I’m not averse to trading Jaylen Brown. I think he’s closer to Westbrook-impact (great individual player, but won’t lift teams) but he’s such a hot commodity now that we can sell-high on him. That said, I’m not convinced this is the right package. Granted, I don’t know much about Cunningham so take my opinion with a grain of salt. Trading a proven all-star for a rookie sounds like you’re going backwards/rebuilding than moving forward.

Quote from: LilRip on March 05, 2021, 11:16:08 PM

I’m not averse to trading Jaylen Brown. I think he’s closer to Westbrook-impact (great individual player, but won’t lift teams) but he’s such a hot commodity now that we can sell-high on him. That said, I’m not convinced this is the right package. Granted, I don’t know much about Cunningham so take my opinion with a grain of salt. Trading a proven all-star for a rookie sounds like you’re going backwards/rebuilding than moving forward.

Jaylen's way of impacting the game is nothing like Westbrook's?

One of them is a great floor raiser with almost zero ability to raise the ceiling of good teams while the other is a decent floor raiser who's built to raise the ceiling of quality squads looking to get to the next level.

Quote from: Somebody on March 06, 2021, 05:14:45 AM

The disrespect that Brown is getting from fans of the team he plays for is insane: this is as asinine as proposing trading Tatum for the first pick in the NBA draft so we can select Cade Cunningham imo (the only prospect in the upcoming few years I might trade the Jays for is the 7'3 French kid if he develops his body a bit more before entering the '22 or '23 draft, he looks absolutely unreal).

Hard pass on trading Brown/Tatum for a 7'3'' prospect. No matter how talented he is, chances are he won't stay healthy. Plenty of names come to mind. For instance, Arvydas Sabonis, Ralph Sampson (he was actually 7'4''), Porzingis, just to name a few high-profile players. Fwiw, Brown himself ain't exactly an ironman either. I would argue he ain't the same player since he got diagnosed with patellar tendonitis. He even admitted that he isn't 100% healthy.

''To me, being in the dunk contest wasn’t the best decision for me and my body at the time right now. (...) My eyes are down the stretch and getting 100 percent healthy which I haven’t been for a while and trying to continue to get better. (...) I don’t want to think about my knee or anything. It feels a lot better after a win of course''.

Imo, Brown has peaked. He's an explosive wing who's now trying to adjust his game because of tendonitis. It seems like he's passing the ball more. He's attacking the basket less frequently. He ain't attempting many dunks. This may be an ongoing issue for him throughout his career. Here's a quote from Ainge:

“We’re concerned. Jaylen has tendonitis in his knee. I played 14 years with tendonitis in my knee, it flares up, it just comes and goes.”

Brown is locked up for 4 seasons on a team friendly contract. Imo, his trade value will never be higher. Danny should always try to buy low and sell high. Wouldn't be against selling high on Brown. I'd only do it for Cunningham though. I'm a sucker for high BBIQ players.

Quote from: Jvalin on March 06, 2021, 06:01:23 AM

Quote from: Somebody on March 06, 2021, 05:14:45 AM

The disrespect that Brown is getting from fans of the team he plays for is insane: this is as asinine as proposing trading Tatum for the first pick in the NBA draft so we can select Cade Cunningham imo (the only prospect in the upcoming few years I might trade the Jays for is the 7'3 French kid if he develops his body a bit more before entering the '22 or '23 draft, he looks absolutely unreal).

Hard pass on trading Brown/Tatum for a 7'3'' prospect. No matter how talented he is, chances are he won't stay healthy. Plenty of names come to mind. For instance, Arvydas Sabonis, Ralph Sampson (he was actually 7'4''), Porzingis, just to name a few high-profile players. Fwiw, Brown himself ain't exactly an ironman either. I would argue he ain't the same player since he got diagnosed with patellar tendonitis. He even admitted that he isn't 100% healthy.

''To me, being in the dunk contest wasn’t the best decision for me and my body at the time right now. (...) My eyes are down the stretch and getting 100 percent healthy which I haven’t been for a while and trying to continue to get better. (...) I don’t want to think about my knee or anything. It feels a lot better after a win of course''.

Imo, Brown has peaked. He's an explosive wing who's now trying to adjust his game because of tendonitis. It seems like he's passing the ball more. He's attacking the basket less frequently. He ain't attempting many dunks. This may be an ongoing issue for him throughout his career. Here's a quote from Ainge:

“We’re concerned. Jaylen has tendonitis in his knee. I played 14 years with tendonitis in my knee, it flares up, it just comes and goes.”

Brown is locked up for 4 seasons on a team friendly contract. Imo, his trade value will never be higher. Danny should always try to buy low and sell high. Wouldn't be against selling high on Brown. I'd only do it for Cunningham though. I'm a sucker for high BBIQ players.

So one injury and all ready you're giving up on Brown? Seeesssh Celticsblog is one of the most fickle fansites I've ever been in.