Brad Stevens acknowledges that he still has 70 of his cap tied up in two players

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

Brad Stevens on if Jayson Tatum had any involvement in the Jaylen Brown trade None

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

Charania Deals involving Giannis Antetokounmpo are not expected to involve a third or fourth team Bostons offer includes additional pieces on top of Jaylen Brown

CharaniaMy understanding the Celtics were unwilling to include young players like Hugo Gonzalez Baylor Scheierman I had a few people tell me last night you gotta get a deal done if youre the Celtics when you put a player like Jaylen Brown on the table

Jaylen Brown ESPN is unethical and Stephen A Smith is the head face of that The organization the players they were all in agreeaance They all knew what I meant by that Our team was basically salary dumped We lost a lot of players For us to emerge and still be in the same position