Report: Nuggets to pick up team option on Paul Millsap for 2019-20 season
Paul Millsap is staying in Denver. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Nuggets have picked up a team option the power forward, keeping him at the Pepsi Center for another year.
Denver will bring back Millsap for the final season of his three-year contract at $30.3M, have available their $9.2M mid-level exception AND still stay under the luxury tax. Denver is loaded to compete for the Western Conference title. https://t.co/oCkTvHD41e
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 29, 2019
The veteran will take home $30.3 million with this option as he enters his final season of a three-year deal he signed in 2017.
Millsap averaged 12.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game for the Nuggets this past season while helping lead a talented roster to within a win of the Western Conference finals.
With this option, the Nuggets keep Millsap and hold onto a $9.2 million mid-level exception while remaining clear of the luxury tax next year.
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