Do you mean specifically in a casspi trade? Cuz someone of his level probably gets moved for a pick and filler. If you are asking which young player in general is most likely to be traded, multiple publications still list jaylen brown as one of the 10 most likely trade candidates in the whole league. This based on the idea that Boston will swing for a star at some point this season and Jaylen will more than likely be included in any trade package for hypothetical star.
I'm talking about hypothetical for a "star" or really any high level player.
I disagree with the poster who said he thinks Ainge would trade Smart before Crowder. I don't think that's true.
Also, can you share some examples of where this Brown speculation has been published? Thanks.
Here's a couple off the top of my head from the two biggest and most notable online sports publications:
Fox Sports ("9 NBA Players Most Likely Traded in 2016"): http://www.foxsports.com/nba/gallery/9-nba-players-most-likely-to-be-traded-during-the-2016-17-season-101016
The Celtics might have something special in Jaylen Brown, the player they selected with the third overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft. But that doesn't mean he's untouchable.
While the idea of dealing Brown is somewhat of a longshot, the Celtics are in win-now mode after landing Al Horford in free agency this summer. If Boston believed it could add another superstar in trade to bolster the team's chances of contending for a title, all the upside in the world wouldn't prevent the Celtics from dealing young talent.
ESPN ("NBA Players Most Likely Traded This Season"): http://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/17718304/nba-players-most-likely-traded-season-eastern-conference
The Celtics are the team that's most often involved in trade rumors, and it's easy to see why: They have a large number of assets, young players on great deals and the rights to two future Nets picks, and Danny Ainge has shown the ability to flip assets for a star, as he did when he made the deal for Kevin Garnett.
So if a superstar demands a trade or a team decides to reboot, the Celtics will be there to offer what's probably the most enticing package.
It's hard to imagine that this package would not contain the Celtics' youngest player, the third pick in the 2016 draft, Jaylen Brown. Trade partners probably aren't looking to get merely solid players back, but would rather receive a high-risk, high-reward player in return. Brown, who will turn 20 in October and was one of the most athletic players in the draft, certainly fits that bill.
Like I said... multiple publications listed Jaylen as one of the most likely players in the entire league most likely to be traded.
You just quoted two people. One said:
"While the idea of dealing Brown is somewhat of a longshot"
The other said:
So if a superstar demands a trade or a team decides to reboot, the Celtics will be there to offer what's probably the most enticing package.
"It's hard to imagine that this package would not contain the Celtics' youngest player, the third pick in the 2016 draft, Jaylen Brown. "
Both people are saying that Brown would be traded pretty much only as a condition that the player coming back is a superstar. Of course you trade him for a superstar to win now but your quotes translating into "Jaylen is the most likely player in the league to be traded" is beyond me. I can't see how anyone could come to that conclusion given those quotes. Why? Because superstars getting traded are a rare thing in this league and the Celtics trading for a superstar is even more remote.
You haven't liked Brown from day one. You have said multiple times you hope he turns into something great but that caveat is there to protect you from being wrong because if he is great, you said he might become great and if he does not become great you said he wouldn't because you only see him as a role player. Please, stop with the "Jaylen Brown is most likely player in the league to be traded" crap because you don't like him. Your premise simply isn't true.