“How many points would I average with the Shanghai Sharks? Listen yall, cut the check. Shanghai? I’m outta here. You write a check for 400 million - Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzen, Hangzhou, Wing Chun - I play for all the teams at the same time! I’ll be the first player to play for every team at the same time! I be seeing everywhere, on Twitter, ‘get ready to learn Mandarin buddy’ - we out here learnin Mandarin for real. Beautiful language. I need to learn Mandarin and come play for the Shanghai Sharks.”

Jaylen Brown

Either that or Brown already knew/ saw the writing on the walls behind the scenes before he made that video.

They’re just coming out with it publically now that the cat is out of the bag.

I like to have him in my fantasy Sharks Team, I simulate roster and games on google gemini. I placed the Shanghai Sharks in Newark, New Jersey as an expansion Team, since Shanghai is too far for team travel.

Crazy that a sharpie hairline wasn’t the last straw for everyone.

They saw applying to streamer school and they said no more

He also makes 50+ million per year, trading him at his maximum value isn’t a terrible idea.

But idk if Giannis is a great idea considering his lack of health over the past 4 years.

Though he is only 2 years older than Brown and a far far better player. So I do see the rationale

Yeah I don’t really care how other people want to shape it to their narrative, but brown saying he thought this season was his favorite is weird as hell and negative team chemistry points

monkeys paw curls

Congratulations, JB, you are now the first option on the 21-61 2026-27 Milwaukee Bucks

This just seems like the typical defend the team by blaming the player when in reality this is how the NBA works

No matter how good you are and what you’ve done, a team will trade you in an instant if it benefits them

Yeah of course. There are a few players I wouldn’t straight up trade for Giannis. It just felt that after his best season in the NBA is the time when the Celtics are shopping him. But I guess that’s what you call good management.

Why he was the best player on a team that was not expected to win much this past season. They finished the season second in the east.

MVP doesn’t count playoffs.

Weird thing to say. He was the best player on a 2 seed that people expected to stumble after losing their other best player.

Took Hugo Gonzales, Payton Prichard, nemesis qouta to the 2 seed

Never really felt like the rumors held water until this offseason. The only time I think he was actually on the table was for AD and that was very short lived.

*Every day

Regardless of the internet narrative I don’t believe he was realistically being shopped around until now, except maybe that one time where we went after AD.

We ALL on Kalshi now!

Giannis said he hates disloyalty but he must also be on a contender team and the bucks are not contenders.

He also said he will absolutely relocate for a new team but that he also can never fathom leaving milwaukee.

I was both making a joke and genuinely curious. Thanks for looking it up!

thats absurdly low odds for boston when they have the best package

He has said many things over the past year definitively

At the time, neither Brown nor White were the players they are now.

oof

Nope, we have to go all in, even if we have to overpay with additional picks and/or Hugo or other bench players.

JB has been offered, there is NO going back now. The relationship is broken. The Celtics have to get Giannis now. It’s either that, or the Celtics move forward with a strained relationship with Brown, then eventually having to trade him for lesser player/s.

So yes, if the cost is multiple picks and/or additional pieces, then so be it. Better than the alternative.

But Giannis’ game is all about his athleticism, we are are all seeing how much that is impacting his health more and more, and in a few years he won’t be able to do the same things anymore.

Brown is more rounded and doesn’t rely on his body that much.

Giannis is still very good, but he is definitely past his prime

He’s 32 next year, if he’s in his prime next year it won’t be for a long time, and if you trade for Giannis you’re going to have to give extensions that will likely make you a non competitive team for a few years. In 3 years from now Brown is likely the best the more valuable asset.

27 might he the start of a prime, but nowadays players are in their prime for like 5-6 years after that

Brothrr you’re talking like this is 3 years from now

Dude… zone out the national stuff and focus more on local. Of course they’re gonna move on…but not in our world !!

Who is stopping you from talking about the Knicks?

Nah, we’re good.

Agreed - the Celtics won with these 2 and crazy depth. The depth is already gone, they can’t win as currently constructed. And people are downplaying Jaylens actions because they arent certain he’ll be gone but where there is smoke, they should strike while the iron is hot

Celtics fans are dumb when it comes to evaluating talent. If they’re not wearing green they’re a bum and somehow every Celtic might be great.

I know Giannis is the better player, but I feel like the Celtics are the type of organization that doesn’t rush into moves. Jayson and Jaylen is a proven championship duo. Giannis is a hamstring strain (again) in April to killing Boston’s window

Unless Brown has privately messaged that he wants to have his own team, The Jays + good roleplayers is a contending team every single year

That’s incredibly naive to be so certain. Elite players are constantly moving in the NBA and it doesn’t work out for a variety of reasons.

Giannis is a top 5 player

There’s a million ways it doesn’t pan out well lol, acting like there isn’t significant risk here is crazy

1. Giannis is way more injury prone than brown, and his game relies entirely on his body to be healthy as possible

2. His playstyle is unlikely to age well, because again, relies entirely on physicality

3. Either giannis refuses to play center or we can’t find a good enough starting stretch 5 next to him. Brown can play in any lineup next to anyone, you have to accommodate giannis or suffer two non shooters

4. You shorten your timeline by several years going from brown to giannis, you maybe miss a window later on that you would’ve normally had

5. Brown is currently under contract for 3 more years, giannis’s contract goes for one more year and then is due to be paid like 70 mill per year, meaning after this year, it’s about a 10-15 mill difference between Giannis and Jaylen hurting your salary significantly more

I can see Giannis and Mazzulla butting heads over a lot of things that don’t necessarily make Giannis the bad guy.

the Smart trade came out of nowhere, literally at midnight. we were all very ok with Brogdon for KP trade that was on the table until the actual last minute

Worse for some reason, much worse. After the Smart and Holiday trade I was pretty certain we had a solid chance at making and winning the finals. This time I’m not as sure. Oh well, in Brad we trust.

Not a good comparison because nobody had any idea that smart was gonna be traded, it was reported to be brogdon and smart wasn’t even mentioned as a possibility

But yes, I vividly remember getting the trade noti and dropped to my knees in my kitchen, I was devastated

A year? Every single off-season since they won it’s been: will Giannis move to a big market? Giannis just wants to be on a real competitor

And then Giannis will make some cringey IG post bragging about how loyal he is 

You have to list the entire packages. You can’t just focus on the players involved. If you get four picks back from one team and zero from the other you can’t just pretend the player was traded for nothing

We are trying to win. We are only left with Deni two years and dame final years. We need to be loading up on star player

His calf feels like a ticking time bomb similar to Tatum and Durant in the past. Also his game relies so much on athleticism and he’s gonna be 32, so there’s a chance he regresses sooner rather than later

He’s not really an iron man anymore. He hasn’t had any major injuries but he does manage to tweak or bruise his knees/ankles often enough to cause concern. He missed a lot of time this season.