denver nuggets guard Christian Braun WME Basketball agent Bill Duffy told ESPN on Monday that the rookie has agreed to a $125 million contract extension with the franchise.
Braun, the No. 21 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, has been a developmental find and success for the Nuggets brass. The Nuggets’ top executives, Ben Tanzer and John Wallace, preferred to negotiate a new long-term deal to lock up Braun as part of moving the franchise’s core forward.
Braun became a full-time starter and averaged 15.4 points last season, up from 7.3 points in 2023–24, while recording 5.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 39.7% 3-point shooting per game in 79 contests (77 starts). He was one of only five players to average at least 15 points and five rebounds while shooting 58% from the field and the only non-center on that list.
Braun’s growth at shooting guard has been key to supporting the perennial MVP candidate Nikola Jokicstar guard jamal mareintegral forward Aaron Gordon And the team’s new acquisition cameron johnsonBraun provides offense for the Nuggets, particularly in transition, leading the NBA in total fast-break points last season, according to ESPN Research. He then became the first player with at least 400 fast-break points in a season buddy heald In 2018-19.
Meanwhile, sources said the Nuggets are not expected to reach a rookie extension with Peyton Watson before Monday’s deadline. Watson was the Nuggets’ No. 30 selection in the 2022 draft.
