Jaylen Brown was unhappy to see his name in the middle of the Kevin Durant trade rumors. Smh — Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) July 25, 2022 Did Boston fracture its relationship with one of the core players that led it to the NBA Finals (and, one could argue, was the Celtics’ best player against the Warriors)?
A guy who could leave as a free agent in a couple of years? Apparently not. This has been reported before, and now Steve Bulpett of Heavy.com quotes a league executive who thinks everything is still good between the Celtics and Brown. “I think Jaylen IS long term,” this latter source told Heavy. “If they want him long term and they’re going to pay him the contract he deserves, I think he’s all-in on Boston.
From everything I’ve been told, Jaylen’s a loyal guy. I know frustration can happen when things aren’t going well, and I think we saw some of that earlier in this past season. “But when you take a step back and look at things, I think he wants to be there.
And any problems that could ever happen with that relationship would probably have to come from him getting the idea that they’re not in on him.