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 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 Did they get Jaylen Brown for free

Windhorst Even though Jaylen Brown was talking about himself for MVP the Celtics did not feel like Jaylen had the best season on their team They felt that Derrick White had a better season

Windhorst Hes only worth 30M instead of 50M youre not getting that from LeBron James LeBron James doesnt believe in that and I dont expect him to accept that If youre the Lakers and if you force LeBron to leave hell go somewhere else and play for less money

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

Gary Washburn The Boston Celtics are not shopping Jaylen Brown Theyre not dangling him around the league