DeMarcus Cousins said Nikola Jokić wanted to retire in 2022 before he signed his supermax contract with the Nuggets 😳 “When I was in Denver, our lockers were next to each other in the locker room. I don’t remember who had just signed an extension at the time, but I told him, ‘Your new contract is going to be insane!’ He told me, ‘Cuz, I might retire before that contract.’ I said, ‘You’re going to leave $300 million on the table? Are you crazy?… “Sign the contract and then get fat, become bad. Just don’t miss out on $300 million!’ Then he told me, ‘Cuz, I just want to go back to my hometown and chill with my horses.’ I told him, Joke, those horses will be there. You’ll just buy more horses with $300 million.’” (via @straightgame.podcast)
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