Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum has agreed on a five-year, $314 contract extension, together with a participant possibility and commerce kicker, sources informed ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday.
Tatum, 26, led Boston to its 18th NBA title with a five-game victory over the Dallas Mavericks within the NBA Finals, averaging 22.2 factors, 7.8 rebounds and seven.2 assists because the Celtics handed their without end rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers, for probably the most championships in league historical past.
The 6-foot-9 ahead, who was drafted third general by the Celtics in 2017, has developed into one of many NBA’s high two-way skills on the wing, partnering with Jaylen Brown — whom Boston signed to what was a file extension a yr in the past — to kind arguably one of the best wing tandem within the league in the present day.
The Celtics additionally agreed to an extension with guard Derrick White earlier Monday. Boston now has each member of its beginning lineup beneath contract by means of no less than 2025-26.
Tatum is a five-time All-Star and four-time All-NBA choice, together with being named to the All-NBA first workforce the previous three seasons. After successful a gold medal on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, he’s additionally set to be a part of Workforce USA’s entry within the Paris Olympics this summer time as the lads’s nationwide workforce appears to say its fifth consecutive gold medal.
ESPN’s Tim Bontemps contributed to this report.