{"id":2019323,"date":"2026-06-30T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2019323"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:15:10","slug":"six-potential-jaylen-brown-trade-spots-to-clippers-for-kawhi-pairing-with-jokic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2019323","title":{"rendered":"Six potential Jaylen Brown trade spots: To Clippers for Kawhi? Pairing with Joki\u0107?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jaylen Brown\u2019s name continues to circulate in trade rumors following the Boston Celtics\u2019 failed attempt to acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo using Brown as a trade chip.<\/p>\n

Now, it looks increasingly possible that the Celtics will move Brown and start building a different core around Jayson Tatum. Of course, if Boston isn\u2019t satisfied with the offers, it could simply keep him and try to make another deep playoff run next season with a fully healthy Tatum back in the mix.<\/p>\n

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And that\u2019s where it gets tricky. Brown is a relatively polarizing player around the NBA. No, I don\u2019t think there is a single front-office person who actually believes Brown is the seventh-best player<\/a> on the Celtics. I speak to dozens of front-office executives throughout the season, and I\u2019ve never heard anyone value Brown that way, even if some analytical models don\u2019t believe his overall impact is as strong as his stats suggest. But executives place different valuations on him that complicate determining what his trade return would be, especially considering that he\u2019s on a supermax contract paying an average of $61 million over the next three seasons.<\/p>\n

Some front-office personnel think that when Brown is at his best \u2014 like he was this past season when he averaged 29 points, seven rebounds and five assists while making second-team All-NBA \u2014 he is a top-12 player in the league because of his dynamic driving ability, shot-making and physicality. Because he\u2019s improved as a ballhandler while maintaining his powerful athletic gifts, he tends to overwhelm the opposition when he gets driving lanes.<\/p>\n

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Is Jaylen Brown ready to leave Boston?<\/div>\n
Zenab Keita and Esfandiar Baraheni<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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