Facing the press, Brad Stevens did not only mention Joe Mazzulla. Because the hot file of the summer for the president of the Celtics is called Jaylen Brown. The rear / winger is thus under contract with the club until the summer of 2024, but it can be extended this summer by Boston, via a maximum contract of 290 million dollars over five years.
A $100 million bonus over the contract he could have gotten had he not been named to an All-NBA Team this season. Enough to place the Celtics in a complex situation…
Because with the new collective agreement, it will no longer be possible to spend lavishly and Boston, which must already pay 69 million dollars in “luxury tax” this season, after having narrowly avoided it last year, will therefore have to take out the calculator to avoid blowing up the counters.
” I’m not worried “ has yet assured Brad Stevens on the situation. “Obviously we have demonstrated that we are willing to spend. It was a big tax year for us. »
As Ryan Bernardoni notesthe new collective agreement is so punitive for overspending teams that if the Celtics intend to keep their Tatum/Brown duo as much as possible in the future, they will have to prepare to save money alongside them, because they will will be financially impossible to retain everyone.
Brad Stevens is obviously aware of this, but the leader does not want to answer these questions right away.
“I can say without a doubt that we want Jaylen to stay”he concludes. “He is an integral part of our team and we believe in him. I am very grateful to be able to count on him. »
| Jaylen Brown | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2016-17 | BOS | 78 | 17 | 45.4 | 34.1 | 68.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 6.6 |
| 2017-18 | BOS | 70 | 31 | 46.5 | 39.5 | 64.4 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 14.5 |
| 2018-19 | BOS | 74 | 26 | 46.5 | 34.4 | 65.8 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 13.0 |
| 2019-20 | BOS | 57 | 34 | 48.1 | 38.2 | 72.4 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 20.3 |
| 2020-21 | BOS | 58 | 35 | 48.4 | 39.7 | 76.4 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 24.7 |
| 2021-22 | BOS | 66 | 34 | 47.3 | 35.8 | 75.8 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 23.6 |
| 2022-23 | BOS | 67 | 36 | 49.1 | 33.5 | 76.5 | 1.2 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 26.6 |
| Total | 470 | 30 | 47.7 | 36.5 | 72.3 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 17.9 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Shots made / Shots attempted; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def= defensive rebound; Tot = Total bounces; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost bullets; Ct: Counters; Points = Points.
– luxury tax : in the NBA, the salary cap is not strict, and the NBA allows the richest franchises to exceed the threshold set with a tolerance margin of about 20%. In this case, next year, franchises will normally be able to spend up to $137 million. Then, for every dollar spent above this cap, franchises must pay the “luxury tax” to the NBA. A kind of tax that can be very expensive, and candidates for the title usually pay tens of millions of dollars each year. A sum then paid back to the franchises, good students, who did not pay the “luxury tax”.
