Brian Scalabrine drops bombshell claim about Jaylen Brown demanding trade from Celtics

One of the stories of the NBA offseason was the Boston Celtics' decision to trade their former NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers.

The trade separated Brown from his running mate Jayson Tatum, a duo that had become one of the best in the NBA. What once seemed like an innocent breakup between the duo has turned messy over the last week or so.

Both Tatum and Brown have shared different opinions of their current relationship, most recently with Brown insinuating there is a dislike between the two. Brown has felt that Tatum was aware of a possible trade and had something to do with him being traded from Boston to Philadelphia, but a recent update from former Celtics player Brian Scalabrine revealed that may not be true.

Did Jaylen Brown force his way out of Boston?

Scalabrine went on his radio show Monday and revealed that his sources have indicated that rather than Tatum being involved, it was instead Brown who made demands and forced his way out of Boston.

"My understanding of this thing is that he demanded to be traded," Scalabrine said of Brown. "Jaylen Brown lives in his own reality. He gave a list of demands and said, 'If you don’t do this, trade me...' And he was rooting to get traded to Milwaukee, including calling some other teammates about, ‘Hey, man, what do you think of Milwaukee? We should go there.'"