{"id":2023419,"date":"2026-07-02T14:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2023419"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:45:50","slug":"the-bounce-celtics-and-lakers-made-major-moves-only-one-of-them-got-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2023419","title":{"rendered":"The Bounce: Celtics and Lakers made major moves. Only one of them got better"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Bounce Newslette<\/b>r<\/strong>\u00a0\":basketball:\"<\/span>\u00a0| This is The Athletic\u2019s<\/em> daily NBA newsletter.\u00a0Sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t feel like the NBA has any more superstar trades to make. Of course, that\u2019s exactly what the NBA wants you to think. That\u2019s how it gets you! The second you believe the NBA can\u2019t trade any more stars, it\u2019ll send players to places you never imagined. This is the best league.<\/p>\n

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Brown out<\/h3>\n

Did the Celtics really need to do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Jaylen Brown saga felt like unnecessary offseason drama the Boston Celtics could endure and then make better with a big-time contract extension.<\/p>\n

After the Celtics explored the Giannis Antetokounmpo market by dangling Brown in front of Milwaukee, the noise kept getting louder and louder that they might need to trade him. Sometimes, that felt super dramatic. Overly dramatic even. Yes, Brown seemed to feel disrespected, but he was also under contract for the next three years for around $180 million and was eligible for another $142 million over two years.<\/strong> You could have made it very worth his while to get him to drop any ill feelings toward those trade rumors and attempts.<\/p>\n

That is \u2026 if you wanted to offer him the money. Maybe you wanted to let him go stew elsewhere in the league. That\u2019s essentially what the Celtics did. They traded Brown<\/strong><\/a> to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for 36-year-old Paul George, a 2028 first-round pick that could end up as a swap, a 2031 first and two second-round picks. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This \u2026 is the best the Celtics could do? They received less than the Clippers did for a 35-year-old Kawhi Leonard. It\u2019s less than the Jazz received for Walker Kessler. So why is it that a 29-year-old, All-NBA guard couldn\u2019t grab more in a trade?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Memorable moments from Jaylen Brown’s 10 seasons in Boston<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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