On Friday, Denver Nuggets ' Aaron Gordon became eligible to sign an extension worth up to $149.5 million over four years. If he doesn't sign one and he declines his $22.8 million 2025-26 player option, the 29-year-old forward will be a free agent at the end of this coming season.

Aaron Gordon has a player option looming after the 2024-25 season, but he’s eligible for a contract extension starting the first day of Nuggets training camp.

Aaron, 29, spoke to reporters for the first time since Drew's untimely death during the Nuggets' media day on Thursday, Sept. 26, revealing that the team has been there for him "every step of the way" after his brother's fatal car accident in May.

Aaron Gordon has to fall into that latter group. He is extension eligible right now with a player option for the 2025-26 season — if Denver doesn’t extend him Gordon can be a free agent next summer. He doesn’t want that, he wants to stay in Denver, Gordon said during Nuggets’ media day.

Step one of the Aaron Gordon gamble came back in March in the form of a blockbuster trade with Orlando. Gordon and the Nuggets agreed on a four-year, $92 million contract extension that will keep him in Denver,

Aaron Gordon has a 2025 player option included in his current contract, but he’s about to be eligible for up to a four-year, $149 million extension, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks. The first day he’s eligible: Sept. 27, when the Nuggets hold their first practice of training camp.

Playing for the Nuggets for the past four years, Aaron Gordon hopes his time in Denver doesn't run out anytime soon.

Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon will be eligible for a four-year extension on Friday, September 27. A four-year extension would require