I don’t know man the spurs is a favourable matchup i feels like the thunder was a worst matchup to them

Outside of OKC the Knicks path has been harder than San Antonio’s.

Atlanta is arguably the 2nd toughest matchup and they beat them in the 1st round.

Minnesota and Portland were not good.

I know WE all despise the knicks but dawg

What does Trey Murphy add that team doesn’t already have? Aren’t we pretty stocked at 3 and D forwards

Giannis’ interest don’t mean much after his circus last season though. He’s just fishing for engagements. Won’t be surprised if Kalshi will take advantage of where he’ll be “taking his talents”.

Only the weirdest of the JB stans would support this, they actually want this.

They’re a small (loud) minority and their dreams are not coming true.

1% who are dumb Jaylen stans

“I am the walrus?”

The ‘week’ between the end of the Finals and the start of the new League Year is the best Off Season of the major sports.

F5 tornado.

He’s not the #1 we’re looking for.

Fortunately we’re not looking for a #1 because we already have Tatum.

As a #2 Brown is wildly better than Mitchell could ever be.

Both aren’t natural playmakers which really causes issues for the offense in the playoffs.

I don’t think I can handle a ny win. No way I’m happy for them if they win. Nothing to cheer for with them

Fuck both teams

Lakers would have to renounce his cap hold which is very unlikely: they’ll sign-and-trade him for something of value.

But let’s suppose the Lakers get wicked petty and end up acrimoniously dumping LeBron on the free agent market. Further, let’s suppose that Cleveland makes some sort of blockbuster trade that leaves them “capped out” and Miami does the same, and both places (inexplicably!) decide that a Retirement Tour would be a distraction (and not a financial windfall).

Then, Boston becomes a viable FA destination. Seal the deal with a video montage of Shaq as a Celtic with “YOU COULDNT BE THIS BAD” on the screen.

The Lakers would need to make it happen, and I don’t see them doing that.

Let’s offer him a league minimum deal and see if he takes it ig​

Brunson is not nearly as bad as he used to be. His FTr has dropped pretty significantly.

It’s sitting at 0.285 this season, pretty close to Steph Curry’s 0.277.

Generally speaking, All-Stars in the 0.200s are either making an effort to play more ethically or they’re struggling to get respect from the officials.

Eww

Honestly I think the strongest argument for that has nothing to do with the super max.

To me the question is, are we Denver or Golden State? Will keeping JB leave us a fringe contender with no real avenue to improve outside of crazy luck, or will a window open again like it did for Golden State in 2022?

I honestly think there’s a real argument to be made either way, so my guess is it’s a question of what the return would be compared to the cost of adding while keeping Brown. The Pels could definitely build a package that makes a trade worthwhile, but I think we’d either need a bunch of unprotected picks or some more premium assets included outside of Murphy.

I don’t get the appeal of Murray at all. Jordan Poole fits our needs much more, IMO, if you’re looking for someone to help match salary.

He didn’t actually suggest that was the deal on the table as far as I can tell.

There are two separate talking points:

1. Boston wants Trey Murphy III

2. New Orleans wants Jaylen Brown

But that doesn’t mean those players are linked together in talks. If we are making a play for Murphy III, we’d be offering other players + potentially picks to get him.

Fischer said that Boston doesn’t seem to be looking to trade Brown right now, just that teams would want him if he were available.

“The Pelicans have been mentioned by various league executives with Jaylen Brown interest, as well,” Fischer said. “We don’t know if Boston is even going to fully entertain this at the end of the day. But that doesn’t mean these teams are going to call and are going to try.”

And this is from another Fischer report, saying a very similar thing:

The Atlanta Hawks may have emerged as one of the most intriguing potential destinations for Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown should the Celtics ever decide to explore trade possibilities this offseason. While NBA insider Jake Fischer stressed Tuesday that Boston has not shown any indication it is actively shopping Brown

The Fischer reports I’ve seen have all said the same thing: Boston does not want to trade Brown.

And that tracks with what we’re hearing from pretty much every other reputable reporter. They’re all pretty much saying the same thing: Yes Boston wants to make a trade to improve the team - No Boston is not looking to trade Brown.

It could still happen, GMs like Brad will sometimes make moves in silence. However the reporting isn’t pointing in that direction. Right now most of the Jaylen Brown trade chatter is coming from fans and oportunistic reporters looking to bait those fans into clicks.

I don’t find any trade with the Pelicans appealing. Trey is good, but JB already had an AS appearance and nearly All-NBA at Trey’s age. Zion is just a worse version of Jaylen; can’t shoot and is always injured. Murray is okay but it’s a massive risk, we don’t need two post-achilles tear players on the team.