They needed a PG desperately

They got him for pretty cheap but also locked up all of their picks to risk Melo staying healthy.

For who, Charlotte? Because Minny has been desperately lacking quality PG for a few years now. I can definitely see why they made the move.

It’ll be fun to watch but idk if it helps them get better.

Perplexing from Charlotte sure

Both Milwaukee and Minnesota had the chance to have Jaylen Brown be a centerpiece of a trade and passed on it

Brown must love it.. /tic

from the right side of the floor he’s Kawhi Leonard

from the left side of the floor he’s Justise Winslow

Also hes a top 3 defensive playmaking Guard. 

They likely wanted rudy for him

they must’ve thought that there was no option left hehe

Talent overcomes everything. If they genuinely could’ve landed JB without trading Ant, Mcdaniels or Gobert, they would’ve been better off than trading for Lamelo. Hate on JB all you want, he’s a legit All NBA 2 way player with playoff pedigree. That doesn’t grow on trees.

I wonder if part of the negotiation was just a way to imply to the hornets they had other options or something

How much ballhandling do u need when you have JB and Ant tho? It’s not like your offense is based on movement shooting at that point

Man I hate that, I have that genetic thing where it taste like soap to me.

Sort of, but also they’re holding a hard line on the return value and that obviously means there’s a really good chance you don’t find a deal.

Reports from people with Boston sources is that there’s no bad blood, Brad says he’s been in constant communication with Jaylen since before the offseason, and Jaylen keeps spouting off against all the reporters like Steven A saying he’s not happy and wants his own team.

Either the Boston front office is really bungling this, which would be a first, or there was a plan that everyone was ok with to really see what the other options are but knowing that the best option might be or even probably will be to keep Jaylen in Boston.

next: detroit.

bruh it has more to do with Wolves giving up basically Naz Reid and a 1st.

Celtics need a package worth like 5+ 1sts minimum

In theory any Rudy Gobert team runs into this conflict:

1. Our entire defense hinges on Gobert

2. Our offense is inconsistent and clunky due to Gobert’s limitations

The only way to solve this issue is to either get rid of Gobert or maximize what he can offer on offense, lob-finishing.

In terms of players in the league right now who can maximize Gobert, I’d argue only Luka and Haliburton are above Lamelo in terms of theoretically maximizing Gobert as a lob threat. Maybe Trae Young too but I prefer Melo because Rudy needs someone who can consistently elevate above the defense to make more direct, line-drive passes because any pass made below his head is going to get dropped and Rudy doesn’t have the hand-eye/timing down to finish arcing lobs.

If we’re keeping Gobert, Lamelo is a great gamble to make.

Also if Brown did actually care about having his own team, the Wolves are one of the few teams where he wouldn’t be the top dog

They lost so much size though, KAT, Randle, now Naz

Yeah the Brown thing never made sense to me, he’d have been incredibly redundant with Edwards - more talent is never bad but the fit is even more redundant than it was next to Tatum, plus he’d have all the same ego issues since he wouldn’t be the number 1 here either

Also I’d assume the price tag for Brown was significantly higher, and they basically gave up everything they could for Melo.

Not only that, the Celtics aren’t going to trade Brown for the package the Wolves sent out for Lamelo.

They are in deep shit if he decides he wants to leave and he already has every reason to be pissed off. They won’t get equal value in return. It’s a game of musical chairs and there are fewer seats than last week.

Def would have the highest posters per 36 since Lob City.

No passing allowed

He was an elon reply guy for years lol, he’s very incel adjecent

random but I can’t imagine being rich and choosing Tesla over a Lucid

To be fair, never having to stop at a gas station would be pretty nice. 

im gonna assume boston wanted more for jb

Well one of these players can facilitate playmake shoot and ease up ANT’s on ball duties so he can focus on what he does best, buckets

Never lost a playoff series that dude

they needed a pg. melo is a pg. brown is not a pg.

Yall are so ignorant on who LaMelo actually is as a basketball player. 90% of this sub never even watches the games

Brown is very redundant with Ant. They’re incredibly similar players. LaMello is a better fit, even though JB is better.

The Giannis experiment may crash and burn in Miami, but I’m relieved that the Heat weren’t left at the altar again.

As a fan, it got exhausting over the last 5 years.

They’re in their Miami heat arc lmaoooo

Very uncharacteristic for that city and their sports franchises

Not to mention for a majority of the season when Tatum was not playing he still literally kept them going solo and you could make a very convincing case he was one of the best players in the league in that span

This report doesn’t even sound like the Celtics are trying to get rid of Brown.  This obviously leaked from the wolves side.  And all it says is they asked about a potential Brown trade.  And the response to whatever Minny offered was no.

Essentially Minny asked, Boston said no, and people’s conclusions are this means Boston is trying to get rid of Brown?  Might be true, but the logic from this doesn’t follow.

Feels like they have to at this point with how much he’s been brought up in rumors. Crazy to me - he’s a finals MVP.

He’s going to be the 7th highest paid player next season and is due for a $142m/2yr extension that will keep him in the top 5-7 for the next 5 years. I don’t think Boston wants to sign up for that.

Because brown wants to keep being a 1st round exit as long as he is the number 1 guy so Boston is moving on

And cheaper to acquire. Naz and a first is fair. Neon they need to get a FA 4 like John Collins.

Why would you pay a million dollars for a house when you could offer 1 dollar?

Because Gobert at his age doesn’t get you Lamelo…

Maybe the Hornets didn’t want Rudy…

I dont think so. Omg

At least we’ll aura farm to infinity.