NBA rumors: Celtics, Marcus Smart agree to four-year contract extension

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Report: Smart agrees to long-term extension with Celtics

/ by Nick Goss

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Marcus Smart is not hitting NBA free agency next summer.

Smart and the Boston Celtics have agreed to a four-year, $77 million contract extension, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. If you include the final year remaining on Smart's current contract, he will receive around $90 million from the C's through the 2025-26 season.

ESPN Sources: Boston Celtics G Marcus Smart has agreed to a four-year, $77M extension. New deal starts in 2022-â23 with no player option and secures him at $90M-plus through 2025-â26.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 16, 2021

ESPN's NBA front office insider Bobby Marks broke down the yearly salary numbers in Smart's deal:

Hereâs the breakdown of the Marcus Smart extension:

ð°2022/23- $17.2M
ð¸2023/24- $18.58M
ð°2024/25- $19.96M
ð¸2025/26- $21.33M

The above extension was the maximum that Smart was allowed to sign for.
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) August 17, 2021

Smart was selected by the Celtics with the No. 6 pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. He has become an important part of the roster over the last seven seasons as an elite defender, a quality playmaker and an improved scorer/shooter.

The 27-year-old guard's strongest impact comes on the defensive end of the floor. He earned back-to-back selections to the All-Defensive first team for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons.

Smart averaged 13.1 points, 5.7 assists and 3.5 rebounds over 48 games for the Celtics last season.