The average salary is 73.4 million US dollars! The first annual salary in history!
Last offseason, Jaylen Brown signed an early contract extension with his old club, the Boston Celtics, and the two signed a five-year contract worth $304 million with a super maximum salary. In this way, Jaylen Brown has become another player with an average annual salary of $60 million after Damian Lillard ($122 million in two years). At the same time, the five-year 304 million maximum salary contract signed by Jaylen Brown with the Celtics also broke Jokic's previous record of 5 years and 276 million in history.
Jaylen Brown is only the second leader of the Celtics, and he can sign the current largest salary cap contract in the history of the league, which is really breathtaking! Although many people think that Jaylen Brown is not worth such a big super max contract, this is the new trend in the league at the moment. As the salary cap continues to rise, super cap salaries emerge in an endless stream, and the largest salary cap contract in history will continue to be broken and refreshed. Therefore, it is not impossible that Jaylen Brown's all-time record for the highest salary contract will be broken soon.
Recently, Mavericks reporter Kevin Gray Jr updated Twitter about Luka Doncic's contract extension "money scene". According to Kevin Gray Jr, if Luka Doncic is named to the First Team of the Year again this season, he will be eligible to sign a five-year, $367 million super-cap early contract extension in the summer of 2025, with an average salary of $73.4 million.
This season is the second year that Doncic has fulfilled a five-year, $215 million contract, with an annual salary of $40.06 million, $43.03 million in 2024-25, $46 million in 2025-26 and a player option worth $48.97 million in 2026-27.
It is worth mentioning that Luka Doncic has been selected to the All-Star team for four consecutive years. So far this season, Doncic has averaged 34.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, 9.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game. With this super-stellar individual performance, Doncic should not have a problem being named to the All-Star team this season.
It can be seen that it is logical for Doncic to sign a five-year, $367 million super cap salary extension with the Mavericks next summer! At that time, Doncic will become the first NBA player in the history of the league to receive an average annual salary of $70 million, which is inconceivable.
But then again, judging from Doncic's super performance, he will have no sense of disobedience with such a contract with the highest salary in history, and it can even be said to be worth the money! After all, if he can play an average of 34+8+9 quasi-triple-double performance per game this season, he deserves to get such a big contract that matches his value. So, Doncic surpassing Jaylen Brown to become the all-time highest-salary contract builder is just around the corner!