I guess I should explain JKJB.
Last season at the start of the year, James Harden became available and there were many posters, some good intelligent posters, others just trollish, across both Celticsblog and CelticsStrong, that were all to willing to not only include Brown in trade proposals for Harden, but also seriously undervalue him by including lots of other players and picks to close a deal.
This then snowballed after Harden was moved to the Nets and Boston started slowing down after their hot start. But, Brown was playing like a superstar for the first time in his career. He grew his game every year. He came back better every year. He became tremendously efficient at all three levels offensively and was still a versatile plus defender.
This is all after an impressive playoffs where he played magnificently helping to lead Boston to the ECFs again and a summer of racial reckoning in America where Brown lent his formidable voice. On and off the court Jaylen showed himself to be a true Celtic. Heck, Brown was even signed to bargain deal.
And yet the trade proposals wanting to move Jaylen grew. There were 4-5 guys across two different sites that seemed to want to put out a daily trade proposal moving Brown for a ridiculously bad return.
So being the obvious JB schill that I am, I got sick of responding with reasonable responses to these trade proposals and simply said the Celtics needed to Just Keep Jaylen Brown...#JKJB. It was just easier than arguing with some of the nonsensical posters throwing out these trade proposals that were undervaluing Brown to the nth degree.
That doesn't mean I thought Jaylen untradable. Heck, I think in one proposal in a Luka for Brown trade proposal, I said that as much as I loved Jaylen, I would drive him to the airport myself if the Celtics could get Doncic for him.
There aren't a lot of guys in this league I would trade Jaylen for, but there clearly are some. The reason for being particular in a return for Brown is not only does he play the most important position in basketball, the high scoring, versatile defensively, 2 way wing, but his contract is a bargain and he is an unfinished piece. His game grows every year and appeared to once again, before pulling that hammy.
How good can he get? I don't think being a top 10 player in this league in 1-2 year's for a period of time through his prime is unheard of. I think it likely.
And I think it likely Tatum is a top 5 player through his prime. You have to keep these two together. You have to make it work. You have to find the right complimentary players. And if you do, I see title #18, #19 and maybe more.
So JKJB and let's see what he, Jayson and the right surrounding players can do when they hit their fully developed prime in 2-3 years.