NBA Free Agency: 5 biggest spenders on July 1

#1 Denver Nuggets

Jokic deserves every penny of the five-year, $148 million contract extension that he received from the Nuggets

As the latest unicorn to emerge from the past couple of draft classes, Jokic deserves every penny of the five-year, $148 million contract extension that he received from the Nuggets.

While Jokic is not a great defender, he is a one-of-a-kind center who can walk the ball up the court and run a five-out offense from the perimeter.

In fact, Jokic has been so good as a facilitator in the past couple of seasons that the Nuggets have been able to field a top-10 offense for each of the last two seasons without a true point guard.

His 2017-18 season averages of 18.5 points on 49.9% shooting from the field and 39.6% 3-point shooting while dishing out 6.1 assists per game are as elite as they come.

In addition, the Nuggets also signed Will Barton to a four-year, $50 million deal that makes them the biggest movers on Day one of the free agency.

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