The Green Army managed to win the 18th championship in team history and became the biggest winner of the season. After winning the championship, the Green Army must also reward the champions. Tatum signed an early extension with a five-year, $315 million super-cap salary as scheduled, which also surpassed teammate Jaylen Brown's five-year, $304 million contract and became the largest contract in NBA history.
Tatum has two years left on his contract, with a salary of $34.85 million for the 24-25 season and a player option worth $37.1 million for the 25-26 season. Tatum's early contract extension will take effect starting in the 25-26 season, with annual salaries of $54.13 million, $58.46 million, $62.79 million, $67.12 million, $71.45 million, and more than $70 million in the final year.
In addition to renewing Tatum, the Green Army also offered White a four-year, 125.9 million contract extension. In doing so, the Green Army has managed to retain the championship squad, but also lock in salary space for the next three to five years. Last year, the Green Army renewed Jaylen Brown with the largest contract in history for 5 years and $304 million, then renewed Holiday for 4 years and 135 million in advance, renewed Porzingis for 60 million in 2 years, and signed Yotatum for 315 million dollars for another 5 years this year, and White was renewed in advance for 125.9 million in 4 years.
The contracts of these five core players alone add up to more than $939 million, of which Tatum and Brown have an average annual salary of more than $60 million, White and Holiday are also more than $40 million, plus $30 million Porzingis, the average salary is as high as $230 million, so the Green Army will face an astronomical luxury tax next, which is higher than the previous Warriors and Clippers.
In the last four seasons, the Warriors and Clippers have combined to pay a total of $951 million in luxury tax fines, including 371 million for the Clippers and 579 million for the Warriors. However, next season, both the Warriors and the Clippers will be at the luxury tax threshold, and the Green Army will start paying the super luxury tax. If the Green Army can defend their title, win more championships, or even become a dynasty team, it will be worth paying the super luxury tax, and if they can't win another championship, the Green Army will have trouble in the future.