As Michael Porter Jr. wraps up his seventh season with the Denver Nuggets, it appears he has many years ahead of him in the Mile High City.
Determined to stay out of the second apron in the salary cap, the Nuggets have constructed their roster around expensive starters who are surrounded by players on rookie contracts and veteran minimums. Porter, Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon are the four-highest paid players on the roster and all earned $22.8 million or more this season. There are just two other players—Zeke Nnaji and Dario Saric—who are making more than Russell Westbrook's $3.3 million veteran minimum on the Nuggets this year.
