A ship journey is sparking hypothesis that two of the NBA’s largest names might finally workforce up with the Nuggets, in accordance 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 could possibly be on the transfer — whether or not it’s in the course of the upcoming season or subsequent summer season — since he picked up his $52.6M participant choice. That call was accompanied by an announcement from his agent, Wealthy Paul of Klutch Sports activities, who stated the 40-year-old star nonetheless needs 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 might considerably bolster Denver’s title possibilities.
The Nuggets couldn’t afford to offer 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) will even restrict the Nuggets’ monetary flexibility, however James is perhaps prepared 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 can be James’ last season with the Lakers because the workforce focuses on constructing round Luka Doncic and prioritizes cap area 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.
