Free Agent/Trade Thread Offseason 2026, Part 8 (Those beaches will be open!)

[pac213up]

If you like jump shots....you will love this upcoming version of the Celtics. Now they have only 1 player capable of getting to the rim....and he is coming off of a significant injury...and prefers to pull up.

Celtics only had 1 player capable of getting to the rim last season and that resulted in 56 wins.

That 1 player was elite at getting to the rim. JT is very good but not JB level at getting to the rim. More importantly the Celtics demise in the post season offensively was the reliance on the 3 ball. They are positioned much worse this season to make any real tactical changes.

[GreenBlooded]

It's not even a trade or a salary dump. We took on the worst contract in the league that would have cost a first and a swap to dump him. So Brad literally gave Brown away for nothing at all. All bc he was a little annoying and a know it all? Ugh. Brad and Joe will be gone before Paul George. Book it

[Fierce1]

If you like jump shots....you will love this upcoming version of the Celtics. Now they have only 1 player capable of getting to the rim....and he is coming off of a significant injury...and prefers to pull up.

Celtics only had 1 player capable of getting to the rim last season and that resulted in 56 wins.

That 1 player was elite at getting to the rim. JT is very good but not JB level at getting to the rim. More importantly the Celtics demise in the post season offensively was the reliance on the 3 ball. They are positioned much worse this season to make any real tactical changes.

JB is elite at getting to the rim, but that's all.

JT is elite at a number of things, including as a playmaker.

Don't be surprised if the Celtics surpass 56 wins this season with JT returning to MVP level and averaging 30 points per game.

While JT is not as good as JB getting to the rim, JT makes other players around him better.

JT will never hesitate to pass the ball if he sees multiple defenders around him.

Did you not see that Game 7 photo of JB at the top of the key and a WIDE OPEN Queta in the paint and JB never passed him the ball?

[mlloyd10]

Man, Hugo better go off for you guys this season.

[hugepatsfan]

Why didn’t Brad do this last offseason? He could have properly tanked Tatum’s ACL gap year.

It's a good question, but then a team would be committing to 4 years of a contract instead of 3 that doesn't seem to be viewed friendly. Any criticism people have of his game or disinterest in paying a ton for him I think would have been there last year too. This whole analytical angle with Brown isn't new. It's been out there for years and always discussed when it's time to rank him. The minute he signed his supermax deal it was questioned and mocked.

I think harsh reality is Jaylen Brown on a supermax isn't a desirable piece league-wide and the return was going to be underwhelming whenever they did it. But yeah, if it was last year maybe it helped secure a higher pick. I say maybe because if you believe the analytics maybe it would have resulted in a higher pick if they moved him

[Fierce1]

Shams on Get Up just a few minutes ago said teams called about trading for JT, but the Cs shut them down immediately.

[Fierce1]

Why didn’t Brad do this last offseason? He could have properly tanked Tatum’s ACL gap year.

It's a good question, but then a team would be committing to 4 years of a contract instead of 3 that doesn't seem to be viewed friendly. Any criticism people have of his game or disinterest in paying a ton for him I think would have been there last year too. This whole analytical angle with Brown isn't new. It's been out there for years and always discussed when it's time to rank him. The minute he signed his supermax deal it was questioned and mocked.

I think harsh reality is Jaylen Brown on a supermax isn't a desirable piece league-wide and the return was going to be underwhelming whenever they did it. But yeah, if it was last year maybe it helped secure a higher pick. I say maybe because if you believe the analytics maybe it would have resulted in a higher pick if they moved him

Us Celtic fans know Brad does not tank.

[WeLikeOurGuys]

Shams on Get Up just a few minutes ago said teams called about trading for JT, but the Cs shut them down immediately.

I want no of Stevens trading JT right now.

[Asian Celtic]

This is going to be a Tatum-centric offense from here on out.

58 wins in the regular season.

Tatum averaging 30 points per game.

Will he play b2b?

[cloverleaf]

It's not even a trade or a salary dump. We took on the worst contract in the league that would have cost a first and a swap to dump him. So Brad literally gave Brown away for nothing at all. All bc he was a little annoying and a know it all? Ugh. Brad and Joe will be gone before Paul George. Book it

Is it a worse contract? It's less per year than JB's by more than enough to get them under the tax. And it's only 2/3rds the length of JB's. Next year it will be an expiring.

Moreover, their respective records suggest the C's will very likely outscore their opponents while PG is on the court, whereas most likely their opponents would likely have outscored the C's while JB was on the court.

Meanwhile, Exhibit A for how hard it is for sports reporters and talkers to understand, let alone explain, this is: Gary Washburn on with Fred Toucher this morning. Painful!

[GreenBlooded]

It's not even a trade or a salary dump. We took on the worst contract in the league that would have cost a first and a swap to dump him. So Brad literally gave Brown away for nothing at all. All bc he was a little annoying and a know it all? Ugh. Brad and Joe will be gone before Paul George. Book it

Is it a worse contract? It's less per year than JB's by more than enough to get them under the tax. And it's only 2/3rds the length of JB's. Next year it will be an expiring.

Moreover, their respective records suggest the C's will very likely outscore their opponents while PG is on the court, whereas most likely their opponents would likely have outscored the C's while JB was on the court.

Meanwhile, Exhibit A for how hard it is for sports reporters and talkers to understand, let alone explain, this is: Gary Washburn on with Fred Toucher this morning. Painful!

What would it take for Boston to get off George's contract rn?

[pac213up]

Celtics only had 1 player capable of getting to the rim last season and that resulted in 56 wins.

That 1 player was elite at getting to the rim. JT is very good but not JB level at getting to the rim. More importantly the Celtics demise in the post season offensively was the reliance on the 3 ball. They are positioned much worse this season to make any real tactical changes.

JB is elite at getting to the rim, but that's all.

JT is elite at a number of things, including as a playmaker.

Don't be surprised if the Celtics surpass 56 wins this season with JT returning to MVP level and averaging 30 points per game.

While JT is not as good as JB getting to the rim, JT makes other players around him better.

JT will never hesitate to pass the ball if he sees multiple defenders around him.

Did you not see that Game 7 photo of JB at the top of the key and a WIDE OPEN Queta in the paint and JB never passed him the ball?

If this is the last move the Celtics make...they are not winning 56 games this season. JT and this roster is not championship caliber. JT and JB with a supporting cast absolutely was. It is not Brown's fault JT could not be on the floor the last 2 game 7s.

[Wes-J]

And kudos to Haberstroh. Finally a sports reporter neither too stupid nor too lazy to actually look into JB's career-long atrocious analytics.

We've had a week of lip-flapping indignation and certainty without bothering to look into what the analytics guys see and why it matters.

Their lazy voting of JB near the MVP level and boostering him for years has led to their doubling down on their earlier stupidity because that's just what many people do in such situations.

Ok , so we grinded out 56 wins and 4th overall league net rating in spite of Jaylen Brown's atrocious analytics and Tatum in street clothes? What gives?

Maybe it's you that is lazy and ignorant?

[Celtics_Champs]

Shams on Get Up just a few minutes ago said teams called about trading for JT, but the Cs shut them down immediately.

Did he say anything they plan on with Paul George?

[Fierce1]

This is going to be a Tatum-centric offense from here on out.

58 wins in the regular season.

Tatum averaging 30 points per game.

Will he play b2b?

Knowing JT's tendencies, of course he will.

[Green89]

Shams on Get Up just a few minutes ago said teams called about trading for JT, but the Cs shut them down immediately.

Vultures are circling Brad already.

[GreenBlooded]

Shams on Get Up just a few minutes ago said teams called about trading for JT, but the Cs shut them down immediately.

Did he say anything they plan on with Paul George?

Pay him 55m to play 40 games. He's literally not tradable without giving up multiple draft picks.

[Fierce1]

Shams on Get Up just a few minutes ago said teams called about trading for JT, but the Cs shut them down immediately.

Did he say anything they plan on with Paul George?

No.

This is just the Celtics don't want JB anymore.

[165bows]

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Well, in keeping with the theme of the thread title, this thread came and went shockingly fast, stunk to high heaven, and wasn't pleasant for anyone within a wide radius!!

[robbie84]

The age factor makes it baffling for me. Is brad on something?

Ok so we don’t want a 31 yr old all time great because of injury concerns, and unwilling to include a 6th man at best in Hugo, but willing to take a 37 yr old with no leadership skills, much like Tatum, who is injured every year??? Make it make sense please Brad! **** you Brad!!!!

It's not about having Paul George instead of Brown. It's about clearing JB's salary to build around Tatum sooner. As we've seen through the offers that were rumored over the last few weeks, JB's contract is considered an albatross. You can't have JB+JT on max contracts making $70m+ each.
We didn't trade for Paul George the player,
Paul George is salary filler.