Although rumblings about his potential contract extension with the Boston Celtics had been relatively

quiet for a few weeks, recent reports about Jaylen Brown’s future outlook with the team have been

promising, with there being almost no doubt that the 26-year-old would be re-signing with the Eastern

Conference powerhouse.

That projection only got even more reassuring after ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski reported that

Brown and the Celtics are discussing a contract extension that would be the biggest in NBA history.

Here’s what Woj had to say about the potential deal and where the two sides stand:

“It’s going to take more time,” Wojnarowski begins, noting Brown’s off-court obligations. “Brown and his

agent have been talking with [Celtics president] Brad Stevens… Brown is leaving the country on Players’

Association business. They’re expected to re-engage again when he gets back.”

“This is a deal that would be the richest contract in NBA history,” he continued, saying that “it could be

worth up to $304 million. In the final year of that deal, Brown will be making $70 million.”

With such an eye-popping number, Wojnarowski was also quick to acknowledge that when teams,

agents, and players are in the negotiation process, “… it isn’t just ‘Hey, are we gonna give him the full

amount, the max number?’ There are trade kickers that could be in the deal, player option years in a

deal, payment schedule – there are a number of other things that go beyond the super-max Jaylen

Brown is eligible for… ”

Brown, a two-time All-Star, received his first All-NBA selection in 2022-23 (making him supermax

eligible) after averaging 26.6 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 49.5

percent from the field. Developing dramatically since entering the league in 2016, the Georgia native has

become a formidable presence on both ends of the floor.

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Gabe Vincent drops intriguing theory behind Celtics collapse in 2023 East Finals

The Boston Celtics came into the 2022-23 season as the favorite in the Eastern Conference to reach the

NBA Finals. After losing to the Golden State Warriors in 2022, they were determined to make it back

and contend for the franchise’s 17th title. The Celtics managed to reach the East Finals, but they lost in

seven games to the eighth seeded Miami Heat. It wasn’t just that they lost to the Heat, they were down 3-

0 at one point and on the verge of being swept. It was an incredibly disappointing season for the Celtics

for sure. Former Heat guard Gabe Vincent, who signed with the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent this

offseason, made an appearance on JJ Redick’s podcast The Old Man & the Three where he hinted that

something might not have been right behind the scenes with the Celtics.

“It almost seemed to me truthfully, that they had something going on over there. Despite our gameplan,

so much has to go right I feel like to win in this league. If you’re not fully right internally, I feel like it

shows in different ways,” Gabe Vincent said. “I obviously don’t know if they were right internally or they

weren’t, but that was kind of the feel I had.”

Although the Celtics did manage to reach the East Finals this season, there was one major difference in

that they swapped head coaches from Ime Udoka to Joe Mazzulla. Coaching does matter in the NBA and

perhaps the difference in coaching may have played a factor in the Celtics ultimate demise in the

playoffs. Whatever the reason may have been. They still do have a talented duo in Jayson Tatum and

Jaylen Brown. The potential to win a championship is still there. They just need to put it all together.