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The cap hits for Jaylen Brown’s supermax assuming the salary cap rises up the to 10% max in 2024-25:

  • 2024-25: $52.4M
  • 2025-26: $56.6M
  • 2026-27: $60.7M
  • 2027-28: $64.9M
  • 2028-29: $69.1M
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He better learn to dribble for this kind of money.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Don’t worry he will, just not with his left hand

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Damn you for making me laugh at this so hard

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Can't dribble with his left more than twice without losing the ball. Great contract, C's

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Utterly absurd contract

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just do not see his game elevating enough to justify this. He has some holes to shore up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure it'll justify the salary, but he's been consistently improving every year since he got to the league. Yes, everyone sees the gaps, but even with them he is a 2nd team all nba and has yet to reach his peak (imho). It's a massive contract but the front office believes in him, and that's something to keep in mind.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Celtics will consistently get beat in the playoffs going forward by doubling Tatum and leaving Brown open.

That's not the behavior of a super max player

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Based on them being as successful as almost any young duo ever has been as the 1-2 stars on a team?

Look when other all time greats won their first title. The difference between Tatum/Brown and others at the same age isn't not winning a title. It's how consistently they've been in the mix.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Overpay, ofc, but then again, the real question here is - what other options did the Celtics have ? Which trade was actually doable, for a package of equal value in return ?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

None, but that's not going to stop the incoming wave of kneejerky hot takes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Not only will the Celtics not win a game this season, but they will cease to exist as a franchise.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Damn that's a lot of money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

It was always going to be a super max.

You don't have a path to get better by not paying him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Quite the massive salary for Jaylen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Y’all have lost your minds, he was 2nd team all-NBA and a consensus top-25 player in the NBA and he’s gotten better every season.