On April 11, Beijing time, according to ESPN, Jrue Holiday signed a four-year, $135 million early extension with the Celtics! His current contract is also a four-year, $135 million, and a player option of $37.36 million for the 2024-25 season. After this early extension, Holiday waived the player option and his salary was reduced to $30 million next season.
With Holiday taking the cut, the Celtics will save $35 million in luxury tax next season. Holiday was born on June 12, 1990, and will turn 34 in two months. He is the fourth player in NBA history to sign a contract of hundreds of millions at the age of 33, after James, Curry and Horford.
Holiday is on a new contract that begins in the 2024-25 season and expires in the summer of 2028, when he will be exactly 38 years old. Holiday played in 68 games for the Celtics this season, averaging 12.5 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game while shooting 48.1% from the field, 43.1% from three-point range and 83.3% from the free throw line.
Holiday ranks sixth in the league in three-point shooting percentage, behind the Hawks' Matthews (46%), the Suns' Allen (45.7%), the Clippers' Powell (43.8%), the Timberwolves' Conley (43.6%) and the Thunder's Jawe (43.2%). In addition, Holiday averages +6.7 plus/minus per game, ranking 8th in the league!
In late March, Holiday was diagnosed with Dead Arm Syndrome and missed five games in a row. Common symptoms are numbness, pain, stiffness, fatigue, etc., which can cause players to shoot less quickly, shoot less hard, and have a lower shooting percentage. Now I don't know, if Holiday is 100% recovered!
In the 2023 offseason, the Celtics traded Robert Williams, Brogdon and two first-round picks to get Holiday from the Trail Blazers. In addition, Celtic also traded Smart for Porzingis. Boshen's original contract expires in the summer of 2024, and after the deal is completed, the Green Army immediately renews his contract with two years and $60 million.
If only Holiday and Porzingis are renewed, they add up to less than 200 million, which is not expensive. The problem is that the Celtics still have a double spook on the team: in the summer of 2023, the Celtics signed Jaylen Brown to a five-year, $304 million extension. This summer, Tatum is eligible to sign the Celtics with a five-year, $315 million supercap salary!
135 million + 304 million + 315 million + 60 million, the four of them together are already $814 million, the most expensive foursome in NBA history! Don't forget, the Celtics also have Derrick White in the team. His current contract is four years and $70 million, expiring in the summer of 2025, and he also faces the question of renewal, how much are the Celtics prepared to give?
White had the best performance of his career this season: playing in 72 games, averaging 32.7 minutes per game, 15.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1 steal and 1.2 blocks. He shot 46.3 percent from the field, 39.8 percent from three-point range and 90.1 percent from the free throw line. The average plus/minus per game is +9, the first in the league! The offensive efficiency and net efficiency are both the first in the league!
This season, White, Porzingis, Tatum and Jaylen Brown have all won Player of the Week! The Celtics have won the Player of the Week award for four players in a single season, the first time in NBA history that such a grand occasion has occurred! White was born on July 2, 1994, four years younger than Holiday . Now that Holiday has taken 135 million for 4 years, how much do you think White is worth?