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Report: Nuggets, Jamal Murray agree on 5-year, $170M deal

A year after Nikola Jokic's $148M extension, the Denver Nuggets are rewarding guard Jamal Murray with a max extension.

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DENVER — The Denver Nuggets and point guard Jamal Murray have agreed on a five-year, $170 million contract extension, according to The Athletic.

The extension means Murray will play out his rookie deal in 2019-20 and will begin a new contract in 2020-21 through 2024-25.

Murray, 22, was the seventh overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2017.

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Last offseason, the Nuggets signed center Nikola Jokic to a $145 million contract extension.

The Nuggets finished with the second-best record in the West and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals this past season.

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