Jaylen Brown fired up his Twitch stream Thursday night and responded to his trade from the Boston Celtics to the Philadelphia 76ers. “Boston packed me up,” he said.
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
Jaylen Brown said goodbye to Boston on Thursday, admitting he was "still processing how this all went down," a day after being traded 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.
Giannis Antetokounmpo was ready to go to the Boston Celtics instead of the Miami Heat until the Celtics balked, according to Bill Simmons. In a new episode of his podcast, Simmons claimed that Antetokounmpo was ready to go to the Celtics if the team gave him a three-year contract extension worth 35 percent of the salary cap.
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.
One of the biggest trades of the NBA offseason so far has been the Boston Celtics bidding farewell to Jaylen Brown and sending the star player to the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Celtics have re-signed big man Amari Williams to a two-way contract, per the NBA’s transaction log. The 24-year-old played 22 games for Boston in the 2025/26 season, a majority of which were spot minutes, though he did make two starts.
The New York Knicks built their championship roster to counter the Boston Celtics. Now that they've won a title, the Knicks' Atlantic Division rivals are poaching one of their most valuable reserves.