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Denver believes in Zeke Nnaji and will lean into the fourth-year big this season, playing him as Nikola Jokic's primary backup at the five.
The Nuggets decided to lock Nnaji up, and the sides agreed to a four-year, $32 million extension of his rookie contract, a story broken by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN and since confirmed by multiple Nuggets writers.
The contract has a player option in the fourth year. This is an extension of Nnaji's rookie contract — a deal that had to get done by Monday — meaning he will make $4.3 million this season, and then his salary will jump starting next season. This seems like a fair deal for both sides. Backup center is not a position where teams will spend big, but this gets Nnaji more money and the Nuggets some stability at the spot.
Nnaji can finish at the rim, where he took 52% of his shots last season, but tried to be more of a floor spacer, taking one three a game and shooting just 26.2% on those. Where Nnaji makes a difference is on the other end of the court, he has evolved into a versatile defensive big and a plus defender.
Nnaji will be part of a second unit different from the veteran group that helped win a title last season (Bruce Brown and Jeff Green are both gone). The Nuggets are leaning heavily on young players Nnaji, Christian Braun, rookie Julian Strawther, and veteran guards Reggie Jackson and Justin Holiday. We know the Nuggets have one of the best duos in the league with Jokic and Jamal Murray, and they bring back the entire championship starting five, but the bench will be different and have to step up if the Nuggets are going to repeat. Nnaji will be a big part of that, and now not only this season but for years to come.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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