Overview
- The agreement was reported Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, by ESPN’s Shams Charania who cited Pritchard’s agents at CAA and described a two-year, $44.2 million deal that begins in 2028-29 and includes a mutual option for 2029-30.
- Under NBA rules tied to the Estimated Average Player Salary, the extension is built at the EAPS ceiling for a player in Pritchard’s pay tier and works out to roughly $21.2 million in year one and $22.9 million in year two.
- News outlets differ on the guarantee language with some reporting both seasons fully guaranteed and others saying only the first year is standard guaranteed while the second is a mutual option.
- The deal rewards Pritchard’s rise from a late first-round pick to a core Celtics contributor — a 2024 champion, 2025 Sixth Man of the Year and a 2025-26 season with career highs in points, assists and rebounds — and locks him into Boston’s retooled backcourt.
- Because the extension does not start until 2028-29, Boston’s 2026-27 luxury-tax and payroll picture is unchanged and the contract gives the team future cost control and flexibility to negotiate again or exercise the mutual option in 2029.