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American Jayson Tatum is set to sign the most expensive contract in NBA history. The 26-year-old basketball player is expected to extend his contract with the Boston Celtics for $315 million.
© Barry Chin/The Boston Globe/Getty Images – Jayson Tatum is a key player on the Boston Celtics team that won the NBA title this season.
$315 million. Here is the new amount of the most expensive contract in the history of the NBA. According to information from several American media outlets, relayed by Le Parisien, this Tuesday, July 2, the basketball star Jayson Tatum should indeed extend its adventure with Boston for the astronomical sum of 315 million dollars.26 year old power forwardwho has just won the Celtics’ 18th NBA title, is expected to sign a five-year contract with the famous club.
After a season at Duke University, Jayson Tatum was selected in 20217 in third position by the Boston Celtics in the draft (or player exchange) of the North American basketball league. He has been the revelation of the courts in recent years with four seasons averaging more than 26 points. Jayson Tatum is now considered one of the five best players of his generation. With this contract, the basketball player would surpass the record held until now by Jaylen Brownwho had extended with Boston for a sum of $286 million last year.
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The announcement comes just hours after another star of the reigning NBA champion’s roster signed a contract extension, Derrick WhiteThe latter would have signed on for four additional seasons for $125.9 millionaccording to BeIn Sports. Furthermore, this information comes as the owners of the Boston Celtics announced in a press release published on Monday their intention to put their team up for sale.
“The family that controls the ownership group (Boston Basketball Partners LLC), after much internal discussion, has decided to sell the team for asset management and family planning reasons.”the NBA champions said. The Celtics were purchased for $360 million in 2002 by entrepreneur Wyc Grousbeck. The franchise was valued at $4.7 billion by the magazine Forbes last October.
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2024-07-02 13:17:37
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