Everything keeps coming up [autotag]Jayson Tatum[/autotag] in 2024.
After the Boston Celtics star made his third consecutive All-NBA First Team squad and won his first championship last month, he reportedly signed the largest contract in league history on Monday.
According to multiple reports, Tatum inked a five-year contract with $314 million dollars that includes a player option at the end of the deal. The average annual value for the deal comes in just under $63 million dollars.
The Celtics took Tatum with the third overall pick back in the 2017 draft, and he’s still just 26 years old despite his growing resume. He passed Kobe Bryant for the most postseason points before a player’s 27th birthday during the NBA Finals, a five-game series victory over the Dallas Mavericks, and he led Boston in points, rebounds, and assists en route to the big gold trophy.
Only five other players in history can match that last feat, putting him alongside all-time legends like LeBron James, Larry Bird, Tim Duncan, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Nikola Jokic.
Breaking: Jayson Tatum has agreed on a five-year, $314 maximum contract extension with the Celtics, including a player option and trade kicker, sources tell @wojespn.
Deal is the biggest in NBA history. pic.twitter.com/IwGo8qzs5u
— ESPN (@espn) July 1, 2024
Tatum averaged 26.9 points last season, his fourth straight season above 26.0, and pulled down eight rebounds per game for the third consecutive season. He also dished 4.9 assists per game, a new career-high, while Boston finished with a league-best 64-18 record.