Free Agent/Trade Thread Offseason 2026, Part 9 (Brad, You are the Mayor of Shark City!)

[Dogen]

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So Giannis isn't really just about winning championships as Doc said. It's about the money.

Or the billionaires could have ponied up.

Ponied up for a 2029 35yo Giannis possibly having the largest contract in the NBA and Tatum in extension too. That's not a pony.

[canman1971]

Guess this disproves the "we like our guys" theory, haha.

[SparringPartner]

We are a one-Jay team today, and I am thankful!

The biggest addition after this JB/PG trade is the subtraction of JB.

Do I think it was a good trade? Of course not, but the other teams in the league spoke loudly: JB isn't as valued as we all thought. Only time will tell.

Moving on question: Does Brad hold on to these newly acquired picks or does he use them this summer?

Example:

DWhite plus one or two of those picks gets you what?

[ryan in Maine]

So Giannis isn't really just about winning championships as Doc said. It's about the money.

Or the billionaires could have ponied up.

Unfortunately, that is not how they became billionaires.

You know they're mostly nepo babies right lol?

[Shak_Celts]

This was not a money thing. Brad and the organization grew tired of the constant bi***ing from Brown, especially through social media and livestreaming. And guess what, the entire league was also, hence the return. Do people think if they waited the return would have gone up? This was not only a basketball and business decision, it was about protecting the Celtics brand as no player is bigger than the team, and Brown had consistently for years has acted like a petulant little baby, but always thought he was the smartest person in the room. And that is not about an agenda to smear Brown, he created this on his own.

Then they really shouldn’t have traded for Podcast P if they wanted away from that stuff.

Can the Celtics add a no podcast or Twitch clause to PG's contract?

Will he follow it? He already has a no cheating clause, but he did that with no problem.

[Curmudgeon]

Funny how a month ago everyone was saying "this team can't win as presently constituted" and pointing to the collapse against Philly as evidence of that. Now we have a different team, with different guys taking over the touches that would have gone to Brown. So we'll see.

I don't think Brown's outspokenness on social issues had anything to do with the team's reluctance to keep and extend him. But if I were Stevens, I would have been secretly furious when Brown said "this was my favorite season" shortly after the Celtics had blown a 3-1 game lead against the Sixers.

[chrisab123]

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So Giannis isn't really just about winning championships as Doc said. It's about the money.

This is an awful look.

[djFan71]

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So Giannis isn't really just about winning championships as Doc said. It's about the money.

This is an awful look.

Personally I didn't want Giannis with that extension either. But you don't even enter the talks if you're not willing to do it.

[leper-con]

Guess this disproves the "we like our guys" theory, haha.

and introduces the "we like our money theory"

[WeLikeOurGuys]

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So Giannis isn't really just about winning championships as Doc said. It's about the money.

This is an awful look.

Don’t worry you have a few guy in here defending billionaire owners ahaha.

2026 is wild

[WeLikeOurGuys]

Guess this disproves the "we like our guys" theory, haha.

and introduces the "we like our money theory"

That has a nice ring to it.. maybe a name change is due?

[playa-hater]

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So if i'm understanding this correctly, it wasn't up to the milwaukee bucks but giannis? And I will owners a cheap as f*ck?

That money could easily have been made up with playoff. And championship level revenue..

I feel even more sick than I did last night..

[Dogen]

When are we going to get a dang presser?

Probably when Brad is done, and this could be a sign he is not.

I hope so. I'm just being impatient. He should be working on finishing the trades and roster, not getting lambasted by the fans and press when there's still details to be determined.

With some of the comments I've seen on here, I'm more concerned that he's busy taking his wife and kids down into the safe room.

[Justin33]

What has Simmons gotten right again?

[Shak_Celts]

When are we going to get a dang presser?

Probably when Brad is done, and this could be a sign he is not.

I hope so. I'm just being impatient. He should be working on finishing the trades and roster, not getting lambasted by the fans and press when there's still details to be determined.

With some of the comments I've seen on here, I'm more concerned that he's busy taking his wife and kids down into the safe room.

The trade isn’t finalized yet, they can’t talk about it.

[London2Boston]

Oh boy. Can’t wait to see the PR the organisation does.

[JR Hawks]

Probably when Brad is done, and this could be a sign he is not.

I hope so. I'm just being impatient. He should be working on finishing the trades and roster, not getting lambasted by the fans and press when there's still details to be determined.

With some of the comments I've seen on here, I'm more concerned that he's busy taking his wife and kids down into the safe room.

The trade isn’t finalized yet, they can’t talk about it.

My advice to Brad and ownership would be to not finalize it.

[SparringPartner]

Funny how a month ago everyone was saying "this team can't win as presently constituted" and pointing to the collapse against Philly as evidence of that. Now we have a different team, with different guys taking over the touches that would have gone to Brown. So we'll see.

I don't think Brown's outspokenness on social issues had anything to do with the team's reluctance to keep and extend him. But if I were Stevens, I would have been secretly furious when Brown said "this was my favorite season" shortly after the Celtics had blown a 3-1 game lead against the Sixers.

Sure.

But two days ago, JB said, "Boston is the capital of social injustice," which is ridiculous. Not saying it impacted Brad's decision, but it definitely didn't help.

Now JB goes to an actual sh*t city, and I'm curious about what he'll say about Philly. I'd guess all positive. We'll see.

[165bows]

Funny how a month ago everyone was saying "this team can't win as presently constituted" and pointing to the collapse against Philly as evidence of that. Now we have a different team, with different guys taking over the touches that would have gone to Brown. So we'll see.

I don't think Brown's outspokenness on social issues had anything to do with the team's reluctance to keep and extend him. But if I were Stevens, I would have been secretly furious when Brown said "this was my favorite season" shortly after the Celtics had blown a 3-1 game lead against the Sixers.

Agree I think it was the basketball related communication that was the issue. Saying weird stuff publicly was just adjacent to that.

[Bill Lumbergh]

I keep seeing the blanket assertion that they were okay with having two supermaxes. They were okay with it for Giannis, not Jaylen. It's an understandable distinction.