{"id":829424,"date":"2026-07-28T16:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/829424\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:38:08","slug":"celtics-jaylen-brown-trade-nearly-happened-months-earlier-to-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/829424\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Trade Nearly Happened Months Earlier to Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston Celtics<\/a> apparently thought about trading Jaylen Brown at the 2026 NBA trade deadline, in the middle of the season.<\/p>\n

That didn’t happen, of course, and after a career year he was dealt on July 1 to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George and draft picks.<\/p>\n

Those earlier talks didn’t involve the 76ers, though — they were with the Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Monday that the Celtics and Warriors discussed a Brown trade at the midway point of the season.<\/p>\n

On the Stephen A. Smith Show<\/a>, this is what Charania explained:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Warriors could’ve got in the Jaylen Brown sweepstakes if they wanted to give up four first round picks-ish, in that range. They decided not to, from my understanding. Those two teams, the Warriors and Celtics, did talk about a Jaylen Brown trade around the trade deadline, and it was around several first-round draft picks, potential swaps, and seconds. The Warriors decided not to go down that route and so that’s on them. That’s the decision they made.”<\/p>\n

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A deal bringing four first-rounders to the Celtics for Brown probably would’ve felt like a haul.<\/p>\n

It also would’ve been a total surprise to have that go down in the middle of the season before Jayson Tatum had even returned from his torn Achilles injury.<\/p>\n

Charania’s Brown report was in part about the idea that if the Warriors had Brown, they probably would’ve had a better chance of landing LeBron James in free agency this offseason.<\/p>\n

But from a Celtics perspective, it really paints the picture that Brown had been on the outs for a while. If Boston was considering dealing him smack dab in the middle of his career-best season, it likely shouldn’t have been as much of a surprise as it was that he finally got traded now.<\/p>\n

The 76ers remain a surprising destination, and the return package centered around George is interesting, but Boston clearly was ready to move on.<\/p>\n

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