Woj: Celtics/Jaylen Brown agree to four-year, $115M million extension

[Prokorov]

Seems like an overpay to me... specifically because it came as an extension. If you are willing to give the guy 29 million per year, why not make him prove it and match that money when another team signs him to an offersheet or offer him that once he proves his worth?

I could see brown being like a 19-7-3 player on good shooting, playing solid defense and at his age and in this era of deals being worth close to 29 million

i cant see him being worth it now, coming off last year, not having proved he is that 19/7 guy yet, or even that he was a small part of last years locker room issues and not a bigger part of it.

Ainge doesnt look bet yet, but he certainly can look really bad at years end. holding on to brown and tatum, only to (near?)max them out, have them not reach their apex, turn into this eras pierce/walker and having passed on using them to get kawhi/AD/PG/butler/etc is a bad look

but now its up to brown.

[Magic_Johnny12]

Crazy that it was that much more than Hield.


Makes the Siakam deal look good.

[Magic_Johnny12]

Look at the polls lmaoooo

[timO]

From 80 to 115, danny got pwned.

Last year stats to make 115 in 4:

13-4-1

13.5 PER

[Grba]

Vlade > Ainge

[CptCrunch]

So Tatum is now guaranteed 130m right?

[tmorgan]

Crazy that it was that much more than Hield.

Makes the Siakam deal look good.

Still don't like the Siakam deal -- paying for expected improvement is always sketchy. But yeah, this is paying for a TON of expected improvement, and he'd have to go absolutely nuts to make this a value contract. Usually there's some give-and-take, but this is just plain give on Ainge and the Celtics part.

[Woody Allen]

Buddy Hields is a dramatically better player than Brown and got paid a lot less, on the same day, to illustrate how bad of a screwup this is.

[Crives]

Is realgm ever this unanimous in a poll?

[Magic_Johnny12]

So Tatum is now guaranteed 130m right?

Easily 5 yr max at this rate,

[DarkXaero]

Wow, that's a terrible contract, the worst I've seen in a long time

[NY 567]

Franchise crippling deal for an average player who shows no signs of being anything more than a solid starter.

[Black Mage]

From warming the bench half of last year to 30 mil a year. Good job Ainge!

[AbC?]

Expensive, but that's the price a team like the Celtics has to pay to keep their guys.

[timO]

So Tatum is now guaranteed 130m right?

170x5

Celtics are done the next lustrum with this two subpar "stars".

[Ascrilas]

WTF WHYYYYY

[Maf]

Well at least we won't laugh at Celtics for Hayward's contract anymore.

[bisme37]

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[VanWest82]

Tatum is so getting the max. He could spend the next six months jacking nothing but 18 foot MR jumpers and Celtics would still give him the max. Having said that, I do think Brown is being a little undervalued. This is an overpay but it's far from Wiggins max extension crazy.

[BVB24]

Buddy Hields is a dramatically better player than Brown and got paid a lot less, on the same day, to illustrate how bad of a screwup this is.

I agree that it’s definitely an overpay, but Ainge is betting on Jaylen Brown’s potential ceiling at only 22 years old, which is much higher than Buddy Hield’s. Whether he reaches that ceiling or not, only time will tell. This could end up being a fair deal, or a dramatic overpay based on what Jaylen becomes over the next 4 years.