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A European basketball club owner, Dimitris Giannakopoulos, reportedly tried to buy out Nikola Jokić’s contract with the Nuggets this summer, calling him the best player in the world and aiming to sign him next year — but the offer was swiftly rejected. With Jokić still unsigned on a new deal, Giannakopoulos is circling again, despite the Nuggets’ clear intent to lock him up with a jaw-dropping five-year, $360 million extension. Even Giannakopoulos’s deep pockets can’t match Jokić’s NBA salary demands — Europe’s top earner made just $5.6M last year, while Jokić is expected to earn over $70M annually. For now, it’s more noise than reality — maybe just leverage for Jokić as he negotiates his future, but the financial gap makes this a tall order.

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