Jayson Tatum Celtics Contract Is NBA-Record $314 Million

The Boston Celtics and star Jayson Tatum reached an settlement on a five-year, $314 million contract extension that units a report for an NBA contract by complete worth and common annual worth, topping his teammate Jaylen Brown, who signed a $285 million deal final summer season.

The Tatum information arrives on a busy day for the Celtics, who received the staff’s report 18th NBA title two weeks in the past. The membership prolonged Derrick White for 4 years at $126 million. Celtics possession then introduced plans to promote 100% of the franchise “property and household planning functions.” 

Sportico values the Celtics at $5.12 billion, fourth most within the NBA and twenty first amongst all U.S. franchises. Probably the most ever paid for management of an NBA staff was $4 billion, when Mat Ishbia purchased the Phoenix Suns in late 2022. The Celtics transaction will nearly definitely fetch the best value ever paid for management of an NBA staff.

The brand new house owners will inherit a stocked, albeit costly, roster. Tatum, Brown and White are joined by one other pair incomes greater than $30 million a 12 months in Jrue Vacation and Kristaps Porzingis.

The NBA wage cap and luxurious tax threshold are headed up with the arrival of the league’s subsequent TV deal, however the Celtics are looking at a 2026 luxurious tax invoice of at the least $180 million even when they fill out the remainder of their roster with minimal salaried gamers. That is on prime of a payroll exceeding $220 million.

Tatum was drafted in 2017 and is a five-time All-Star and a four-time All-NBA choice, which made him eligible for a deal price 35% of the wage cap beginning with the 2025-26 season. The cap that 12 months is projected to be $154.6 million.

Tatum’s new deal is price $71.4 million within the remaining season and $62.8 million per 12 months on common. The best annual common within the NFL is $55 million for quarterbacks Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence. In baseball, Shohei Ohtani leads at $70 million, however 97% of his $700 million contract is deferred, which reduces the present-day common to $43.8 million, per the MLB Gamers Affiliation.

Tatum was nonetheless beneath contract for an additional 12 months with the Celtics, however greater than $2 billion in free agent contracts have been reached since NBA groups may begin negotiating with their very own free brokers on June 18. Groups may negotiate with different groups’ free brokers beginning Sunday, and stars Paul George and Klay Thompson discovered new houses, with the Philadelphia 76ers essentially the most aggressive staff, signing 5 gamers, together with George, to offers price $455 million.