Nuggets big man Dario Saric is picking up his $5.4 million player option to stay in Denver next season, his agent Misko Raznatovic said on Sunday.
Saric, 31, is penciled in as the Nuggets’ sixth-highest salary on the 2025-26 roster. He appeared in only 16 games last season, averaging 3.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 13.1 minutes. The former lottery pick from Croatia quickly fell out of the rotation early in the season, after signing in Denver for the taxpayer mid-level exception.
Multiple clubs have reportedly courted him to return overseas, but Saric was planning before the end of the regular season to pick up his player option, sources told The Denver Post in April.