25 days after the window opened for the Celtics to extend Jaylen Brown, the two sides have a deal. Following a few weeks of roller coaster speculation, Brown is now set up to stay in Boston long-term.
As first reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic, Brown will get a supermax extension that will pay him $304 million dollars over five years. The deal makes Brown, 26, the highest-paid player in NBA history.
While those are big numbers, they don’t come as much of a surprise. The supermax contract structure is tied to a percentage of the league salary cap, so the number was already known well before the teal was signed. The year-by-year breakdown of the contract is…
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