Jaylen Traded to PHI for PG, 2 First Round Picks & 2 Second Round Picks

[celticinorlando]

I feel like after 2025 it was going to be a 2 year rebuild.

Summer of 2027 was always the goal. Boston was going to reset things financially and go from there.

Maybe some cope here but PG if healthy should be able to contribute. It will be different ways than JB but he can be a positive.

[MattyIce]

This will never come out but the only thing that would make me not want to throw up is if Tatum basically said he needed to get away from JB. I doubt that happened and even if it did we will never know but that is the only acceptable reason to do something this stupid.

TP

[Who]

Philly have a nice mix in the uptempo game ... without Embiid.

They already had an interesting uptempo game with Maxey and Edgecombe but the team was only really a .500 ball club. They weren't great. Just average.

Now you have Maxey + Edgecombe + Jaylen.

You go from an average team without Embiid to a 50+ win team without Embiid. They will be a phenomenal running team with Jaylen and without Embiid. That trio will be electric in the open floor.

It might be time for Philly to move on from Embiid. They now have a core that can win together without Embiid. They didn't last year. They were just a .500 team without Embiid. They are a 50+ win team now without Embiid.

So it might be best to trade Embiid and forget about trying to win a title without Embiid. Instead trade him for whatever you can get (... if you can trade him) and retool around 3 perimeter players. Go for a Championship in a longer window around them.

[radiohead]

I feel like after 2025 it was going to be a 2 year rebuild.

Summer of 2027 was always the goal. Boston was going to reset things financially and go from there.

Maybe some cope here but PG if healthy should be able to contribute. It will be different ways than JB but he can be a positive.

TP for the perspective. Tough unpredictable times ahead, but Go Celtics!

[SCeltic34]

I am listening to Kevin O'Connor's emergency podcast and he is reading fans emails / tweets / messages.

One of them said - I think Philly will be too much "your turn, my turn". I agree.

(1) Edgecombe was already lost in the mix most of the time when Embiid was healthy. It will be even tougher with Jaylen.

(2) Embiid and Maxey managed each other well but that will be tougher again with Jaylen in the mix. Jaylen is a more aggressive score and less capable passer than James Harden was. Developing chemistry between their 3 scorers will be harder.

I also agree.  This was the first thought that came to mind (other than the trade was a bad one).  On paper it's a solid lineup, but chemistry is going to be a struggle.

[Who]

Philly have a nice mix in the uptempo game ... without Embiid.

They already had an interesting uptempo game with Maxey and Edgecombe but the team was only really a .500 ball club. They weren't great. Just average.

Now you have Maxey + Edgecombe + Jaylen.

You go from an average team without Embiid to a 50+ win team without Embiid. They will be a phenomenal running team with Jaylen and without Embiid. That trio will be electric in the open floor.

It might be time for Philly to move on from Embiid. They now have a core that can win together without Embiid. They didn't last year. They were just a .500 team without Embiid. They are a 50+ win team now without Embiid.

So it might be best to trade Embiid and forget about trying to win a title without Embiid. Instead trade him for whatever you can get (... if you can trade him) and retool around 3 perimeter players. Go for a Championship in a longer window around them.

KOC fan messages suggested

(1) Unrealistic = Embiid in a sign and trade for Duren
(2) Realistic = Embiid for Myles Turner

[angryguy77]

I feel like after 2025 it was going to be a 2 year rebuild.

Summer of 2027 was always the goal. Boston was going to reset things financially and go from there.

Maybe some cope here but PG if healthy should be able to contribute. It will be different ways than JB but he can be a positive.

I was ok with taking a step back this year if it set us up for the next.....but PG is here for 2 years on a big salary.

I would have preferred trading him for 2 picks.

I just hope Brad is playing the long game and this isn't ownership being dumb.

[celticinorlando]

So is Boston done this offseason?

No other moves?

[Phantom255x]

So is Boston done this offseason?

No other moves?

Probably. Disaster

[nyceltsfan]

I can?t believe I?m asking this, but in some deranged world, could this be a way to gather more picks to somehow throw at the Pistons to get Jalen Duren?  Flip PG, Queta and picks to the Pistons?

[Phantom255x]

So is Boston done this offseason?

No other moves?

Probably. Disaster

[angryguy77]

Let's see if this is one part of planned moves. I refuse to believe Brad is this dumb. Something has to give. Either Jab was a cancer we didn't know about, demanded to be gone, ownership got involved, or something we may never know.

[Roy H.]

One cap note from Boston's side on today's blockbuster: Paul George's trade kicker will lift his salary to the 35-percent max of $57,736,350 for the coming year, unless he waives it.

New York Times

Hopefully that's not true.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

JB WANTED OUT

he was tired of being dangled.

BRAD shoulda told him no we could not get giannis for u so u WILL STAY

we can trade you for a better return NEXT YEAR

this was a forced move. completely idiotic move

[radiohead]

I feel like after 2025 it was going to be a 2 year rebuild.

Summer of 2027 was always the goal. Boston was going to reset things financially and go from there.

Maybe some cope here but PG if healthy should be able to contribute. It will be different ways than JB but he can be a positive.

I was ok with taking a step back this year if it set us up for the next.....but PG is here for 2 years on a big salary.

I would have preferred trading him for 2 picks.

I just hope Brad is playing the long game and this isn't ownership being dumb.

His expiring contract come year 2 would be a very nice trade asset. Who knows, if he enjoys it here he might even opt out and resign for a smaller, longer term contract. I believe the 2nd year is a player option?