Dallas Mavericks guard Josh Green (8) advances the ball during the second half of an NBA preseason … [+]
Josh Green is getting paid. After a breakout year last season, the 22-year-old Dallas Mavericks forward has agreed to a three-year contract extension worth $41 million, according to multiple reports.
Dallas drafted Green with the eighteenth overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. He is the twelfth first-round draft pick from the 2020 draft to secure a rookie-scale extension. The deadline for extensions for the 2020 rookie class is Monday evening.
Speaking to reporters last week, Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd said Green had done all the right things to warrant an extension.
“I think he’s just trying to play the game the right way through everything that he’s been working on during the summer and things that we have asked him to do, both offensively and defensively,” Kidd said. “I think that’s what he has been focused on. I think that the contract is going to take care of itself at some point.”
“He’s going to get a contract at some point, and if it’s not now it’s going to be after the season,” Kidd continued. “But he’s doing everything to be successful with or without the contract. He’s just focused on doing the right things. He did that for us this training camp, and we believe he’s going to do that for us during the season.”
Last season, Green averaged multiple career bests across the board. He scored a career-high 9.1 points per game with career highs in field goal, three-point and free throw percentages—53.7%, 40.2% and 72.3%, respectively. He also averaged career highs with 3.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 25.7 minutes and played 60 games.