Per Bill Simmons Giannis was about to sign off on the Celtics trade but he wanted a 3 year extension at 35 of the cap but Boston was set on 2 years at 30 Brad Stevens would not budge on the extension and thats when he approved the trade to Miami

Bill Simmons Pod Bill I don't want the Celtics to trade Jaylen Brown for Giannis

Charania The Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics are the only two teams involved in the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes that have gotten the commitment from him to sign long term

Windhorst Giannis Antetokounmpo would be willing to extend his contract if he is traded to the Boston Celtics

ALLCITY Marc Stein Its pretty well known at this point that Giannis wants to stay in the East The Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics are the two teams that have extreme confidence that Giannis will do an extension if hes traded there

Bill Simmons believes that the Celtics are now in the mix to make a trade for Giannis I thought they were sitting out this Giannis thing and I no longer think that

Bill Simmons I know Boston was out of this and I was wondering if they were playing possum or not I think they were playing a little possum I think they're in on Giannis Giannis is pushing for Miami or Bostonthose are the 2 locationsand really wants to end up in Boston