Brown signed the richest contract in NBA history

The excellent 26-year-old, who was selected as the third basketball player in the 2016 draft (behind Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram), agreed to a five-year contract extension with the most successful club in the history of the league, which will pay him a dizzying 304 million US dollars, or 275 million euros.

With this, Brown significantly improved the previous milestone, which was held by the two-time MVP of the league and the current champion Nikola Jokicwho signed a contract with Denver in the amount of 276 million US dollars (250 million euros).

Despite the record sum, a new record is most likely to be expected next season, when the best individual of the Greens from TD Garden, Jayston Tatum, will also be eligible for this supermax contract extension. Tatum and Brown make up one of the most productive duos in the NBA and represent the foundations for Boston’s future.

Together, they averaged 56.7 points per game last season, the fourth-highest output since the league’s merger in 1976. They also scored 30 points in 10 different games, a feat accomplished by only two in the last 30 seasons. Shaquille O’Neal–Kobe Bryantaccording to ESPN’s stats page.

Brown will earn $31.8 million (28.8 million euros) next season, after which a new contract will come into effect, which will bring him $52.3 million (47.3 million euros) in the first year, and as much as $69.1 million (62.6 million euros) in the last year.