Supermax scoring superstar Jaylen Brown will stick with the Boston Celtics for another 5 years with the highest value supermax contract extension ever seen in the NBA.
According to prestigious journalist Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Boston Celtics and Jaylen Brown have reached an agreement to renew the contract with the largest value in NBA history. As follows:
Jaylen Brown will be extended his contract for another 5 years, receiving a total amount of up to $304m in the form of a supermax contract.
Both parties agree that the contract includes a trade kicker clause and does not have a final year clause. Thus, Brown will receive 100% of the above $304m.
Brown’s starting salary at the new contract is $52.3m (season 2024-25). This number will increase to over $69m in the 2028-29 season, when he will be 31 years old.
Last season, Jaylen Brown just had the best set of stats of his career, averaging 26.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. This performance helped him make it to the All-NBA 2nd Team.
This contract of Jaylen Brown broke the NBA record to become the most valuable contract in league history at $304m , surpassing the $270m Nikola Jokic signed in 2021.
Although the negotiation process started a little later than originally planned, Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics came to a final agreement without any surprises.
In the short term, this is considered a win-win contract when both sides benefit. Brown will have a kicker trade clause, meaning he will be compensated 15% of the contract value if he is traded to another team.
The Boston Celtics benefited from keeping Brown for 5 full seasons (without the Player Option clause), taking full control of the future of the scorer born in 1996.
This move means that the Boston Celtics have “all-in” with a superstar trio including Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Kristaps Porzingis.
While the quality of the Celtics squad is still appreciated by experts, technical director Brad Stevens will need to improve the defense and flexibility of the satellites to increase the ability to compete for the championship.
This will be a difficult problem to solve because Boston has now spent a lot of money on the Brown – Tatum – Porzingis trio.