Nikola Jokic is one of the examples of an NBA player worth more than the salary cap rules will allow him to be paid. The Athletic's John Hollinger posits that Jokic is worth "double this" of his pending contract extension.

And, you know, I was told — and Mr. Jokić has not spoken on the record, at least in English, about this that I’ve seen — but I was told secondhand that Jokić was very pleased with