{"id":68831,"date":"2025-07-17T03:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/68831\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T03:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:12:09","slug":"nikola-jokics-extension-jonas-valanciunas-greek-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/68831\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic&#8217;s extension, Jonas Valanciunas&#8217; Greek offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Bennett Durando and sports editor Matt Schubert reconvene following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/07\/12\/daron-holmes-ii-achilles-injury-recovery-nuggets-summer-league-rookie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DaRon Holmes II\u2019s glorious return to NBA Summer League<\/a>. Among the topics discussed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nikola Jokic caused a stir in NBA circles by \u2026 doing nothing?! Denver\u2019s MVP center became extension-eligible last week but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/07\/08\/nikola-jokic-declines-contract-extension-denver-nuggets-salary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declined to sign on the dotted line<\/a>, according to league sources. Here\u2019s why Nuggets fans need not freak out \u2014 yet.<\/li>\n<li>Jonas Valanciunas caused a stir in NBA circles by \u2026 visiting Greece?! The recently acquired backup to Jokic was offered a three-year contract by EuroLeague power Panathinaikos, and Valanciunas signaled mutual interest by visiting Greece. Yet the Nuggets hold all the cards. What happens next?<\/li>\n<li>Nuggets big man DaRon Holmes II returned to NBA Summer League a year after rupturing an Achilles tendon at the very same venue. How did the second-year player look? And how might he slot into what\u2019s becoming a deep Nuggets rotation?<\/li>\n<li>With the Cam Johnson-MPJ trade now complete, the fellas ponder if the Nuggets might now have a better starting five than when the franchise won the NBA title in 2023.<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s Denver\u2019s best public park? You better believe the fellas have some opinions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to the podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/nuggetspodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/nuggets-ink\/id1340404621?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6GeKxePNZXCJHbrE4yTe2k?si=l6SFF4xuQx6LeH23tLc5_A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLSIh8dZJvvLVwk1sx7rIkhBvrxlxq8JUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube Music<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/users\/soundcloud:users:287723305\/sounds.rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong>: AAron Ontiveroz<br \/><strong>Music<\/strong>: \u201cThe Last Dragons\u201d by Schama Noel<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/newsletter-signup\/nuggets-insider\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Want more Nuggets news? Sign up for the Nuggets Insider to get all our NBA analysis.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Bennett Durando and sports editor Matt Schubert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":68832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[7194,17656,3134,29734,1370,17660,1260,3369,7198,48691,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-68831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-cam-johnson","9":"tag-daron-holmes","10":"tag-denver-nuggets","11":"tag-jonas-valanciunas","12":"tag-latest-headlines","13":"tag-more-nuggets-news","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nikola-jokic","16":"tag-nuggets","17":"tag-nuggets-ink-podcast","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114866391951716602","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}