On July 1, Beijing time, the NBA Magic team reporter revealed: The team management has reached a three-year, $66 million contract with former Nuggets guard Pope, of which the third year is a player option, and the Magic team finally got a guard player with two-time championship experience in the offseason, and they will continue to recruit other stars to join!
NBA Nuggets President Booth participated in the 2024 draft a few days ago, and in an interview with the famous American sports media ESPN, he publicly stated that he would not renew his contract with Pope, who has become a free agent, and they hope to continue to introduce and upgrade the roster in the offseason, helping Jokic and Murray to lead the team to continue to sprint for the championship in the new season, and also said that the current young player Braun is good enough to replace Porter in the starting lineup!
The 31-year-old Pope plays for the Nuggets for the 2023-2024 season with an annual salary of $14.71 million this season, and he has a $15.44 million player option next season. He played in 76 games in the regular season this season, averaging 31.6 minutes per game, scoring 10.1 points + 2.4 rebounds + 2.4 assists + 1.3 steals + 0.6 blocks, shooting 45.0% from the field, 40.0% from three-point range, and 89.0% from the free throw line.