Jaron Jackson Jr. Secures $240M Max Extension with Memphis

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00:00But a max extension yesterday for Memphis handed out to Jaron Jackson Jr., Triple J,

00:06a five-year, $240 million max extension to remain in the grind city.

00:13Memphis, of course, the eighth seed last year in the Western Conference, fading down the stretch,

00:18dismissing head coach Taylor Jenkins in an offseason of change already, but not with Jaron Jackson Jr.

00:25He is set to remain in Memphis for the foreseeable future.

00:30Yeah, good player here.

00:30But also, you know what's interesting?

00:31Like, you take a look at Major League Baseball contracts, like Scott Boris.

00:34Like, hey, I want that guy on my side.

00:35He's an absolute shark out here.

00:37He's going to get me the most I can possibly get.

00:39He's going to earn every single penny that I pay for him.

00:41Same thing in the NFL.

00:42Like, you come up, like, let's just say, Lamar Jackson.

00:44And, like, it was, I think his representation was basically his family at this point,

00:48but still an agency that represented you where if you get something where it's, hey,

00:52high-level plays, worth their price in gold.

00:54I see the tweet here by Shams.

00:56And it's, you know, head of CAA basketball, Austin Brown and CAA agent Max Seidman negotiated

01:01the new agreement.

01:02It's the max.

01:03What do you negotiate?

01:04Like, he was always going to get the max.

01:05Like, it's almost like in the NBA sometimes, like, I'm going to pay you 3% or 5% of a max

01:09deal when I could have just went to the organization and go, yeah, just give me the max.

01:12That's what I'm worth.

01:12Okay, here's the max at this point.

01:14Oh, you're going to kick out of, like, you're getting credit for the organization where it's

01:17CAA.

01:17Like, hey, great job done.

01:18Like, no, it's paint and just press a button here.

01:21And that's what you get at this point.

01:22He deserves those money, that money.

01:24But CAA, they're loving this, man.

01:26That extension, who's going to get that?

01:28Yeah, pay us our, I don't know, $5, $10, $15, $20 million off of this?

01:31What a great negotiation tactic.