On October 21st, according to Shams Shams, the Nuggets and Christian Braun have reached an early contract extension worth five years and $125 million.
Some netizens have questioned why Braun received the same annual salary as Dyshon Daniels (who received $100 million over four years). Nuggets reporter Ryan Blackburn offered his opinion:
"Braun and Daniels are carbon copies of each other. Daniels is better defensively but worse offensively. They are the new breed of 'elite role players,' and every team needs at least one of them to succeed."
"I think $25 million is the threshold for players like them."
