Nikola Jokic Trade Talk Grows Around NBA

The Nuggets are 3-3, and rival teams are already keeping tabs on Nikola Jokić. An NBA executive told The Ringer’s Howard Beck that all 29 other teams should be thinking about how to get him. Jokić is in the final year of his deal and said in September he plans to re-sign with Denver next summer. Denver’s roster moves have added pressure after a first-round exit. The Nuggets lost Peyton Watson, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Jonas Valančiūnas, then added DeMar DeRozan and Marvin Bagley III. They rank 16th in offense, 23rd in defense and have a minus-2.9 net rating. Jokić can sign for up to five years and $359.5 million next summer.