Jamal Murray is getting paid by the Denver Nuggets.
Murray and the Nuggets agreed to a five-year, $170 million contract extension, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported.
Murray, a first-round pick by Denver in 2016, is still on his rookie deal. He is owed $4.4 million next season and the contract extension money would come the following season, keeping Murray under contract for the next six seasons.
Here is what he would make during the life of his contract extension, via ESPN’s Bobby Marks:
Here are the numbers on a Jamal Murray rookie max extension:
2020/21 $29.25M
2021/22 $31.59M
2022/23 $33.93M
2023/24 $36.27M
2024/25 $36.61M
Total $169.65M
Murray will be subject to the poison pill provision (basically cannot be traded for one year)
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) July 1, 2019
Murray has emerged as an excellent, albeit streaky, scorer and shooter. He and Nikola Jokic teamed to help the Nuggets win 54 games last season and earn the second spot in the West. Denver is looking to keep the two around as the building blocks for a contender in the West moving forward.
