Clarity hasn’t exactly defined Jaylen Brown’s career. There were boos on draft night, but not because people hated that he was picked. It was widely reported that if the Boston Celtics picked Kris Dunn that night, they’d include Dunn in a trade for Jimmy Butler, which is what fans wanted.
Celtics fans who are waiting for an explanation of the Jaylen Brown trade should get some answers this afternoon when president of basketball operations Brad Stevens and majority owner Bill Chisholm will hold a press conference, according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Twitter link).
NBA trades are often judged based on names rather than on-court value. When the Boston Celtics moved their star wing this offseason, veteran forward Draymond Green pointed out a flaw. The Celtics decided to trade Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Boston Celtics have become a laughingstock among NBA fans and pundits alike after they made the puzzling decision to trade Jaylen Brown away after a career year.
The NBA is truly a global league. As such, there have been historical impacts left on the game by players of all walks of life. Some of the game's all-time
Nikola Vucevic is starting a new chapter in his career after ending another one. Vucevic returned to the Orlando Magic on a one-year deal, hoping to have a productive campaign after a brief stop with the Boston Celtics.
The Celtics better be right. That was the general tone from Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix after Boston traded Jaylen Brown to the 76ers for Paul George and draft compensation.
The Philadelphia 76ers recently made headlines by acquiring All-Star wing Jaylen Brown from the Boston Celtics in exchange for Paul George and draft compensation.
Former University of Houston big man Chris Cenac Jr. has signed his rookie scale contract with the Celtics, per the NBA’s transaction log. Boston selected the 19-year-old forward/center with the 27th overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.
In the NBA Draft, the first round is where teams look for players who could be stars or at least contribute right away. Then there's the second round, where the stakes are low and not much is expected.
Baylor Scheierman carved out a solid rotational role for the Celtics during his second season in Boston. Scheierman averaged 18.6 minutes over 77 games, starting 20 of them.
Jaylen Brown is not letting this moment pass quietly. Fresh off his departure from Boston, the newly minted Philadelphia 76er took to Twitch to confront the wave of media criticism that followed him out the door, naming Stephen A.
The Celtics may have solved their tax problems this offseason, but they appear to have created an even bigger one. Amid the backlash surrounding the Jaylen Brown trade, they might have a fresh issue to address in the upcoming season.
Even before the trade became official, reports pointed to a fractured relationship between Jaylen Brown and the franchise he helped lead to the 2024 championship.
Author’s note: this is hardly the biggest story of the week, but there’s not much left for me to say about Jaylen, or The Trade, or Paul George that hasn’t been said by my talented fellow writers here at the blog.
Boston Celtics owner Bill Chisholm and president of basketball operations Brad Stevens are slated to face the press following their blockbuster Jaylen Brown trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, which landed the Celtics veteran forward Paul George and future draft capital.
Celtics president Brad Stevens is taking plenty of flak for trading Jaylen Brown to the 76ers, but it may not all be about analytics. Or even if it is, Gordon Hayward doesn’t think Stevens overdoes it.
The Boston Celtics made one of the biggest moves of the NBA offseason by trading away franchise cornerstone piece Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers.
It's still too early to tell how things will go down, but for now, there are valid reasons to believe the Celtics dropped the ball with their latest decisions.