The Portland Trail Blazers didn’t merely fortify the future of their defense on Sunday. They also bolstered the future of their offense.

Shaedon Sharpe and the Blazers agreed to a contract extension, a team source confirmed to The Oregonian/OregonLive, beating a Monday deadline and preventing the shooting guard from becoming a restricted free agent following the season.

The deal, first reported by ESPN, is a 4-year, $90-million extension that could keep the 22-year-old in Portland through the 2029-30 season. And it came as a relative surprise to some with knowledge of the negotiations.

Just last week, sources told The Oregonian/OregonLive that an extension didn’t look good, with one suggesting there was only a 25% chance of it happening. But roughly 24 hours before Monday’s 3 p.m

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