Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2026-27 season, The Athletic's Shams Charania reported. The deal reportedly includes an annual base salary of $8.5 million and potential bonuses of up to $10 million.
Brown and the Kings had previously reported to be at an impasse over a contract extension when his contract expires next season, and Wojnarowski reported last week that the two sides had begun discussions about the hiatus.
On Thursday, Charania reported that the Kings offered Brown a three-year, $21 million contract that could reach $27 million with bonuses, but Brown is reportedly asking for $10 million per year. The numbers reported Friday indicated that Brown, who was expected to make $4.5 million next year, got most of his asking price.
Mike Brown's contract puts him near the top tier of NBA coaching salaries.
Assuming an average salary of $10 million, Brown would be tied with Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers for the sixth-highest salary in the NBA, although reported figures suggest Brown would be just behind Rivers. Here are the coaches known to be above them:
All of these deals were made to date since Williams shook up the market with his contract, and any championship contender with a quality coach will likely pay him eight figures in the near future.
Mike Brown has taken the Kings forward. Can he take them further?
Brown just completed his second season with the Kings, leading them to a 94-70 record. With Brown's arrival, the team saw a breakthrough offensively last season and made the playoffs for the first time since 2006.
This year was less successful, even though they won just two games fewer than they did in the 2022-23 season. Their 46-36 record was good for ninth place in the Western Conference and only earned them a spot in the play-in tournament. The Kings got some impressive revenge against the Golden State Warriors, but then faced the New Orleans Pelicans three days later.
Still, the Kings will no doubt want to move forward with their core of De'Aaron Fox, Domantas Sabonis and Keegan Murray — that means hanging on to the guy who made them work together — but there's still some work to be done and it's unclear where they go from here.
At the very least, Sacramento owns the 13th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. The contracts of Harrison Barnes and Kevin Huerter, among others, are also up for grabs, and Malik Monk is set to become a free agent.
