Nuggets agree to three-year extension with Monte Morris

The Nuggets have agreed to a three-year, $27M extension with guard Monte Morris, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN tweets.

Morris would have been an unrestricted free agency next offseason without an extension. That’s because Morris was credited with a year of service under CBA rules when he signed a two-way contract in 2017, ESPN’s Bobby Marks notes (Twitter links).

It’ll be a big raise for Morris, who is due to make $1,723,707 in the upcoming season.

Morris appeared in three games during the 2017-18 season and has become a valuable member of the rotation the past two seasons. He appeared in all 82 regular-season games during the 2018-19 season and 73, including 12 starts, last season. He has averaged 9.6 PPG and 3.5 APG in 23.0 MPG in those 158 appearances.

He averaged 9.1 PPG and 2.7 APG during 19 postseason games in Orlando during Denver’s run to the Western Conference Finals.

Denver signed Euro star Facundo Campazzo last month as another option behind starting point man Jamal Murray but the extension displays the Nuggets’ commitment to Morris.