Celtics’ Jaylen Brown agrees to $304M extension, biggest in NBA history – The Denver Post

The Celtics are set to give Jaylen Brown the biggest contract extension in NBA history, agreeing to a 5-year, $304 million super-max deal.

The contract goes into effect for the 2024-25 season, during which Brown will earn $52.3 million, his agent confirmed Tuesday. The extension runs through the 2028-29 season, when the forward will make $69.1 million.

His deal beats the previous record of $276 million given to the Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic last year. Jokic, a two-time regular season MVP, led Denver to its first NBA championship last month.

Brown, 26, is coming off a 2022-23 season in which he averaged career-highs with 26.6 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. His 49% field goal percentage was also the best mark of his seven-year career.

The Celtics went 57-25 last season, finishing as the No. 2 seed in the East and advancing to the Conference Finals. They were eliminated in seven games by the Miami Heat, with Brown averaging 19 points on 41.8% shooting in that series.

Brown was second on the Celtics in scoring during the regular season, trailing only fellow All-Star Jayson Tatum, who averaged 30.1 points. Tatum, 25, can sign a super-max extension with Boston next offseason.

Speculation about Brown’s future in Boston ran rampant in March after he was non-committal during an interview with the Ringer.

“I don’t know,” Brown said at the time. “As long as I’m needed. It’s not up to me. We’ll see how they feel about me over time and I feel about them over time. Hopefully, whatever it is, it makes sense. But I will stay where I’m wanted. I will stay where I’m needed and treated correct.”

He said a day after the interview was published that he felt “great” and was focused on “helping lead my team for another playoff run.” He also told reporters, “Sometimes when people write articles, it gets taken out of context.”

The Celtics have gone to the Eastern Conference Finals five times since drafting Brown third overall out of California in 2016. They only made the NBA Finals once during that stretch, however, and haven’t won a title with him.

Boston added former Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis this offseason in a trade sending starting guard Marcus Smart to the Grizzlies. They also lost rotational forward Grant Williams to the Mavericks.

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