But it’s just odd that Kroenke would bring up a trade possibility in front of media members, especially considering there have been no rumors about teams actively trying to trade for the seven-time All-Star.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Josh Kroenke bizarrely brings up Nuggets-Nikola Jokic trade scenario

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/nba-stories/nba-rumors-nuggets-tried-nikola-jokic-kevin-durant-team-up');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Nuggets tried for Nikola Jokic-Kevin Durant team-up');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Durant-and-Jokic.jpg"><figcaption>Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Nuggets tried for Nikola Jokic-Kevin Durant team-up</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-22T11:17:04-07:00">June 22nd, 11:17am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-22T11:17:04-07:00">June 22nd, 11:17am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Sunday afternoon, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/houston-rockets/rockets-news-kevin-durant-trade-suns-jalen-green">Kevin Durant trade saga</a> came to an end when the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-phoenixs-kevin-durant-trades-killed-roster">Phoenix Suns dealt the superstar</a> to the Houston Rockets in exchange for a package including Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, and draft compensation. The deal, originally reported by Shams Charania of ESPN, gives the Rockets a chance to compete for an NBA championship while signaling the end of a disappointing era in Phoenix.</p><p>While the Rockets were long rumored to be one of the major candidates for a potential Durant trade, recently, Charania reported on <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45561747/sources-suns-trading-kevin-durant-rockets-blockbuster-deal" rel="noopener">some other teams</a> who reportedly threw their hat into the ring, including one that may raise NBA fans’ eyebrows.</p><p>“Several other wild-card suitors emerged as well — including the Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers, LA Clippers and Denver Nuggets, sources said,” per Charania.</p><p>That’s right–the Denver Nuggets apparently tried their hand at aquiring Durant, which would have marked a seisemic shift in the Western Conference.</p><p>However, Charania noted that “with Durant on an expiring, $54.7 million contract and eligible for a new two-year extension after the trade, the league’s market for him clearly showed his ability to dictate whether he wanted to play for a franchise long term.”</p><h2><b>What could have been for the Nuggets</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nikola-Jokic-facilitates-the-offense.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The Nuggets have made no secret of the fact that they are looking to rebuild themselves into a championship contender around Nikola Jokic this offseason.</p><p>Trading for Durant would have given them a chance to do just that, giving Jokic the first truly elite wing scorer he would have played with in his career and re-opening their championship window for the next couple of years.</p><p>However, as Charania noted, Durant was largely in control of the decision-making process for the Suns, and it’s also worth considering whether Phoenix’s asking price was too high for what the Nuggets would have been willing to give up.</p><p>Regardless, Nuggets fans will likely lose some sleep thinking about what the team would have looked like with Durant in the fold.</p><p>Meanwhile, Durant and his new Rockets team will look to take another step forward in the Western Conference after securing the second seed a year ago.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
29.6	12.7	10.2	0.6	1.8

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