When might Jokic become the first player to earn $400 million?

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The NBA is enjoying one of its finest eras. It has become the world's most watched sporting event and the dominant championship, bringing in $8 billion annually.

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The sheer magnitude of the data is mind-boggling. As a comparison, the Indian Premier League pays its cricketers $5.30 million,

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the Major League Baseball pays its players $4.03 million, and the British Premier League pays its players $3.97 million annually.

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And with an average franchise value of about $3,000,000,000, with the Golden State Warriors increasing to approximately $7,000,000,000, for example.

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Due in large part to the 10-year, $24 billion television deal signed with Disney (ESPN and ACB) and Turner (TNT) in 2015 (and which no one wants to break),

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the league was able to quickly and amicably sign a new agreement with benefits for the renewal of the contracts of veteran players and winners at the end of the season.

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Jaylen Brown is one of the fortunate individuals. The forward this week became the first player in NBA history to sign a contract worth more than $300 million ($304m)

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over the course of five years when he signed a supermax extension with the Boston Celtics, a 34-million-dollar increase over Nikola Jokic's contract with the Denver Nuggets,

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