On April 11, according to the latest reports from the American media, Celtics guard Jrue Holiday will renew his contract for 4 years and $135 million in advance, and he is also the fourth NBA player in history who is over 33 years old and can still get a 100 million contract.
Holiday helped the Bucks win the 2021 NBA championship and was traded by the Bucks to the Celtics last summer.
This season, Holiday played in 68 regular season games for the Celtics, averaging 12.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, shooting 48.1% from the field, 43.1% from three-point range and 83.3% from the free throw line.
The Celtics currently have a 62-17 regular season record and have already locked up the NBA's No. 1 record ahead of schedule.
According to an April 11 report by ESPN's Woj, sources revealed that 33-year-old Jrue Holiday will re-sign Celtics for four years and $135 million in advance.
NBA salary expert Bobby Marks reports that Holiday was originally paid $37.3 million (player option) next season before the contract extension. In order to reach a contract extension, Holiday would need to jump out of this contract and sign a new contract with the Celtics, which will last until the end of the 2027-28 season, reducing his salary to $30 million next season, which will save the Celtics about $35 million in luxury tax next season, allowing the Celtics to retain their core roster.
In this way, Holiday also became the fourth player in NBA history to sign a fully guaranteed contract totaling more than $100 million when he was 33 years old and above, the other three being Lakers boss James, Warriors boss Curry, and Celtics player Horford.
In this regard, netizens have said, "Locked, completely locked"
"Much cheaper than Lillard"
"Top Champion Puzzle! Congratulations!"
"Kaizi is afraid that after winning the championship, Holiday will sit on the ground and raise the price, and Holiday is afraid that he will be abandoned by Kaizi if he does not win the championship, this is the ghost of each child"
"The Bucks always think that someone can step up at the critical moment, but they don't think that when there is Holiday there are many times when they don't have to hit the critical moment at all"
"Offensive nerve knife, now the defense has also declined, and it will be a garbage contract in another two years"
"After the new broadcast contract is signed, the salary cap breaks 200 million and is stable, the key is that Kaizi is really crazy... The level of the second-rate stars of the double tanhua is renewed as a supergiant, and the NBA is now really Kudujan, and there is no real supergiant."