If the Boston Celtics are going to trade All-Star swingman Jaylen Brown this offseason, they'll truly need to be blown away by an offer.
Earlier this week, ESPN insider Shams Charania reported that Brown was offered to the Milwaukee Bucks in a deal that would've sent Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Celtics. This was before the Miami Heat put together an offer that Milwaukee couldn't refuse. With that being said, Boston is expected to move on from Brown this summer.
“He’s going to get traded,” ESPN's Brian Windhorst said. “Obviously they offered him [for Antetokounmpo]. Brad Stevens came out and said many, many wonderful things about him and was respectful and all that stuff. He never said that he wasn’t trading him, which he obviously could have done.”
So what's it going to take for the Celtics to part ways with Brown? According to Charania, the asking price is at least four first-round picks.
"My understanding is in some cases the Celtics have asked teams for at least four first-round picks," Charania said, via HoopsHype. "The part that makes it tricky here is Jaylen Brown's got three years left on his deal at a super max clip. Which team meets that valuation so far that the Celtics have set in some regard with four first-round picks? And I think throughout all of this, the question is going to be which side will influence the urgency of a trade? Because if he's got three years left, technically there there shouldn't be a rush, but clearly Jaylen Brown could feel a certain type of way based on what's happened over the last several weeks with his inclusion in the Giannis deal."
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Where will he end up?
There should be a strong market for Brown, who averaged 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game this past season.
Kurt Helin of NBC Sports recently mentioned Atlanta Hawks and Houston Rockets as potential suitors for Brown.
“If Brown becomes available, look for Houston and Atlanta to be at the front of the line for him, with a number of other teams — Portland has said it’s interested — in the mix,” Helin wrote. “The challenge will be matching his salary, which is $57.1 million next season and totals about $183 million over the next three years.”
A trade involving Brown would shake up the landscape of the Eastern Conference, make no mistake about it.
