{"id":50810,"date":"2025-08-07T00:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/50810\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T00:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:58:08","slug":"nikola-jokic-predicted-to-join-lakers-next-offseason-help-doncic-win-first-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/50810\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Joki\u0107 predicted to join Lakers next offseason, help Don\u010di\u0107 win first ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Denver Nuggets captured their first-ever championship just two seasons ago, led by three-time MVP Nikola Joki\u0107.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His longtime friendship with Luka Don\u010di\u0107, however, could be the reason he wants out of Denver.<\/p>\n<p>The two parties were unable to figure out an extension on his contract, which would allow him to enter free agency next offseason.<\/p>\n<p>One idea proposed by CBS Sports\u2019 Sam Quinn has Joki\u0107 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/news\/luka-doncic-is-committed-to-the-lakers-long-term-and-now-the-hunt-for-his-sidekick-truly-begins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">teaming up with Luka<\/a> and LeBron James in Los Angeles, for one last farewell tour if James decides to call it quits the season after.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoki\u0107 was eligible to extend this offseason but declined to do so. The obvious explanation was that he can make more money by waiting a year. The subtext is that, should things go south in Denver, he&#8217;d have a close friend waiting for him in Los Angeles,\u201d Quinn said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust as the Lakers were supposed to fear a possible Don\u010di\u0107 trade request if he had not been happy in Los Angeles, they are banking on someone, whether it&#8217;s Antetokounmpo, Joki\u0107 or someone we aren&#8217;t expecting, to become unhappy somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vakw2IH60eBZ4UO1Iz1b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the Lakers to keep Don\u010di\u0107 happy, Quinn believes they will have to be lucky enough for a superstar, in this case Joki\u0107, to become frustrated with their current team.<\/p>\n<p>It does seem unlikely that this would happen, as the Nuggets just had a terrific offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Joki\u0107 became the player he is today, the goal has been to build the team around his playstyle, and under new management, that\u2019s exactly what they did.<\/p>\n<p>They traded for Cam Johnson and Jonas Valan\u010di\u016bnas, and signed former Nugget Bruce Brown.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of Joki\u0107 in Los Angeles isn\u2019t completely out of the question, but it would take a lot of screwing up over the next year in order to happen.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/denver-nuggets\/news\/nikola-joki\u0107s-new-94-million-39-three-point-shooter-could-be-difference-next-ring\/60ed0111198e37438995fb13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nuggets&#8217; Nikola Joki\u0107&#8217;s new $94 million, 39% three-point shooter could lead to next ring<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Denver Nuggets captured their first-ever championship just two seasons ago, led by three-time MVP Nikola Joki\u0107.\u00a0 His&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-50810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}