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

Brad Stevens on trading Jaylen Brown for Paul George Its something that you have to just say do you think where we currently are will get us to where we ultimately want to go If not does it make sense to explore other pathways even if that could be very tough in the near term

Bill Simmons I dont know if this is the best situation for him Jaylen Brown in Philly but Ill guess well find out But he went from Its time for me to have my own team to him being the 4th most important person on this team Hes basically going to have to be their Derrick White

Jaylen Brown ignores a wide open Tatum to shoot an off balance heavily contested midrange while being double teamed

Ringer Pina What does Jaylen Brown do at basketball thats definitively better than what Paul George does at basketball Mann People are unbelievably disrespectful to Paul George hes been a better more versatile defender Hes a way better pick-and-roll processor He's a better shooter

Jaylen Brown on his relationship with Jayson Tatum We won a championship togetherThere are ups and downs in any relationship On my end nothing but respect besides when he plays the SixersWhether they talked since the trade Not really

Celtics owner Bill Chisholm on the Jaylen Brown trade I truly believe we have the best front office in the NBA But man as a fan that was tough I really needed to be convinced to take the fan passion out of it because I'm a super fan