Fans of the Boston Celtics should start getting used to hearing star forward Jaylen Brown’s name in trade rumors no matter what either he or the Celtics organization say publicly, given the potential tectonic shift in the NBA his decampment could cause should it actually happen.
And it is already beginning despite Brown’s current contract not expiring until the offseason after the 2023-24 season. The hosts of 1080 The Fan’s “Dirt and Sprague” show interviewed Yahoo’s Jake Fischer, who suggested the Portland Trail Blazers may try to pursue the Georgia native at the behest of their star point guard.
“I’ll say that Jaylen Brown has been a player that I believe Damian Lillard has had on his proverbial list of those switchy wing-type secondary stars like the Jerami Grants and the Aaron Gordons that have been recently linked to Portland and Dame for a while now,” shared Fischer.
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As has been the case with all of these rumors so far, it requires a great many things to break right for the Blazers to have a shot. At the top of that list is Brown actually wanting out of his current situation AND seeing Portland as a better option for whatever his personal goals may be.
That’s certainly not impossible, but wanting things to happen on the Blazers’ side of things is a far cry from rumbles those things may happen — even if this and whispers like it ought to be taken very seriously by the Celtics’ front office.
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