Good issues come to those that wait. In response to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the Celtics and Jaylen Brown have agreed to a five-year, $304 million supermax extension. The brand new deal represents the most important contract in league historical past.
Regardless of a tough Japanese Convention Finals — most notably, an 8-for-23 taking pictures efficiency in Sport 7 with eight turnovers — Brown was electrical final season. He’s coming off a 2022-2023 common season marketing campaign averaging 26.6 factors on 49.1% taking pictures, 6.9 rebounds, and three.5 assists per sport — all profession highs. His 2nd All-NBA Group distinction made him eligible for a supermax extension and 35% of the workforce’s wage cap.
Brown has been the image of constant enchancment since his choice because the third decide of the 2016 NBA Draft. His scoring has steadily elevated along with his rising duty on the workforce and he’s added one thing each offseason to his repertoire. After taking a hometown low cost along with his rookie extension in 2019, he’s now set to be in Boston for the beginning of his prime because the longest tenured Celtic getting into his seventh season in Boston.
There had been some hypothesis that the delay in placing pen to paper was due partly to Damian Lillard’s commerce request from the Portland Path Blazers. There was a report that Jayson Tatum had been recruiting Lillard to Boston; which will nonetheless be attainable, however now, any potential deal couldn’t embody Brown.
Right here is the breakdown on the Jaylen Brown tremendous max extension in Boston:
2024-2025 $52,368,085
2025-2026 $56,557,532
2026-2027 $60,746,979
2027-2028 $64,936,425
2028-2029 $69,125,872
Complete $303,734,893
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) July 25, 2023
Per Charania, the extension is totally assured with a commerce kicker. There had been some hypothesis that due to the size of the negotiations, either side may need been haggling over an possibility within the remaining season. Nevertheless, there is no such thing as a participant possibility in 2028-2029 and he can’t be traded subsequent season.
Mixed with Kristaps Porzingis’ two-year extension and a possible supermax for Jayson Tatum subsequent summer time, Boston ought to have their Huge Three locked in for a minimum of the following three seasons and past.
