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The Boston Celtics dangled Jaylen Brown in their trade offer for Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Milwaukee Bucks chose to ultimately accept a better package from the Miami Heat, and now Boston either has to mend fences with their 2024 NBA Finals MVP, or find another trade partner.
Brown is coming off arguably the best season of his career, where he earned Second-Team All-NBA honors for powering the Celtics to 56 wins despite top teammate Jayson Tatum missing most of the season. The Celtics apparently think they need to go in a new direction after a first-round playoff exit, and Brown’s age and contract might also have something to do with it. Brown turns 30 years old in October, and he has three years, $183 million left on his deal.
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It feels like the Celtics are motivated to trade Brown, and there should be a robust market for his services. Here are six fake trade ideas to get Brown to a different home.
Celtics get: Donovan Clingan, Jerami Grant, Kris Murray, 2027 first-round pick
Trail Blazers get: Jaylen Brown
The Celtics reportedly want a big man in return for Brown. Would Donovan Clingan be good enough to suffice? Clingan is much younger and cheaper at 22 years old with two years left on his rookie contract. He’s one of the best young rim protectors in the game, but he doesn’t have a lot of offensive utility outside of crushing the glass, and he hasn’t been able to handle a heavy minutes load dating back to his college career. Grant feels like a bad contract, but he could give the Celtics some of what they’re losing in Brown in the short term. I kind of like this trade.
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Celtics get: Alperen Sengun, Dorian Finney-Smith
Rockets get: Jaylen Brown
There aren’t many bigs better than Alperen Sengun who could potentially be attainable this offseason. Sengun is already a proven scorer as he enters his age-24 season, and he’s started to make some strides as an outside shooter and defender. Sengun is also on a very team-friendly contract for the next four seasons. This trade would also reunite Brown with his former coach Ime Udoka. Houston probably has to include a first-round pick here,…
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