Jayson Tatum has signed a five-year, $314 million contract extension with the Boston Celtics that will make the highest-paid player in NBA history, according to a report from The Athletic on Monday.
Tatum, 26, is entering the final years of a five-year, $163 million contract extension he signed with Boston in 2020. Tatum will make $51.4 million next season under his new extension and $71.4 million in the final year for an average of $62.8 million annually.
Tatum is coming off of a championship run with the Celtics in which he averaged 25 points, 9.7 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game in 19 postseason games. He was voted an All-Star for the fifth time in his seven-year career and made the All-NBA First Team for the third time. The Celtics drafted Tatum with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft.
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