Shannon Sharpe thinks the Celtics young players are befuddled at Gordon Hayward's contract, based on his past experience in locker rooms

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

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

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

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

Shannon Sharpe going scorched earth on Isaiah Thomas and the 2018 Cavs An all-time rant in sports media

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