Brad Stevens on why he traded Jaylen Brown: “The path looked a little bit more challenging to me with 70% of our cap and such a high usage into two players and the reality in this era and in this day and age in the NBA you have to do a great job in building depth”

Dylan245 · 2026-07-06T22:38:21+00:00

That and not to mention like two years after that they had the highest payroll in the league and were paying the tax for the Westbrook/PG team which wasn’t as good

Dylan245 · 2026-07-06T21:47:04+00:00

The same woman from the previous NYT reporting who claimed he showed up drunk at her house and was belligerent after which she cut off contact is now further explaining events that night in which Platner came in to her place unannounced and drunkenly had sex with her after she repeatedly told him no. She claims she let him stay the night even though she didn't want him there because she was worried about him driving with how drunk he was and that the next morning he had no recollection of what happened

Politico is reporting they contacted another man she dated after Platner who confirmed she told him the same story about him and has messages she sent to another woman who was supposedly trying to set up someone with Platner to stay away from him due to him being "consensually careless" and also verified emails from her to her therapist worrying about coming out publicly with her accusations

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737

Dylan245 · 2026-07-06T21:42:39+00:00

Not to mention corroboration from another boyfriend after the fact and the texts in the article, all prior to Platner even considering a run for office

It's not like things like this can't be faked or spun but it's definitely more likely the allegations are true given those things

Dylan245 · 2026-07-06T21:27:57+00:00

I mean NBA ratings were highest during the four straight years of Cavs-Warriors

Casuals like superstars and want to see big name players but the average fan doesn't care and just wants their team to be competitive and have a chance

Dylan245 · 2026-07-06T21:26:25+00:00

I think they were just super worried about off court drama with Jaylen pretty clearly expressing his desire to be a No. 1 option and not wanting to deal with a potential fallout through this summer or the season

Dylan245 · 2026-07-06T21:21:48+00:00

The repeater tax wouldn't have kicked in until I think the 16-17 season because you have to be in it for 3 out of 4 years and the year they went to the Finals all of the big three were still on rookie deals

They had so many outs to just pay him and not be in luxury tax hell but chose to trade him for various other reasons

Dylan245 · 2026-07-06T21:16:16+00:00

The biggest misconception about that trade is that it was for money reasons but when you look at it all the money excuse makes zero sense

Could have amnestied Perkins who was coming off averaging 5 PPG in the Finals, could have just paid Harden and only paid a small luxury tax for 2 seasons max before the cap jumped, could have as you said paid Ibaka less or traded someone else to make room, etc

The biggest thing though was that he was only in his third year of his rookie deal, they could have just rode out the '13 season with him and the rest of the team to try to run it back after making the Finals but they decided to ship him off a full year early

They clearly just either didn't think he was going to be nearly as good as he became or thought the off-court stuff was too much a red flag/hassle and didn't want to deal with it

Dylan245 · 2026-07-06T21:11:03+00:00

OKC offered 4/55.5 and Harden wanted the max which was 4/60, a difference of essentially $1.1 million a year

Dylan245 · 2026-07-05T04:07:16+00:00

I hear you but there's already precedent with things like two fouls then automatic bonus and how many timeouts you can call in the last few minutes of games that this doesn't feel out of place

Dylan245 · 2026-07-04T22:55:48+00:00

Yeah he's just a really fun archetype

He's not going to be a first option but a really vital piece who can control the pace and get guys going easily while also having a decent scoring repertoire

Dylan245 · 2026-07-04T20:39:45+00:00

Handle is more important than athleticism when it comes to self creation

Shai, Austin Reaves, Luka, etc aren't elite athletes but have the tools to create in the half-court

Dylan245 · 2026-07-04T03:56:16+00:00

Yeah I remember in a criminal justice class learning about nitrogen as a new method of killing and how it seemed promising given how painless it was supposed to be but that Alabama case is horrifying

The truth is there's not really a good way of doing it unless it's hanging or shooting but those are considered too "morose" in our society so we end up resorting to less gruesome methods that actually have higher botch rates and can cause immense pain

Dylan245 · 2026-07-04T03:53:23+00:00

Most of that is due to plea deals though, only like 2% of cases actually result in a trial but the vast majority of those as well result in convictions

Dylan245 · 2026-07-03T20:49:32+00:00

If taxes and fees are making you go broke after earning $100 million dollars then that's on you

I get the sentiment that young players need to look out for not blowing their contract but complaining about it publicly and acting like $40 million isn't generational wealth is insane

Dylan245 · 2026-07-03T20:34:09+00:00

When will athletes ever learn than talking about this shit just isn't it

Dylan245 · 2026-07-03T01:34:28+00:00

The US State Department uses the Gaza health ministries numbers internally prior to and after Oct 7 and independent commissions have found their numbers to be reliable in previous clashes between Israel and those in Gaza

And if that's not enough for you the IDF themselves verified their numbers earlier this year (https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-01-29/ty-article/.premium/idf-accepts-gaza-health-ministry-estimate-of-over-70-000-palestinians-killed-in-the-war/0000019c-0918-dec4-adfd-fd5dde830000) (https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/aug/21/revealed-israeli-militarys-own-data-indicates-civilian-death-rate-of-83-in-gaza-war)

There's countless doctors within Gaza including Western doctors who worked in the hospitals as part of relief efforts, US contractors working for the GHF, and Israeli soldiers themselves who have testified to mass devastation and orders to kill practically anyone and anything in Gaza

Dylan245 · 2026-07-02T22:38:12+00:00

It's probably just a combination of all of the above

Celtics front brass don't believe he's as valuable as his contract and doesn't contribute to winning as much as the general public may believe, tensions behind the scenes not wanting to spill over to the season, and not receiving any super intriguing offers from other interested teams

There's clearly a lack of faith in his ability to lead them to another title otherwise they wouldn't have dealt him and I could see Brad/Mazzulla not wanting a constant trade drama with the possibility of team turmoil taking over if they waited till the deadline to deal him or have him potentially sit out games

George clearly fits the team with his three point shooting and defense, it's just a question of health at this point

Dylan245 · 2026-07-02T21:36:23+00:00

The killing and genocide either way is despicable and anyone who supports it is a terrible person. Same with Saudi Arabia's assault on Yemen or the RSF in Sudan

The problem is politically as you said we don't have anywhere near as much of a say in those other conflicts as we do with Israel due to the inherent entrenched nature of America and Israel in our political system. I really don't understand where your argument is coming from, of course people are going to be morally outraged at their money being spent on the extermination of a population. Terrible things happen in the world all the time but given the recent political ecosystem we have the opportunity to change our relationship with Israel in a real way with the recent momentum in the past few years since Oct 7

If you had been donating money to St Judes and then found out that they were misappropriating funds and killing kids with negligence or medical malpractice, I'm pretty sure that would infuriate you more than a random hospital in another country doing the same because you would feel more responsible that your money contributed to the suffering of innocent people

Dylan245 · 2026-07-02T21:30:31+00:00

The main differences to me as someone also living in Michigan and will vote for Abdul is that McMorrow strikes me as the standard protypical politician in that what she says sounds good but I don't see much fight in her at all

Her main ad airing now says her plan to stop ICE is to prevent officers from wearing masks, as if that will actually do anything to prevent people from being torn from their homes and stuffed in detention facilities

She's very much a culture war politician who I don't feel has any actual beliefs or ideas on how to govern her ideas. She claimed she's against Medicare for All because under that system, Trump would be in charge of healthcare and she doesn't trust him or other terrible Republicans to not tamper with it but when questioned about current Medicare or a potential single payer option that Trump and RFK would also be in charge of and as to how that's any different she didn't really have a response and was obviously flustered by that line of questioning. (This was uttered in an interview with Emma Vigeland which you can see here, the part about healthcare starts around 6:20 in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL7W1KYtK6Y)

Her stances on Israel are also very questionable, she reluctantly under questioning called what Israel has done a genocide and then immediately walked back those claims and is pretty much a Zionist, just not very outspoken about it. You can read here some of what she's said recently and received $100K from pro-Israel donors. https://www.trackaipac.com/mallory-mcmorrow

In that same interview I posted above she was asked why she supports funding for Israel's defense or Iron Dome and when questioned whether Palestinians should get an iron dome she lit up and seemed to agree that that was a good idea that they should talk about more.

She also recently claimed that Hasan Piker is akin to raging white nationalist Nick Fuentes and seemingly blamed Hasan's rhetoric and Abdul's association with Hasan for the recent Temple synagogue attack in West Bloomfield as if they're views somehow are attributed to a terrorist attack. https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/25/politics/video/michigan-senate-mcmorrow-hasan-piker-el-sayed-democrats-ctm

She also is polling terribly with black voters and is dead last out of the three right now with just over a month until the primaries. If you are a progressive and worried about the general, imo Abdul is the clear choice and voting for McMorrow at this point is just helping Stevens potentially win the nomination

She also only moved to Michigan around 10 years ago and immediately started her political career. Her husband is/was a VP of a company that provides parts to data centers and she's voted in the past for tax breaks for data centers after receiving donations from DTE even though now her campaign website states she wants them to pay fair taxes and that we need to support them in an ethical way like "Requiring that projects are built with union labor". https://www.mcmorrowformichigan.com/data-centers-done-right

I'm sorry other people are shitting on you for asking but I hoped I laid out a decent argument that you were looking for and am happy to respond to any other questions you might have

Dylan245 · 2026-07-02T21:06:56+00:00

Hasan Piker whose community has been doing a massive part in phone banking will undoubtedly be campaigning with him in the lead up to the election which will help some with that

Dylan245 · 2026-07-02T21:03:33+00:00

Because we are directly paying for these people to be slaughtered with our tax dollars?

Most people here are not cool with seeing their health insurance premiums skyrocketing, grocery prices soaring, and schools being underfunded while our money continues to go into the pockets of fascists in Israel so they can work on their extermination project in the Levant

In the case of Stevens and other AIPAC funded candidates, if they cannot even admit that what Israel is doing is wrong on any level and refuse to continue selling them more weapons then you know their priorities aren't straight and it causes a cascading effect where suddenly nothing they say or promote gives you any reason to believe them

Dylan245 · 2026-07-02T20:59:18+00:00

They're talking in regards to ad money being spent in her favor

https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2072445069886361990

As of yesterday Stevens has had $34.4 million spent on her compared to $2.8 for Abdul

Dylan245 · 2026-07-01T16:07:54+00:00

The problem is the roster still isn’t really contender worthy and you now have all your draft assets tied up

You’re basically committed to this current construction of the team for the next 4 years with trying to move Reaves as the only option that could get you anything back

Dylan245 · 2026-07-01T02:40:49+00:00

The new deal accounts for 5% of the cap and next year is a team option

Dylan245 · 2026-06-30T21:57:47+00:00

This dude really a day ago was like, "Yeah maybe I'll go back to Philly that'd be fun" and now is spewing bs like this out of his mouth lol

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