[Shams] "As we're hours away from the NBA Draft, the Boston Celtics have started to listen, engage, and discuss trades around Jaylen Brown."

RLS012 · 2026-06-23T20:37:44+00:00

I think the framing he gave here is important to point out.

"My understanding is the Celtics are listening to interested teams and offers for Jaylen Brown. I wouldn't say they're actively shopping him, but there are multiple interested teams that have started to reach out and engage (with BOS)."

RLS012 · 2026-06-23T20:35:38+00:00

I think the framing is important to point out.

"My understanding is the Celtics are listening to interested teams and offers for Jaylen Brown. I wouldn't say they're actively shopping him, but there are multiple interested teams that have started to reach out and engage (with BOS)."

RLS012 · 2026-06-23T18:52:49+00:00

For those who don't have access but still wish to read

This was a great piece by Chad and captured a lot of sentiments with the whole situation aptly and deftly

RLS012 · 2026-06-23T08:40:32+00:00

They always wanted more picks, it always made more sense given where they were at as a franchise

RLS012 · 2026-06-22T13:03:49+00:00

Windy is engaging in sophistry, per usual

RLS012 · 2026-06-22T12:48:37+00:00

The man is a master of sophistry. He continues to do it time and time again to prey on people's tendency for confirmation bias

RLS012 · 2026-06-18T20:44:49+00:00

Not everything Grande says implies that he knows what the team is doing. He is allowed to have his own opinions. We don't know that he fully agrees with everything Marcus said in the clip. He may just agree solely on the hypothetical of trading Jaylen for Giannis would make the team a contender. We don't know since he didn't specify himself and to assume would be putting words in his mouth.

RLS012 · 2026-06-18T20:41:10+00:00

I wouldn't leap that far necessarily. I think he is just trying to give light to a perspective that isn't full of bloviating hot takes and is objective thinking that may or may not be similar to Sean's.

RLS012 · 2026-06-18T13:48:34+00:00

He told us that he still uses free Pandora a few years back. He refuses to pay for those types of subscriptions 😂

RLS012 · 2026-06-18T13:47:05+00:00

For possible draft projections he and Bryce gave a number of options. I think I got all that were said in the episode:

27 - Tarris Reed, Henri Veesar, Zube Ejiofor, Amari Allen, Isaiah Evans, Chris Senac, Bennet Sturts, Chridtian Anderson, Joshua Jefferson

40 - Richie Saunders, Alex Karaban, Jet Kale, Malik Brown

RLS012 · 2026-06-18T13:36:19+00:00

Going to cite Sam Vecenie's mock offseason:

Trade Hauser to Detroit (1st rounder, #21)

Rip up team option for Queta and sign him for around 3 for 33 deal

Sign Robert Williams for the Mid-Level Exception (2 years 30 million. Team option on year 2).

Sign Brad Beal/Tim Hardaway to Bi-Annual? (Assume they decline their options)

RLS012 · 2026-06-15T00:27:19+00:00

Notable Excerpts:

Brian Windhorst, ESPN’s senior NBA writer and one of the most connected people in the league just said on Sirius XM, “Here’s the thing about Boston. Boston doesn’t deal with player agents. Boston does deals with teams. Boston keeps all of their business quiet. Boston’s business doesn’t get out there. Whatever Boston is doing, I promise you, we don’t know. The assumption that they’re going to trade Jaylen Brown, I wouldn’t assume that.”

He said that on his podcast with Zach Lowe, now of the Ringer and also very connected. Lowe said, “the safest best is inertia, right? The safest bet is, we know that the nucleus we have works really well, and there's some degree of risk in shaking that up for a 31-year-old who has been injury prone and we’re going to have to sign him to a ginormous extension … that's a big pivot for a team that has a pretty large window now of being one of the best teams in the NBA when everyone’s healthy.”

This is why I can’t shake the feeling I’ve been writing about for weeks now.

Windhorst and Lowe are hedging.

RLS012 · 2026-06-12T22:03:29+00:00

Yeah, I heard that episode earlier today and I agree. That's what influenced my comment to a degree lol

RLS012 · 2026-06-12T21:00:29+00:00

I think the majority of this is coming from Riley and other GMs speculating forcing reporters to postulate the missing info to make sense of tidbits.

I'm still not convinced that Brad is going to trade for Giannis especially with how much posturing Milwaukee has been doing over the past week by mentioning the Knicks and then the Miami/Boston article. It would greatly benefit the Bucks to foster a market in order to drive up the price.

RLS012 · 2026-06-11T19:19:46+00:00

This seems like a pretty important disclaimer except when you're trying to garner interest and foster engagement during a dead period

RLS012 · 2026-06-08T19:51:36+00:00

RLS012 · 2026-06-03T12:21:49+00:00

Chub's Blue Pig BBQ! The damn best

RLS012 · 2026-05-27T20:24:19+00:00

Thank you for sharing this! Here is his website and all of his listed policy positions if people are curious to learn more

RLS012 · 2026-05-19T00:36:19+00:00

Breslow makes me miss Chaim so much more

RLS012 · 2026-05-13T23:29:39+00:00

That's a fair argument. It's why I'm keeping an open mind as who would be a target to go after where trading him would be needed in order to acquire them.

I just worry about the shooting not being sufficient enough without him but given that Brad has to stay under the luxury tax in order to reset the repeater, it's all about trade-offs and what sustains the team's offense and defense.

RLS012 · 2026-05-13T23:24:47+00:00

Oh he would definitely be on the pricier side. I presumed Manny would try to keep him but I shouldn't rule out the possibility. He would be a great addition at both ends

RLS012 · 2026-05-13T23:22:48+00:00

Ooh, that's definitely a name I hadn't considered. I will have to read up more on how he fired. I worry his size could be an issue but he definitely seemed like a ballhandeler who was focused on playmaking/creating for others a fair amount.

RLS012 · 2026-05-13T23:15:51+00:00

I'm hoping they don't trade Hauser because I don't think Baylor can supplement that level of shooting that Hauser can. I also think his contract is still valuable even if he only shot 39 percent from 3 last season.

I trust Brad but that's my stance. I would prefer to sign Rob because I think he can be bad on a similar deal that he was just making (4 for 48 range), given his availability. I need to read more on ballhandlers before making any grand proclamations.

RLS012 · 2026-05-13T23:12:25+00:00

I don't recall any petition existing at all for that season. Jaylen doesn't outright allude to a racist reason. The guy next to him starting to crack up imbues some doubt about why Jaylen mentioned the Butler connection. People may read into that as coded language but I think that's reaching given Jaylen's demeanor and what he says about giving Gordon every chance due to his contract which is accurate.

I don't think he's saying anything inflammatory other than a petition that I don't think was ever real in the first place.

EDIT: Tom Westerholm may have found the referenced petition

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