By “basically be the number 1 option” do you mean clear cut number 2 after Maxey?

Facts! I see VJ taking a huge leap this season also

Ok and what if Brown wants to be the #1 or 2 option in the playoffs. There’s a reason the Celtics got criticized so much for “my ball your ball” style of play.

Even in that situation he’d be number two behind Maxey. Maxey is a better player and better scorer and will have the ball in his hands.

Maxey will be the number 1 in that situation

Say what you want about Brown as a player, but going on livestream the day after blowing a 3-1 lead and saying this was your favorite season ever isn’t nothing. Even as someone who kind of understood what Brown was saying, I think it’s pretty easy to see how comments like that and some of his post game 7 comments could rub people the wrong way.

I do agree that a lot of it isn’t Brown’s fault though. Something that hasn’t been talked about much is that the leagues revenue is missing their projections by a good amount. Instead of Browns contract taking up a lower % of the cap over time as was expected, it’s actually a higher % of the cap. Can’t really blame either side for that, just a harsh reality of the league under the current CBA.

Nah, he was traded because he very obviously expected the super max 70 million a year extension he was going to be eligible for this year. Giving him the extension would have tanked his trade value, not giving him the extension would have “disrespected” him making him demand a trade and also tanking his trade value.

“He literally did nothing to cause this trade” Couldn’t disagree more. Calling yourself the best two way player in the league, claiming that everyone ahead of him in the mvp race was a flopper. Tracy McGrady (Jaylen’s supposed mentor) going around telling people Jaylen was unhappy and felt unappreciated by the Celtics. All those things add up to “he’s def not taking a paycut” and probably needs to be traded

Then there’s the whole telling everyone there’s a huge ref conspiracy against him after they lost to philly rather than taking the loss like a pro and being determined to come back even stronger. That’s just not a good look

I love JB and I loved watching him play but every time a video popped up in the nba subreddit of him streaming from his living room my thought was always “oh no, what dumb dumb shit did he say this time”

Tatum clearly didnt want him on the team and Boston media is running cover for him lol

Based on how people are perceiving him you’d think he was pulling out his phone on the bench, getting his 30 points, and happy with the Celtics just missing the play in.

Get the making fun of him and his gaggle of leprechauns on live streams but don’t really think he’s going to have a tough time meshing with this lineup in time.

You don’t get to the conference finals more years than you don’t by being selfish and not caring about winning

I still can’t believe anyone actually said that. It’s just too fucking stupid for anyone involved with the NBA to say. Even a casual who watches three games a year would say that’s dumb as fuck.

“He’s basically going to have to be their Derrick White.” is a crazy take.

EDIT: Also why is Simmons acting like this was Brown’s choice? He was traded, does he not know that?

Netflix probably had requirements.

His dad looks like a young guy disguised as an old guy.

My dream is for my future son to be rich so they can buy me a cool setup like this

I very rarely consume any Bill Simmons content so I didn’t know who he was talking to, but I was so sure this guy was Bill’s dad just based off the hat. I’m glad I was right lol

I think he was talking about being number 4 to LeBron, Maxey and Embiid, not VJ

Honestly so insane. How can they not see the contradiction?

It’s always been like that here. Long before social media and FB learned that negativity generated views, the Boston media was here doing its thing and whipping fans into a frenzy over stupid, made up shit.

I think would make better than VJ. Embiid, bron, maxey, brown, then vj. That being said, terrible take

Yep, simmons is going into overdrive to stir up shit and cause drama in the Philly locker room. He uses his platform very maliciously when it comes to bostons opponents.

Bill Simmons is such a little bitch. A player left the Celtics, so now he’s going to trash him.

Additionally in what world is Jaylen brown not the best and most important player on the team besides Embiid? Maxey and Lebron are incredible players, but Lebron just came off being third option behind Austin Reaves. Maxey is just not in any way the level of player that brown has shown to be. On any ranking list Jaylen brown would be above everyone else on this team by at least a few spots. Now suddenly he’s the 4th option? I don’t even like him and that’s some insane bullshit cope. 

Literally

It’s such an embarrassing reach. Bostonites down bad

Yea, Maxey is an excellent young player but he doesn’t play with much of an ego and sometimes even overly defers to Embiid when healthy.

He will make it work for JB whether Maxey should be #1 or not. My biggest concern is actually how Nurse is going to convince Maxey to reliably keep it himself with this packed roster, he is most dangerous with his speed but he loses that advantage when he starts waiting to defer or gets indecisive, although he definitely improved on that last year. Just don’t wanna see it happen again.

His first reaction to LeBron being in Philly was to immediately trade him off that team.

I think JB will flourish on a new team, where he doesn’t have the sibling rivalry with Tatum. As a historical NBA figure he is clearly taking a backseat to LeBron and Embiid, while being at least their peers on the court currently, which allows him to drop a bit of ego.

We have seen it many times where players in similar situations flourish after changing teams. I think he’s going to be really happy honestly, and it will be a great fit for him, so I don’t agree with any of Simmons takes on the move. JB isn’t a genius, but he’s certainly not an idiot either, and he’ll want to learn from LeBron and Embiid. I’ve seen it loads of times in the military where an unhappy soldier changed units and flourished, getting a new commander in a new situation can do wonders for mental health.

Dude called the heat the biggest losers of the offseason after not getting Bron. I don’t take what this clown says seriously.

His inability to be objective with any of his teams is truly admirable, I am still in awe at him talking about Hugo being some unmovable, off-limits piece.

It’s not clueless, he knows he’s lying

Because he watches from the corner chair in the hotel room

I mean I don’t like them either but why shouldn’t they? They won 56 games last year and Tatum is obviously better than Brown. Their young supporting cast got an additional year of experience and PG and Mitch should fit in pretty nicely for them. Idk if I‘d call them a title contender after their first round playoff exit but they should still play a great regular season

I mean they improved the rest of the team and Tatum should be 100% healthy. Swapping Brown for Tatum then plugging an overpayed PG into the system with the other additions seems like a better team than last year. I guess we’ll see.

I feel like people are assuming Browns game scales with lower usage, which is a scenario that isn’t really discussed much in general, but I don’t think it does. Unless he pretty drastically changes the way that he plays, his game isn’t really conducive to being in a lower usage role and he’s not a good enough offensive engine to get the most out of his teammates.

Brown needs the ball in his hands to be the most effective, but you can argue he’s the 3rd or 4th best player in that starting 5 at actually elevating and involving his teammates when he has the ball in his hands. Going to be very interesting to see what Nick Nurse does.

brown (18.1%DRB) and lebron (18.3%) are rebounding upgrades over oubre (14.2%) and paul george (17.1%). i’d also expect VJ to improve as a defensive rebounder. I’m optimistic Embiid will focus more on that aspect since he won’t have to carry the offense.

Maxey is a top-5 floor spacer in the league. VJ will improve from 3 and have wide open catch and shoot. They also have Simons off the bench who is elite catch and shoot. Dean Wade is solid from the corners. The spacing will get better with the bench.

also, acting as if they won’t get easy buckets with this roster in the half court is pretty insane. any time they face a center who can’t guard embiid, which will be often, they’ll have lebron, maxey, vj, and brown attacking a rotating defense. lebron rolling off screens for Maxey will be insane.

they’re also going to run like hell. outlet to lebron with brown and VJ slashing to the basket and maxey getting out on the wing for 3. they’re going to be unguardable in the open floor.

This is more like it. Just dumb to think JB is a 4th most important on the team. At times and likely very often he’ll be the most important player on the team, sometimes 2nd or 3rd and there will foreseeably be stretches. He’s a two way player as well.

JB was not happy about being number 2. Now, at best, he is behind Maxey. And Embiid will certainly demand the ball when he plays. There has not been a team with this collection of high usage rate that I can remember