Dallas Mavericks’ Josh Green Agrees To 3-Year, $41 Million Extension

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, the Mavericks announced Monday.

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.

“We have seen Josh work extremely hard over his time with the Mavs to become an impactful player on both ends of the floor,” Mavericks GM and VP of Basketball Operations Nico Harrison said in a release. “His energy is contagious for our group, and when he’s in the game, he pushes his teammates to play at a different speed. Josh is a high-level person and teammate, and we are happy to have him with our program for the long term.”

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.

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.”