What is the right price for the Boston Celtics in a Jaylen Brown trade?
What is the right price for the Boston Celtics in a Jaylen Brown trade? The Celtics have been seen as likely to make some significant changes to their roster to get ahead of an unprecedented payroll and tax bill that is about to come due in the same season that Boston will likely be without star forward Jayson Tatum as he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon. And with the team potentially owing more in tax than salary, that take makes all the sense in the world.
Brown has not, to be clear, one of the players assumed by most to be a likely player to be moved given the value to the team. But Sports Illustrated reporter Chris Mannix believes that there could be a deal from the San Antonio Spurs for the Georgia native that might be too sweet for the Celtics' front office to turn down. What could it look like?
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