黄蜂与 Brandon Miller 签下5年2.09亿美元新秀续约：金额为今夏同届第二
位于北卡罗来纳州梅克伦堡县的夏洛特黄蜂队已与前锋 Brandon Miller 达成一份5年2.09亿美元的新秀规模续约合同。Miller 的经纪人 AJ Vaynerchuk 与 Joey Middleton 向 ESPN 确认了这一消息，双方赶在周一（10月19日）18:00 的2023届新秀续约截止时间之前签约。
这是今夏第二大的新秀续约合同，仅次于 Victor Wembanyama 与圣安东尼奥马刺的5年2.52亿美元，也高于 Amen Thompson 与休斯顿火箭的5年2.08亿美元。新合同从2027-28赛季起生效，至2031-32赛季结束。Miller 是2023年选秀的榜眼秀（第2顺位）。
Miller 上赛季打出职业生涯最佳表现：出战65场，场均20.2分、4.9个篮板、3.3次助攻，投篮命中率43.5%，三分命中率38.3%创生涯新高。他5月接受了左肩手术，季前赛已复出参赛。上赛季他出场时黄蜂41胜24负，缺阵时仅3胜14负。
今夏黄蜂送走 LaMelo Ball 与 Miles Bridges 后，Miller 与二年级射手 Kon Knueppel 成为球队重建核心。上赛季黄蜂取得44胜38负，附加赛不敌奥兰多魔术。今晚黄蜂将客场挑战布鲁克林篮网，打响新赛季揭幕战。
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Hornets Sign Brandon Miller to Five-Year, $209 Million Rookie Extension: Second-Largest of His Draft Class This Summer
The Charlotte Hornets, based in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, have agreed with forward Brandon Miller on a five-year, $209 million rookie-scale contract extension. Miller's representatives, AJ Vaynerchuk and Joey Middleton of VaynerSports, told ESPN's Shams Charania on Monday, with the deal completed ahead of Monday's (October 19) 6 p.m. deadline for the 2023 draft class.
It is the second-largest rookie extension of the summer, behind only Victor Wembanyama's five-year, $252 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs and ahead of Amen Thompson's five-year, $208 million deal with the Houston Rockets. The new contract takes effect in the 2027-28 season and runs through 2031-32. Miller was the No. 2 pick in the 2023 draft.
Miller is coming off a career season: in 65 games he averaged 20.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists, shooting 43.5% from the field and a career-high 38.3% from three. He underwent surgery in May to address the stability of his left shoulder and has since returned for the preseason. Charlotte went 41-24 with Miller available last season and 3-14 without him.
After the Hornets traded away LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges this summer, Miller and second-year shooter Kon Knueppel form the core of the rebuild. Charlotte finished last season 44-38 before falling to the Orlando Magic in the play-in tournament. The Hornets open the new season tonight on the road against the Brooklyn Nets.
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