Denver Nuggets star guard Jamal Murray has agreed to a five-year, $170 million contract extension, agent Mike George told The Athletic.
Murray, the Nuggets’ first-round pick in 2016 out of Kentucky, will play out his rookie deal next season. When the rookie max contract begins in 2020-21, he will make $29.3 million, then progressively more until the deal’s final season, when he’ll make $36.6 million in 2024-25.
Murray and center Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets to a surprising turnaround this past season, when they finished with the second-best record in the West and advanced to the conference semifinals, where they were ousted in seven games by Portland.
Information from ESPN’s Bobby Marks was used in this report.
Source : ESPN
