A ship journey is sparking hypothesis that two of the NBA’s largest names may ultimately workforce up with the Nuggets, in line with BasketNews.
In an Instagram post on Saturday, Misko Raznatovic, the longtime agent for Nikola Jokic, shared photographs of himself with LeBron James and Maverick Carter, James’ enterprise companion, in St. Tropez. Raznatovic added the caption, “The summer season of 2025 is the right time to make massive plans for the autumn of 2026! @kingjames @mavcarter.”
Hypothesis has been constructing that James might be on the transfer — whether or not it’s throughout the upcoming season or subsequent summer season — since he picked up his $52.6M participant possibility. That call was accompanied by a press release from his agent, Wealthy Paul of Klutch Sports activities, who stated the 40-year-old star nonetheless desires to compete for championships and could be monitoring the Lakers‘ offseason strikes.
The Cavaliers, Mavericks, Warriors and Knicks are among the many groups which have been talked about as future properties for James, however the Nuggets additionally make sense from a aggressive standpoint. James is coming off a second workforce All-NBA season, and partnering him with Jokic may considerably bolster Denver’s title probabilities.
The Nuggets couldn’t afford to provide James one other $50M contract with Jokic ($59M) and Jamal Murray ($50.1M) already on their books for 2026-27 and past. Aaron Gordon ($32M) and Cameron Johnson ($23M) can even restrict the Nuggets’ monetary flexibility, however James is perhaps keen to just accept a smaller wage to affix a workforce that will give him an opportunity to win a fifth ring.
There appears to be a rising sense across the league that this shall be James’ closing season with the Lakers because the workforce focuses on constructing round Luka Doncic and prioritizes cap house for the summer season of 2027. James has been an All-NBA choice in every of his seven seasons since coming to L.A. in 2019 and delivered a title in 2020.
