This will be the big topic of the days and weeks to come at the Celtics: the future of Jaylen Brown. The All-Star guard has a final year of contract at $ 31.8 million, and his managers have the option of extending it this summer. After his selection in an All-NBA Team in 2022, he can touch the jackpot: 295 million dollars over five years!!!
If the Celtics do not extend it this summer, they take the risk that their player will be an unprotected “free agent” in 2024, and that he will sign elsewhere without the slightest consideration. That’s why it’s Extremely important according to Jayson Tatum that the leaders extend it for the long term.
“He’s one of the best players in the NBA. He weighs on both sides of the pitch, and he is still relatively young. He has already accomplished so much. So I think it’s extremely important.” he repeats.
Jaylen Brown will see that in due time
Asked about his future, Jaylen Brown kicked first. “I expected to win tonight and move on. That’s what I focused on and that’s what I focused on. We failed. I failed. It’s hard to think of anything else right now, to be honest. We’ll get to that when the time is right.”
A journalist insists, but Jaylen Brown does not let go. “You asked me what was the path of my thinking? I don’t really know… I don’t even know how to answer that question right now, to be honest. What I think is that you have to take things day by day, focus on improving. Focus on what the future holds and take it from there. I think I don’t really know how to answer this question. »
A departure in the order of the possible
Two months ago, this same Jaylen Brown had not closed the door to a departure, and for him, the ball is in the court of its leaders.
“I don’t know… As long as I’m needed… It’s not up to me…” did he answer the same question. “We’ll see what they think of me over time and what I think of them over time. Hopefully, whatever it is, it makes sense. But I will stay where they want me. Where I’m needed and where I’m treated right. I just appreciate the times that we are currently living. If it’s to play there all my career, then it will be for all my career. If it doesn’t, it won’t… Some of the greatest players didn’t end their careers in the same franchise. Michael Jordan has retired from the Wizards. »
| 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.
