Nikola Jovic got a payday from the Miami Heat in the form of a 4-year, $62 million rookie extension. It didn't come as much of a surprise that the team extended him... at least for Heat fans, who watched him have a career year as a 21-year-old in 2024-25, and expect him to get considerably better in the coming years. For non-Heat fans — specifically Bill Simmons, apparently — this move was less than inspiring.
Simmons said of the Jovic extension on the latest episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast:
"Is this going to be in our worst contracts draft.