Are the Spurs a team to watch for a Jaylen Brown trade for Boston Celtics fans?
Are the Spurs a team to watch for a Jaylen Brown trade for Boston Celtics fans?
Are the San Antonio Spurs a team to watch for a Jaylen Brown trade for Boston Celtics fans? While there is no reporting connecting the Georgia native to the Spurs, a lot of speculation is making the rounds about whether Boston might elect to move on from the veteran forward if the right offer was made by San Antonio.
With the Celtics staring down an unprecedented payroll and tax bill ahead of a season they will likely be without Brown's costar on the wing Jayson Tatum as he recovers from an Achilles Tendon tear, Boston's front office has some tough decisions to make about the team's future direction.
The folks behind the "NBC Sports Boston" YouTube channel put together a clip from their "Daily Thread" show that had hosts Chris Forsberg, Tom Giles, Tom Curran, and Trenni Casey reacting to Chris Mannix suggesting that the Spurs might be a team to keep an eye on for a potential Brown trade should the team elect to go hard into a retool of the roster this offseason. Check it out below!
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