Playoffs Zero Nuggets Reporter: Saric is expected to execute player options worth 5.42 million

June 14th According to famous reporter MarcStein last night, several sources revealed that Nuggets veteran Westbrook is expected to reject the player option (salary of $3.39 million) and will become a full free agent. Bennett Durando, a Nuggets reporter who works for the Denver Post, confirmed the news!

Bennett Durando said that the Nuggets' substitute inside, Saric, now 31, also has a player option, with the deadline being June 30. Several sources confirmed in April that Salic is expected to execute the player option, and his salary for the 2025-26 season is $5.43 million.

In the 2024-25 season, Saric played only 16 regular season games, averaging 13.1 minutes per game to score 3.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists; in the playoffs, the Nuggets finally missed the Western Conference Final after two rounds of tiebreaks, Saric did not get a chance to play.