{"id":4065,"date":"2026-07-02T06:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4065"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:05:05","slug":"trading-jaylen-brown-for-paul-george-and-picks-sure-makes-it-seem-like-celtics-have-ceased-to-be-about-winning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4065","title":{"rendered":"Trading Jaylen Brown for Paul George and picks sure makes it seem like Celtics have ceased to be about winning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Obviously, the Celtics didn\u2019t value or covet Jaylen Brown. His years of complaining about the lack of respect, playing second fiddle to Jayson Tatum and his contributions to the franchise\u2019s success being overlooked, were valid because here we are.<\/span><\/p>\n

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President of basketball operations Brad Stevens pulled off the most controversial, stunning, and perhaps worst trade in the history of the franchise when he sent Brown to the rival 76ers for the aging Paul George, two first-round picks, and two second-round picks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The trade is an indication Stevens and the brass wanted Brown out of Boston, regardless of the return. And this 10-day menagerie where Brown was initially offered to Milwaukee for Giannis Antetokounmpo, then all the other 28 teams for what was deigned to be a terrible, unwanted contract and draft capital, has ended.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But the criticism of Stevens and this so-called pristine Celtics culture has begun, because this deal can be considered terrible even to the most novice of basketball fans. Brown was a five-time All-Star and two-time All-NBA player who is entering his prime.<\/span><\/p>\n

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