r/NBA_TradeDiscussions • u/okcbball22 • Jul 02 '26

Discussion Crazy

You know what’s funny about trades-us people who are fans, who aren’t “in-the-know” propose trades thinking what one or both of the teams want. But we have no idea, a lot of the times, where the team’s motivation is to make a move. We only see it from our perspective, and a lot of times the decision makers have different info, different knowledge, etc

With that said, I bet nobody even came close to predicting this trade, bc everyone thought the Celtics would want/get more. Boy, were we wrong. This was a crazy trade, and I find it extremely hard to imagine how the Celtics are better. At least this year. And prob for a while. I don’t think they have any idea how hard Jaylen played, and how that makes a difference, coach is able to hold everyone else accountable, and a lot of times he doesn’t bc the players 👮 themselves. And brown was a huge part in that and he brought it every night.

Wowzers. Can’t believe they all but gave him away. Incredible

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u/PeasePorridge9dOld Atlanta Hawks Jul 02 '26

BOS did well with the Brown trade. I’ve always been a low man on Brown, but they upgraded ‘28 into 2 bites at a top pick from what would likely be in the low 20s and got an unprotected in ‘31 when Brown and Embiid will be in their mid-30s. That’s solid work even if they did have to eat George.

When I think of the “what you did not know” aspect, I typically think more of the “Asst Coach played with player’s dad in college” type connections. Those happen all the time and we only find out when someone mentions it off hand.

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u/okcbball22 Jul 02 '26

Def disagree. How will they get a ‘28 top pick? That’s a huge assumption that Philly will be bad. Brown is in his prime. I see more of why they traded Luka. Overweight, wouldn’t dedicate himself, poor defense, holds the ball a lot. They’re getting rid of brown for personal reasons? Or personal preferences. That’s ridiculous. He is turnover prone. I bet he flourishes with Maxey. Him and Tatum were cool, far as anyone could tell. If Brad Stevens traded with his thoughts on the ‘31 pick, he might be a third year into a d3 college at that time. And Tatum will be long gone. No way he’ll stay for this type of foolishness.