SO SAD: jaylen brown have just announced and made it very clear that he will be leaving the team today due tooo

SO SAD: jaylen brown have just announced and made it very clear that he will be leaving the team today due to…..

With fourth-year forward Jaylen Brown, the Celtics have agreed to a four-year, $115 million contract extension. With the signing, Brown becomes the first Celtics player since Rajon Rondo in 2009 to accept a rookie-scale contract extension.

Jason Glushon, Brown’s agent, had spent many days negotiating the deal at the team’s training complex. Glushon was observed sitting in Danny Ainge’s office, the president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics, on Monday afternoon when practice was open to the media.

Ainge released a statement saying, “Jaylen has made tremendous strides over the last three years and has become a fantastic player for us on both ends of the court.” “At the age of 22, he is a devoted worker and wonderful person who can both score and defend against

A league source claims that Brown’s contract will include a full guarantee for $103 million, with the remaining $12 million contingent on a number of incentives.

Had Brown and the Celtics not reached an agreement by Monday’s 6 p.m. deadline, he would have been a restricted free agency at the end of the season, giving the Celtics the opportunity to match any offer sheet he signed with an other team.

That won’t be an issue going forward. The large contract is proof certain that the Celtics think Brown, who turns 23 on Thursday, has what it takes to become a real star.

Since the Celtics picked Brown with the third overall choice in the 2016 draft, Brown has not had an agent; however, first-round player salaries are

“I think that when you’re doing a contract extension, you’ve got to feel good about it, and the players have to feel good about it,” Ainge said. “And sometimes it’s hard for you to feel good. Sometimes you need the market to dictate what it is you’re going to get paid.”

Earlier Monday, the Kings agreed to a four-year, $94 million contract with sharpshooting guard Buddy Hield, who seemed likely to receive a deal in the same ballpark asBrown’s.

Brown will now be under contract with the Celtics through the 2023-24 season, and next year the focus will shift toward a rookie-scale extension for Jayson Tatum, who will likely command a five-year maximum-salary deal.