Jaylen Brown was in Las Vegas for the opening weekend of NBA Summer season League, however his presence didn’t end in a contract extension.

In accordance with Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe, Brown and the Celtics proceed to work on a brand new deal, which may very well be value as a lot as $295 million over 5 years. League sources advised Himmelsbach “there’s confidence and hope that an settlement will probably be reached quickly, however it’s unclear how far they’re from the end line,” with one supply saying, “there’s work to be carried out.”

It’s attainable that the dialogue is centered on efficiency incentives, however one former NBA common supervisor mentioned the inclusion of a fifth-year participant choice or 15 p.c commerce kicker is the extra doubtless sticking level. Jayson Tatum acquired a participant choice for the 2024-25 season when he signed his rookie max extension again in 2020.

Brown averaged profession highs in factors (26.6) and rebounds (6.9) per sport whereas taking pictures a career-best 57.6% contained in the arc, although he made simply 33.5% of his threes, en path to All-NBA 2ndTeam honors. He earned $2 million in contract incentives for making the All-Star Sport and showing in additional than 65 video games.

The Celtics and Brown have till October to comply with a contract extension.