Boston Celtics point guard Jrue
Holiday is set to decline his option for the 2024-2025 season to
sign a new four-year, $135 million extension deal with the team,
according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Holiday, who arrived with the
Celtics after a blockbuster offseason trade, will now be locked
with a solid Boston Celtics core with championship aspirations for
years to come.
The 6-foot-4 guard will do
exactly what he did three years ago in Milwaukee – landing there in
the offseason, spending a few months, getting familiar and used to
a new place, and getting comfortable. He signed a then four-year
$135 million deal with the Bucks, resulting in an NBA title and an
Olympic gold medal. Holiday is hoping he could repeat the same
process this year with Boston and with Team USA in the
summer.
According to Wojnarowski,
Holiday will become the fourth player to sign a fully guaranteed
deal worth more than $100 million at 33 or older, including LeBron
James, Steph Curry, and Al Horford with this new deal. He will now
make $30.1 million annually starting next season, which will make
him the third-highest-paid Celtic behind Jaylen Brown ($49.3
million) and Jayson Tatum ($34.8 million).
Furthermore, this extension will
keep Holiday with the Celtics through the 2027-2028 season and will
save around $30 million in cap space for Boston to help them keep
together their talented and expensive core.
