Jaylen Brown, Celtics reportedly agree on record-setting 5-year contract extension
The 26-year-old is set to have the richest contract in NBA history.
The Celtics and Jaylen Brown have reportedly agreed on a five-year contract extension worth $304 million.
The deal was reported by NBA reporters Shams Charania of The Athletic and Marc J. Spears of ESPN (and confirmed by Boston Globe Celtics reporters Gary Washburn and Adam Himmelsbach). It’s set to be the most lucrative contract in NBA history.
According to Charania and Himmelsbach, the contract is fully guaranteed, includes a trade kicker, but has no player-option in the fifth year of the extension. The trade kicker, an NBA salary term, means that Boston would have to pay a percentage of Brown’s salary as an additional bonus in the event he is traded.
Brown, 26, was originally drafted third overall by Boston in 2016. He has grown into a two-time All-Star and is one of the central players on a team that advanced to the Eastern Conference finals this past season.
Having been named as a member of the All-NBA second-team earlier in 2023, Brown became eligible for the supermax contract extension. Negotiations moved at a slow pace, however, and Boston had to wait until after Brown returned from a trip to Spain to finalize an agreement.
In seven seasons with the Celtics, Brown has developed into an elite player. He averaged 26.6 points per game with 6.9 rebounds per game this past season, both career bests.
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