Jaylen Brown has signed a huge contract extension to stay with the Boston Celtics for the next 4 years for $115 million. Brown was going to be a restricted free agent this upcoming summer if the Celtics decided not to extend his contract. When the contract extension deadline was coming to an end, both sides agreed to sign the extension.

This is INSANE! $115 MILLION!?!? Are The Celtics kind of crazy!?

Ok I do like Jaylen Brown a lot, he is a good player and a good defender, but I would not have pulled the trigger to sign this guy for this much. He has not been an All-Star yet and he didn’t have the numbers last year to be worth this kind of money.

We all saw today that Buddy Hield signed a contract extension with the Sacramento Kings that was worth 4 years/$86 million, which was fair deal. But with this Celtics contract with Brown, I disagree with the money he is worth.

I’m not saying that I don’t believe in Jaylen Brown, but I just think that he shouldn’t have received a big contract like that when he hasn’t proven to be an All-Star yet, and he might not be an All-Star with the certain talent on the Celtics team.

Brown has big shoes he has to fill, but I still believe in him and he is still very young. With this contract extension, there is a lot of concerns and questions about what the Celtics might do for the trade deadline or the summer of 2020 for free agency.

What could happen now?

Hayward could be gone?

This year is a big year for Gordon Hayward, didn’t have the season like he wanted to and he has to prove himself and to the organization that he can get back to the former All-Star self from when played for Utah. But say that Hayward doesn’t play like his old self by the trade deadline, you could see him being traded. I saw something that a possible trade that could happen is sending him and some other young players to Oklahoma City for Steven Adams and Dennis Schroder. I would be a fan of that trade as we get some good assets in return, but we have to wait and see how the season progresses. Another possibility is the Celtics might ask Hayward to opt out to sign for less money, but we all saw what happened when the Celtics ask Al Horford to take less money. If Hayward decides to opt in, then I feel like they will trade away or let Hayward go, so they can sign Jayson Tatum to the big contract.

Brown signs the money, but doesn’t mean he will stay in Boston?

Just because he signed the big extension, doesn’t mean that he will stay with Boston. The Celtics could trade Brown to get some good key players in return. Now the Celtics signed him to the extension, if The Celtics wanted to trade him, teams have to be fair with the trade to try and come close to his contract. So this could open up to getting important assets by trading him. If the Celtics decided they wanted to keep Hayward, and want to trade Brown so they can get a important team need, they could get a lot of options. People are going to want to go after Brown because of his potential, him being so young, and if teams trade for him, they get him for FOUR years. That is why I thought the Paul George trade was genius because now the Clippers have him and Kawhi Leonard for the next 3-4 years. This could be a possibility.

The Celtics season starts in two days which I am super excited for. They have a tough first game in Philadelphia vs the Sixers, but I think the Celtics can win this game. They have the offense that can light put points, but is going to come down to defense with guarding Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. If the Celtics really lock up defensively, I could see the Celtics sneak out an opening night win. This season should be really fun, this Jaylen Brown signing is interesting, but it should still make this season really fun to watch. After watching the preseason and the Celtics went 4-0, they could be a team that teams sleep on.

I know it was only the preseason that the Celtics went 4-0, but I don’t care I have high hopes for this team.

TACKO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Celtics!

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