Jaylen streaming on Twitch right now talking about the trade and other things

[No Nickname]

A bit off topic, but do you guys think Philly will give JB the max extension? I think that?s the main problem Boston wanted to get out off. They would not want to deal with an ?unhappy and disrespected? JB if they did not offer him the extension. Now that problem is with Philly. Down the road they still have Maxey, Embiid, and maybe Edgecombe who they would need to pay.

Agree with Phantom, I think you would have to see how he fits in to the team, specifically Maxey and VJ. Because that's going to be the core they would be looking at post-Embiid. I would be very surprised if they signed him to an extension this season, since it would only be a one-year $70m extension they could give him. After this season they can give him a 2 year $140m extension.

Yeah what if Jaylen will only accept the max extension and the Sixers don?t feel he?s worth it?  And in three years he becomes a free agent on the open market?

The Sixers will be in the same position the Celtics would have been in. 

We might look at this trade differently then, especially if Philly flames out in the playoffs between now and then.

[Roy H.]

When do we address the elephant in the room? 

We didn't hear a peep out of Tatum when his brother was getting dragged through the mud by everybody with access to a microphone.  And when Jaylen was handing out his goodbyes, somebody's name was conspicuously absent. 

I think that's your smoking gun.  Not Brad.  Not even Chisholm.  We didn't save enough money on the deal for it to be ownership-driven.  I'm not even convinced that it was an analytics-driven move.  I'm sure that influenced the, erm, "value" we got back in the deal, but the Celtics seemed just fine with Brown's impact, analytics be d***ed, for ten years until suddenly they weren't. 

I'll be the one to say it:  I think Tatum wanted his team back.

If that's why the trade was made we should fire Brad.  Tatum isn't good enough to dictate the breakup of a championship core.