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GotDaSauce wrote:165bows wrote:
Basically JB won't ever be the highest paid player in the sport. He'll have the largest guaranteed deal over a period of a year, very, very unlikely he's ever highest paid guy and won't be next year or the year after.
Exactly!
ddb wrote:Brad had no other option other than to trade him for 75 cents to the dollar. Let's see what else Brad has up his sleeve. CBA sucks. It causes way more harm to teams then it solves. I agree with that statement above.
GotDaSauce wrote:165bows wrote:
Basically JB won't ever be the highest paid player in the sport. He'll have the largest guaranteed deal over a period of a year, very, very unlikely he's ever highest paid guy and won't be next year or the year after.
Exactly!
Tor_Raps wrote:bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:
Ya massive for a guy to have an option to turn down 70M loll
Triple7 wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:
Ya massive for a guy to have an option to turn down 70M loll
I agree lol. How is that huge for the celtics again??? Haha
165bows wrote:
Basically JB won't ever be the highest paid player in the sport. He'll have the largest guaranteed deal over a period of a year, very, very unlikely he's ever highest paid guy and won't be next year or the year after.
bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2023/07/how-jaylen-brown-extension-impacts-celtics-trade-and-future-roster-options.html
Urgency, limitations hit harder in 2024-25
With Brown’s new deal kicking in this year along with an extension for Kristaps Porzingis ($30 million) taking effect, Boston’s books will suddenly get very pricy. The Celtics will have $185.1 million committed to just nine players for the 2024-25 season, which puts them well into luxury tax territory already before even filling out the remainder of the 15-man roster. The team likely won’t have use of any mid-level exception next year and could look to cut some pricy role players on the payroll. Letting Grant Williams walk this offseason for draft picks was an example of this instead of signing him to a long-term deal.
Decision time in 2025-26
With Tatum’s own expected supermax extension set to kick in for the 2025-26 season, the summer of 2025 could be a fork in the road for the franchise. The combined salaries of Tatum, Brown and Porzingis at this point are projected to take up nearly 90 percent of the salary cap during the 2025-26 season and that will be happening right as repeater tax penalties kick in for Boston. The Celtics will either need to pay record-breaking penalties or downgrade significantly with cost cutting for their supporting cast. The other possibility? Trading one of their stars to relieve some of the tax burden and build a well-rounded roster.
How the team fares in the next two seasons will likely go a long way in determining how Brad Stevens handles this conundrum. For now, Brown and the Celtics both have plenty of long-term security locked in as they make a push back toward returning to the NBA Finals next year.
GotDaSauce wrote:Triple7 wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:
Ya massive for a guy to have an option to turn down 70M loll
I agree lol. How is that huge for the celtics again??? Haha
It holds more value if a team is trading for him.
LarryBirdsFingr wrote:GotDaSauce wrote:165bows wrote:
Basically JB won't ever be the highest paid player in the sport. He'll have the largest guaranteed deal over a period of a year, very, very unlikely he's ever highest paid guy and won't be next year or the year after.
Exactly!
I honestly never thought I'd see a nearly 70m annual salary in the NBA but here we are lol.
The feds and state taxes will eat a good chunk of that but, holy moly
Tor_Raps wrote:GotDaSauce wrote:Triple7 wrote:
I agree lol. How is that huge for the celtics again??? Haha
It holds more value if a team is trading for him.
But then you got the 15% trade kicker so that last year salary would become 80M instead of 70M loll
