{"id":26447,"date":"2019-10-21T17:50:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T21:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=26447"},"modified":"2019-10-21T17:50:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T21:50:09","slug":"report-boston-celtics-sign-jaylen-brown-to-four-year-115-million-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2019\/10\/21\/report-boston-celtics-sign-jaylen-brown-to-four-year-115-million-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Boston Celtics Sign Jaylen Brown To Four-Year, $115 Million Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/boston-celtics\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Celtics<\/a> have agreed to sign forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brownja02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaylen Brown<\/a><\/strong> to a four-year, <span class=\"st\">$<\/span>115 million contract extension. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN was the first to report the deal on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Glushon, Brown&#8217;s agent, as well as Celtics GM Danny Ainge, negotiated much of the deal over the weekend. This is Ainge&#8217;s first rookie extension deal as a GM since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rondora01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rajon Rondo<\/strong><\/a> in 2009.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown has agreed to a four-year, $115M million contract extension, agent Jason Glushon tells ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1186368729061441536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Report: Boston Celtics Sign Jaylen Brown To Four-Year, $115 Million Extension<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Celtics Locking Up Brown <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Brown&#8217;s contract extension will keep the 22-year-old in Boston through the end of the 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the Celtics reportedly offered a four- year, <span class=\"st\">$<\/span>80 million extension earlier in the off-season. Brown, however, was looking for considerably more. Brown got his wish<span class=\"st\">\u2014<\/span> roughly <span class=\"st\">$<\/span>28.8 million a year. By locking Brown up for future seasons, the Celtics ensured that they would retain his services on a reasonable dollar amount while giving the forward a desired, lucrative deal.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, the third overall pick in the 2016 draft, has developed into one of the league&#8217;s top young forwards. In two seasons with Boston, Brown averaged 11 points and <span class=\"SdwXJf\"><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">4 <\/span><\/span><\/span>rebounds, shooting 46.2 percent from the field.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Brown&#8217;s Value in Boston<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Brown&#8217;s usage and role will exponentially increase this season and well beyond due to the absence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kyrie Irving<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/horfoal01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Al Horford<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics didn&#8217;t quite live up to expectations in the 2018-19 season, as they got booted by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/milwaukee-bucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> in the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/2019\/05\/10\/boston-celtics-vs-milwaukee-bucks-series-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> second round<\/a> of the playoffs. Everyone pointed fingers at each other and bickered about each other&#8217;s struggles that lead to scuffles and rumors in the media.<\/p>\n<p>Brown has made some struggles but has also shown great potential in the playoffs and the off-season. He also averaged 18 points in last year&#8217;s playoffs and was a starter for Team USA in the FIBA Cup where he was one of the better defenders for Team USA.<\/p>\n<p>Brown is a young, two-way player who can flash tons of potential. His year-to-year improvements is a good sign for the Celtics that an even bigger ceiling could be on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"-sXtjpgdQT5l2bxVsH_5aw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1052662870\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'-sXtjpgdQT5l2bxVsH_5aw',sig:'wNeR--YHOfGgFJ0CWCjX-n1eF6Ncd6tcUYAcLaSU_rc=',w:'594px',h:'397px',items:'1052662870',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics have agreed to sign forward Jaylen Brown to a four-year, $115 million contract extension. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN was the first to report the deal on Monday afternoon. Jason Glushon, Brown&#8217;s agent, as well as Celtics GM Danny Ainge, negotiated much of the deal over the weekend. 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