Boston Celtics wing Jaylen Brown has agreed to phrases on a five-year supermax contract extension that may pay him as much as $304 million (greater than 2,400 crore rupees), his agent stated on Tuesday.
It’s the richest contract in NBA historical past, surpassing the $264 million (greater than 2100 crore rupees) deal signed by Nuggets heart Nikola Jokic final summer season.
Brown is a two-time All-Star who averaged profession highs of 26.6 factors, 6.9 rebounds and three.5 assists final season. But these numbers went down within the playoffs, when the Celtics misplaced to the Miami Heat within the Eastern Conference finals; in Game 7 Brown had 19 factors on 8 of 23 capturing, making simply considered one of 9 3-point makes an attempt.
By advantage of creating the All-NBA second crew — his first such honor in his profession — he was eligible for the supermax extension.
The deal was first reported by ESPN and confirmed to The Associated Press by Brown’s agent, Jason Glushon.
