{"id":4440,"date":"2026-07-07T04:11:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T04:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4440"},"modified":"2026-07-07T04:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T04:11:54","slug":"bill-chisholm-says-the-jaylen-brown-trade-was-not-about-the-money-but-celtics-fans-wont-buy-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4440","title":{"rendered":"Bill Chisholm says the Jaylen Brown trade was \u2018not about the money,\u2019 but Celtics fans won\u2019t buy that"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>NBA rules prevented the Celtics from commenting on the trade that rocked New England sports when 10-year star Jaylen Brown was dealt to the 76ers for Paul George and a bunch of draft picks last Wednesday. The cone of silence was lifted Monday as Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens and lead governor Bill Chisholm took questions for 45 minutes at the team\u2019s practice facility in Allston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4438\">Folarin Balogun starts for US against Belgium after suspension lifted<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re not up here to defend ourselves,\u201d Stevens said in a 10-minute opening statement that used the word \u201coptionality\u201d several times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The pledge was largely honored as Stevens admitted Brown was dealt because \u201cthe path looked a little bit more challenging to me with 70 percent of our cap \u2014 and such a high percentage of our usage tied into two players.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Two players: That\u2019s Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So one of them had to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And now Brown is gone: The man who gave the team 10 seasons and was MVP of the 2024 NBA Finals when the Celts won banner No. 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Timeline: Looking back on Jaylen Brown\u2019s Celtics career<\/div>\n<p><span>With this shocking swap, the Celtics said goodbye to the decade-long run of the two Jays. Making thing even worse, all the Celts truly have in exchange are two future first round picks (one for 2031!) and a 36-year-old former star who\u2019s played only 78 games over the last two seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI keep going back to myself as a kid and I don\u2019t want to hear about picks and \u2018optionality,\u2019 \u201d said Stevens. \u201cUnfortunately, in my position, those things matter. That\u2019s where we are \u2026 I\u2019m not saying it was the right call.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Does this trade make the Celtics better next season?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019ll find out,\u201d he answered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Can he see how this talent downgrade might be demoralizing for Celtic fans?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t think the team improves or doesn\u2019t improve based on one player. Or subbing one player for another \u2026 I don\u2019t know what you\u2019re getting at necessarily.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Swell. But Brad, can you acknowledge that it\u2019s tough to convince fans you\u2019re going to be better because of this trade?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ve lost sleep over the fan part of this,\u201d Stevens acknowledged. \u201cI get it. There\u2019s a bunch of No. 7 jerseys around. I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019ve bought a couple. Somebody asked me earlier, \u2018Do you miss coaching?\u2019 and I said, \u2018I do this week.\u2019 This is not for the faint of heart.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We can at least be happy that Stevens dismissed the mind-numbing notion that he had to deal Brown because advanced metrics indicate that Brown is simply not a premier NBA player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4436\">Mass. House seeks to regulate e-bikes in $425 million economic development bill<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>No joke, folks. A stat-driven theory that the Celtics were a stronger team <i>without<\/i> Brown became a talk-show talking point\/social media storm in the days after JB was dealt for a bag of Spaldings. Nitwits who worship at the altars of Estimated Plus-Minus and the vaunted xRAPM metric (regularized adjusted plus-minus) convinced a sizable portion of Green Team Nation that Brown was an overpaid albatross that nobody in the league wanted. In this world, the Celts were lucky they scored a calcifying George and future picks while getting out from under JB\u2019s massive contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>How Jaylen Brown\u2019s contract likely figured into the Celtics\u2019 decision to deal him to the 76ers<\/div>\n<p><span>Asked about the weight of advanced analytics, Stevens said they considered everything, but reduced the metrics to a \u201csmall piece of information\u201d when considering offers for Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Yay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The most awkward moments in this depressing presser came when Chisholm made points that sometimes seemed to contradict Stevens. We applaud any Boston team owner who\u2019ll sit behind a microphone, but Chisholm may regret talking about the departures of Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford, and Luke Kornet \u2014 critical, expensive pieces of Boston\u2019s 2024 championship run \u2014 and stating \u201cthat was not about money \u2026 those are basketball decisions, and I put this one, you know, in the same category.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Red Sox got into trouble when they traded home-grown MVP superstar Mookie Betts to the Dodgers for Connor Wong, Jeter Downs, and Alex Verdugo (the latter two are already MLB castaways), then told us it was \u201ca baseball trade.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It wasn\u2019t and the Sox have been pretty bad since the deal was done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Technically, when you own a sports team, every trade is a sports trade. Under this umbrella, the Sox and Celtics can insist they are being truthful when they part with big-monied talent and tell us it for the good of the franchise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fans simply aren\u2019t going to buy it. Not now. Not ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s not about the money at all,\u2019\u2019 insisted Chisholm \u201cThis was again, trying to put together the right set of players and assets to win now, to win next year, the following year and the year after that. That\u2019s what this was about.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c\u2026 I can say it and I\u2019ll keep saying it, but I\u2019ll also prove it to you \u2026 When we have the opportunity, we\u2019re going to do that and we\u2019ve given ourselves the flexibility to do that. It\u2019s fine to keep asking the question because I know we have to prove it and we will.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019ll spend whatever it takes \u2026 the mandate is to win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There you have it folks. Bill Chisholm is on record. The Celtics do whatever it takes. Even if it means dumping Jaylen Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s been a sad week in Celtic Nation. And Monday\u2019s words didn\u2019t make fans feel any better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4434\">Trump administration denies disaster declaration for record R.I. blizzard<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been been a sad week in Celtic Nation. 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