[Siegel] Multiple teams made offers for Jaylen Brown but they put their main assets off the table. Charlotte refused to trade Brandon Miller, Denver refused to trade Jamal Murray, Philadephia refused to trade VJ Edgecombe, and Houston refused to trade Alperen Sengun
Charlotte presented an offer involving draft compensation, Miles Bridges (before he was traded to Phoenix), and Naz Reid, sources said. This package was shot down by the Celtics, who wanted Brandon Miller and more than three first-round picks, and so the Hornets moved on to other avenues — shooting down offers for Reid from other teams and trading Bridges to the Suns. The inclusion of Reid in the Hornets’ offer was also reported by Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.
Denver was a team sources say Brown did hold a level of interest in going to, but the Nuggets’ preliminary talks were solely focused on Aaron Gordon and Cam Johnson. Trading Jamal Murray was not on the table for the Nuggets, and with Denver holding zero tradeable draft capital, the Celtics looked elsewhere.
The 76ers emerged as a team with interest in Brown, and with talks around the league continuing to crumble, Stevens and the Celtics acted fast to not lose interest from Philadelphia. Initially, Boston wanted VJ Edgecombe, which was first reported by ESPN. Philadelphia and new executive Mike Gansey made it clear that they would not part ways with anything more than draft picks and Paul George.
The Rockets were one of the many teams the Celtics reached out to regarding a potential Brown trade in search of future draft picks and a young star, sources said. Although talks between the two teams never matured into a formal offer being made, the Rockets were a team Brown had interest in joining.
One of the major reasons why the Celtics were interested in doing business with Houston was due to Alperen Sengun being described as a player Boston would’ve moved Brown for “in a heartbeat,”