The Boston Celtics signed small forward Jaylen Brown to a four-year, $115 million extension shortly before the rookie-scale extension deadline.

According to Brian Windhorst of ESPN, the Celtics significantly improved their offer to Brown at the deadline.

“From what I was hearing, Boston improved its offer significantly at the end of the negotiations,” Windhorst said on the Zach Lowe podcast. “One of the reasons why I think they did that was because they realized they didn't want to get into…they saw where things were going. If Buddy Hield gets this, than our guys get this.”

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Last season for the Celtics, Brown averaged 13.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists while shooting 46.5 percent from the field, 34.4 percent from beyond the arc and 65.8 percent from the free-throw line.

The Celtics will need Brown to play at a near All-Star level this season. Kyrie Irving and Al Horford are gone, so Boston will be asking Brown to do a lot more for them on offense in 2019-20.

Brown would have entered restricted free agency next summer if he and the Celtics didn’t agree to an extension. The contract situation could have been a distraction for Brown during the 2019-20 campaign as well, so it’s good he and Boston were able to get it done.