Marks Jaylen Brown's trade value isn't that high around the rest of the league I had an analytics guy tell me We view Brown as the seventh-best player on a team

Windhorst It wasn't that the league doesn't think Jaylen Brown is a great player or an excellent player is that the league doesn't value what he produces at his salary slot 57M And that is why he was traded and that is why he was traded for relatively so little

Marks There is a spirited debate going on in front offices right now regarding Jaylen Brown There's on one side the analytics debate and the analytics do not view Brown as a high-level player A negative net rating over the last four years in Boston minus 10 when he was on the court this year

Jaylen Brown took the 2nd most long midranges in the league last season However he converted at below league average efficiency

Brad Stevens on why he traded Jaylen Brown The path looked a little bit more challenging to me with 70 of our cap and such a high usage into two players and the reality in this era and in this day and age in the NBA you have to do a great job in building depth

Jaylen Brown In sports no offense to everybody in sports -- but the bar is fucking low You know what I mean The bar isn't that high

Nick Wright explains how the Jaylen Brown trade was lopsided