If Nikola Jokic signs a new contract with the Nuggets next summer, it could be the most lucrative deal in NBA history. But that hasn’t discouraged Dimitrios Giannakopoulos, the owner of the Greek team Panathinaikos, from continuing to pursue the three-time NBA MVP. “I did make a very serious proposal this year both to his team and to him. … It took a few seconds (for the Nuggets) to say, ‘Who? Jokic will earn $59MM in 2026/27, which is the final guaranteed year of his current contract.