{"id":195624,"date":"2024-07-02T12:46:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/02\/boston-celtics-jayson-tatum-agrees-to-record-5-year-314m-deal\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T12:46:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:46:18","slug":"boston-celtics-jayson-tatum-agrees-to-record-5-year-314m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/02\/boston-celtics-jayson-tatum-agrees-to-record-5-year-314m-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics\u2019 Jayson Tatum agrees to record 5-year, $314M deal \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Boston Celtics\u00a0star\u00a0Jayson Tatum\u00a0has agreed on a five-year, $314 million extension \u2014 the largest contract in NBA history \u2014 sources told ESPN\u2019s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The deal includes a player option and trade kicker, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Tatum, 26, led Boston to its 18th NBA title with a five-game victory over the\u00a0Dallas Mavericks\u00a0in the NBA Finals, averaging 22.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.2 assists as the Celtics passed their forever rivals, the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers, for the most championships in league history.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-9 forward, who was drafted third overall by the Celtics in 2017, has developed into one of the NBA\u2019s top two-way talents on the wing, partnering with\u00a0Jaylen Brown\u00a0\u2014 whom Boston signed to what was a record extension a year ago \u2014 to form arguably the best wing tandem in the league today.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_586235\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Tatum-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-586235\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jayson Tatum attempts layup Photo Courtesy: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two richest contracts in NBA history by total value now belong to the Celtics duo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_586640\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Tatum-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-586640\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jayson Tatum Photo Courtesy: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Celtics also\u00a0agreed to an extension\u00a0with guard\u00a0Derrick White\u00a0earlier Monday. Boston now has every member of its starting lineup under contract through at least 2025-26. In that season alone, the contracts of Tatum, Brown, White,\u00a0Jrue Holiday\u00a0and\u00a0Kristaps Porzingis\u00a0will total $198.5 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_561512\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Tatum-Brown-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-561512\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jayson Tatum #0 and Jaylen Brown #7 of the Boston Celtics (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tatum is a five-time All-Star and four-time All-NBA selection, including being named to the All-NBA first team the past three seasons. After winning a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, he is also set to be part of Team USA\u2019s entry in the Paris Olympics this summer as the men\u2019s national team looks to claim its fifth consecutive gold medal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0ESPN<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Celtics\u00a0star\u00a0Jayson Tatum\u00a0has agreed on a five-year, $314 million extension \u2014 the largest contract in NBA history \u2014 sources told ESPN\u2019s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. The deal includes a player option and trade kicker, sources said. Tatum, 26, led Boston to its 18th NBA title with a five-game victory over the\u00a0Dallas Mavericks\u00a0in the NBA Finals, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boston Celtics\u2019 Jayson Tatum agrees to record 5-year, $314M deal \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/02\/boston-celtics-jayson-tatum-agrees-to-record-5-year-314m-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boston Celtics\u2019 Jayson Tatum agrees to record 5-year, $314M deal \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Boston Celtics\u00a0star\u00a0Jayson Tatum\u00a0has agreed on a five-year, $314 million extension \u2014 the largest contract in NBA history \u2014 sources told ESPN\u2019s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. 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