Veteran center Jonas Valanciunas and the Denver Nuggets are reportedly keep their options open for next season. Valanciunas considered committing to a team in Greece before the Sacramento Kings traded him to the Nuggets over the summer. The 33-year-old center is in the second-to-last year of his three-year, $30.2 million contract, worth $10 million for the 2026-27 campaign.

Depending on how this season goes as Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic's backup, Valanciunas could turn into a trade chip for the Nuggets next summer, per The Stein Line's Jake Fischer.

“League sources say that the Nuggets and Valančiūnas have mutually agreed to move the guarantee date on his 2026-27 salary from June 29 to July 8. The switch will give Denver some greater optionality to potentially use Valančiūnas'

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