According to Woj on the show, Jaylen Brown will sign a five-year, $304 million maximum salary contract with the Celtics. It will be the largest contract in NBA history to date, with an annual salary of $70 million in the final year.
Jaylen Brown, vice president of the players' union, currently travels overseas for a number of events, and he plans to meet with the Celtics again after the event to discuss a contract extension.
Currently, the largest single contract in NBA history is Jokic's five-year, $263 million. If Brown signs a five-year, $304 million top salary, it will be the largest contract in history. Of course, next summer, if Tatum renews his contract early, he will be eligible to sign a five-year, $318 million top salary, which will surpass Brown as the largest contract in NBA history. By then, the Green Army will have two contracts of 300 million.
Brown was drafted by the Green Army in 2016, and Brown has played for the Green Army for seven seasons and is eligible to sign a contract with a starting salary of 35% and an annual increase of 8%.
The salary cap for the 2023-24 season is $136 million, and the construction 2024-25 season is up 10%, or $149.6 million. That is, the starting salary for the 2024-25 season reaches $52.36 million. According to the annual growth rate of 8%, the annual salary of this five-year contract is: 52.36 million, 56.55 million, 60.74 million, 6493 million, 69.12 million, and the total will reach 304 million US dollars.
The question is, is Jaylen Brown worth a $304 million top salary?
In terms of team status and tactical role, Jaylen Brown is the second in charge of the Green Army. Although Brown considers himself and Tatum equal, not his deputy. But both in terms of individual performance and tactical position, Brown is only the second man in the Green Army. Although Tatum has pulled his crotch in many key games, he is still the Greens' most capable individual player.
Some people may think that Brown is better than Tatum in the 2022 Finals, but it is actually Tatum who attracts more defensive strength from the Warriors. These, from the game, who is the opponent's defensive focus.
In this year's East finals G7, Tatum sprained his foot in the opening game, and the Green Army had to hand over the offensive core to Brown, as a result, Brown gave a game of 8-of-23 shooting, 1-of-9 three-point shooting, only 19 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, while 8 turnovers.
In terms of personal data, Brown played in 67 regular season games last season, averaging 26.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists. Averaged 22.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game in the playoffs. In terms of performances in this year's playoffs, Brown's performance was disappointing, especially in the Eastern Conference finals. He faced defenders who were weaker than him in terms of athleticism, height and size, but Browndon averaged 19 points per game, shooting 42.6 percent from the field and 27.3 percent from three-point range.
In terms of individual honors, Brown's All-NBA Second Team selection last season and All-Star was the best season of his career. Of the Class of 2016, only Brown and Sabonis Jr. were named to both the All-NBA and All-Star teams, while Sabonis Jr. and the Kings had just completed a five-year, $217 million contract extension.
If you look at it from these, Brown is not worth a five-year, $304 million top salary. In particular, after the Green Army gave Brown this contract, they will give Tatum a top salary of more than $300 million next summer, and in the fifth year of Brown's contract and the fourth year of Tatum's contract, the combined annual salary of the two is close to $140 million.
From the Green Army's point of view, Brown does have some shortcomings, but if he abandons Brown, it is difficult to find a suitable replacement. Although in recent summers, Brown has been mired in trading rumors every year. And Brown is indeed eligible to sign a starting salary of 35 percent of the salary cap.
To be sure, in terms of individual ability, Brown is a quality second-in-command, with height and size advantages in the same position, and excellent ball-carrying offensive ability on the offensive end. On the defensive end, he also has excellent single defense ability, and can defend from No. 1 to No. 4, which is a rare player with good offensive and defensive skills.
To discuss whether Brown is worth this top salary, in addition to personal ability and the needs of the team, it is necessary to consider the background of the times.
With $300 million contracts to come, there will be a lot in the future, and Jaylen Brown is catching up with this era and becoming the first. In particular, after the signing of the NBA's new broadcast deal in 2025, it is conceivable that the future $300 million contract may only be the standard for All-Star-level players.
In 2016, the NBA's nine-year, $24 billion broadcast contract went into effect, and the salary cap skyrocketed from $70 million to $94 million. If the NBA signs $75 billion or even $90 billion for nine years in 2025, the salary cap may rise to $170 million, and at that time, the starting salary of the top paid player will be more than $59 million.
Do you think Jaylen Brown is worth $304 million in top salary over 5 years?
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