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Speaking of Plan Bs, league sources say the Portland Trail Blazers would have serious interest in Brown if the Celtics made him available. The Blazers have been among the suitors for Antetokounmpo since the February trade deadline but appear to be on the outside looking in at the moment. Also, league sources say the Minnesota Timberwolves — whose pursuit of Antetokounmpo also appears to have cooled — have strong interest in the Celtics’ Derrick White.
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Kendrick Perkins: I didn't get this from no inside source with the Celtics, but I just feel like at this point Jaylen Brown is somewhat talking himself right up out of that organization with his live stream. And people may say ‘man, Perk, you overreacting or you tripping’. No, I'm not. Because Allie you've been in locker rooms, you played at a high level in college, you covered at a high level. That's why you got all them Emmys. Danny Green, three-time champion. And y'all know like I know that podcasting, that was not going to be tolerated in our locker room because it breaks a trust. Like the most important thing that you need when you're trying to go win a championship is you need trust.
Dru: “I understand that there's this sort of heat around Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics. I am not a believer that Jaylen Brown is not going to be a Celtic at the start of the season… I believe there's a very good chance Jaylen Brown is staying put with Jayson Tatum.” @WindhorstESPN
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The Celtics have gone to great lengths to avoid the elephant in the room here, but Jaylen Brown would need to be part of any deal for Antetokounmpo. And if Boston had its way, it seems, the conversation would start and end there with a one-for-one swap of fellow All-Stars who are still in their respective primes (Antetokounmpo is 31; Brown is 29). Lest anyone forgets, Brown is coming off his best season yet, finishing sixth in MVP voting. It’s unclear if the Bucks would look to build around Brown as a centerpiece, as many rival executives have recently predicted, or perhaps rebuild by sending him elsewhere for young players and picks. But whichever path they might select, it’s widely believed that Brown alone wouldn’t be enough for Milwaukee.
Sam Amick: Right now, the sense is that if the Bucks, since it's just me talking, like if the Bucks said all right, Jaylen Brown for Giannis straight up, I think the deal is done. I think the Celtics don't think they should be having to put much if anything else in there. But what tugs at me and I guess why Lou answered the question that way is that like something is driving the Celtics to be interested, right? And they were interested at the deadline. And two things can be true. They can have the utmost respect and love for Jaylen Brown and the player he has become. But I'm one of those kind of actions over words people, and it's like something is keeping the Celtics inspired to remain in this conversation instead of just heading back to their corner and rocking with their team. I feel like maybe they do enough at the last minute to get the deal done, but the safe answer is Miami.
League sources say that Milwaukee has very much been carrying itself like a franchise in recent days that expects to have the No. 13 selection as well as its own No. 10 pick. The Bucks, of course, can only make a selection at No. 13 if they acquire that pick from Miami as part of an Giannis Antetokounmpo trade. Yet we must acknowledge the undeniable rumbles in circulation Wednesday that the Celtics, weary of incessant speculation about a Giannis-to-Boston deal featuring Jaylen Brown, are getting frustrated with the process. One source familiar with the matter insisted that all the "Brown to third team talk" is premature.
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Contrary to recent reports suggesting Jaylen Brown could be rerouted to the Los Angeles Clippers as part of the Boston Celtics’ aggressive pursuit of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jake Fischer Report downplayed the murmurs and speculations in his latest NBA update for Bleacher Report. Fischer shot down the notion that the Clippers would look to go after the Celtics superstar via a massive three-team trade along with the Milwaukee Bucks, insisting that the franchise would remain committed to picking at No. 5 for the upcoming NBA Draft. "I made calls on that and I have been told that that is not true, that Los Angeles has not looked into any real avenue here at all," the NBA insider indicated. "At this juncture, I have been told repeatedly that the Clippers have every intention to stick around the No. 5 pick and make a selection."
Gary Washburn: "My point was they're not shopping Jaylen Brown. They're not dangling him around the league and going, okay, who wants Jaylen? And they're, of course, they're going to ask the best case scenario, the best possible trade for Giannis without including Jaylen. Now that would be very pricey for the salary cap. That would take them in, is there a third apron or a fourth apron that they would probably take them into? But I'm sure that they're looking around and trying to figure out, one, is this a good fit for our organization? Two, do we want to trade Jaylen and break this pairing up and completely change how we play?"
Cedric Maxwell: "I am a huge Jaylen Brown fan, huge. What I understand is that Jaylen right now is up for, I think an extension, and it would be $70 million a year. If he doesn't sign that extension, now the Celtics have to do what they have to do, and they're probably just trying to move him. And if it was to get Giannis, I would hate to see, but I understand the business of it. I am one of the biggest Jaylen Brown fans around, because when I used to see him, I'd say, 'What's happening, MVP?' And he'd look at me and he'd say, 'Takes one to know one.' And I was like, 'Hey, that was cool as hell.' I felt big then. So, if that trade happened, not only would you miss Jaylen as a player, you'd miss what he brings to the team intellectually."
Heat Central: Marc Spears doesn’t see the Clippers getting involved in a 3 team deal acquiring Jaylen Brown to get Giannis to Boston: “They’ve been talking about a 3 way deal where Jaylen Brown would be going from the Celtics, to the Clippers, and Giannis would be going to Boston. From what I’m hearing Boston would certainly love to have Giannis but respectfully I don’t know if the Clippers feel the same about Jaylen and I don’t think from what I’ve been told have been any conversations there. One thing about the Clippers, they’re enjoying this youth movement”
