r/NBA_TradeDiscussions

Did the Celtics front office and Brad Stevens sell badly short in trading Jaylen Brown to the Sixers and only getting Paul George and draft picks in return, when VJ Edgecombe was the main piece they wanted from Philly in the deal, and they could've waited longer to make any deal especially since reports say Jaylen Brown never actually demanded a trade?

In my search for optimism, I finally decided to think about this. Maybe Celtics leaders looked at last season and thought, if brown could lead this team to 50+ wins. Why couldn’t a healthy Tatum (who is regarded as the better player) also have Boston as a 50 win team? Last year I posted in here saying Boston could be a playoff team(not play in) and once again I think this team can be 4/5 if JT plays 70 games.

You know what’s funny about trades-us people who are fans, who aren’t “in-the-know” propose trades thinking what one or both of the teams want. But we have no idea, a lot of the times, where the team’s motivation is to make a move. We only see it from our perspective, and a lot of times the decision makers have different info, different knowledge, etc

With that said, I bet nobody even came close to predicting this trade, bc everyone thought the Celtics would want/get more. Boy, were we wrong. This was a crazy trade, and I find it extremely hard to imagine how the Celtics are better. At least this year. And prob for a while. I don’t think they have any idea how hard Jaylen played, and how that makes a difference, coach is able to hold everyone else accountable, and a lot of times he doesn’t bc the players 👮 themselves. And brown was a huge part in that and he brought it every night.

Wowzers. Can’t believe they all but gave him away. Incredible

Does Kawhi Leonard being traded back to the Raptors from the Clippers show he never should've left a city in Toronto that appreciated him after winning them a title in 2019 to go to a glamorous city like Los Angeles but a desperate organization in the Clippers?

With the reports of LeBron James telling the Lakers he intends to sign with another team this offseason, does another California squad in the Warriors become the favorites to land LeBron, if they can trade Jimmy Butler for Anthony Davis?

If the Celtics strike out on landing a big name in a trade before the start of free agency, could Pelicans 3-and-D winger Trey Murphy III be a good fit in the Celtics system alongside Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum?