Free Agent/Trade Thread 2026-27, Part X (It's a Tragedy to See the Dream is Over)

Gant · Post #101 » by **Gant** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 3:04 pm

165bows wrote:

Read on Twitter

That's a surprisingly positive and well written article.

itrsteve · Post #102 » by **itrsteve** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 3:11 pm

My wife just started following the 76ers instagram.

We had a great 10 year run, but what can you do.

Curmudgeon · Post #103 » by **Curmudgeon** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 3:16 pm

Gant wrote:
165bows wrote:

Read on Twitter

That's a surprisingly positive and well written article.

But this one, cited above, is better: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/08/opinion/celtics-jaylen-brown-trade-analytics/?p1=Article_Feed_ContentQuery

Fierce1 · Post #104 » by **Fierce1** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 3:31 pm

Just noticed the Milli Vanilli thread title. :lol:

Post #105 » by **canman1971** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 3:40 pm

Fierce1 wrote:Just noticed the Milli Vanilli thread title.

Only one to notice, or admit publically to getting it :lol:

DusterBuster · Post #106 » by **DusterBuster** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 3:42 pm

Sam Amick is saying the Blazers and Celtics were talking about a deal of Grant, Scoot and the Bucks picks for Brown, but when Brown said he didn't want to goto Portland, Cronin pulled out of the deal.

I'm curious if that's the full truth to the story. I'm skeptical the Blazers would have offered that much and may have felt that offer was too rich for them to do after seeing what Brown ultimately went for. But it might be possible that once word Brown didn't want to goto Portland came out, instead of continuing to negotiate the price down, Cronin just ended talks.

The Blazers have a **** pussy as a GM. Brown was under contract for 3 years. Who gives a flying **** where he wants to play. Tell him to suck it up buttercup, you're one of the Top 5 highest paid players in the league, **** deal with it. If Cronin didn't have the balls to tell that to Brown and his agent and push through that in negations, he should get a new job.

playa-hater · Post #107 » by **playa-hater** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 4:59 pm

DusterBuster wrote:Sam Amick is saying the Blazers and Celtics were talking about a deal of Grant, Scoot and the Bucks picks for Brown, but when Brown said he didn't want to goto Portland, Cronin pulled out of the deal.

I'm curious if that's the full truth to the story. I'm skeptical the Blazers would have offered that much and may have felt that offer was too rich for them to do after seeing what Brown ultimately went for. But it might be possible that once word Brown didn't want to goto Portland came out, instead of continuing to negotiate the price down, Cronin just ended talks.

The Blazers have a **** pussy as a GM. Brown was under contract for 3 years. Who gives a flying **** where he wants to play. Tell him to suck it up buttercup, you're one of the Top 5 highest paid players in the league, **** deal with it. If Cronin didn't have the balls to tell that to Brown and his agent and push through that in negations, he should get a new job.

For those who weren't a fan of brown to begin with, this takes it to another level..

F Brown

djFan71 · Post #108 » by **djFan71** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 5:05 pm

If JB killed his value to the few teams that could have beat the PHI return, then not much more Brad could do. It's a big IF, but Amick and Lowe are good sources. I like Mannix, too, though, and he said there was a GM who would have beat the PHI offer. So who knows? It's a heck of a cycle of "pick what you wanna believe that supports your view".

But, it's done. PG is here with some possibly sweet picks and we build from here.

greenbeans · Post #109 » by **greenbeans** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 5:28 pm

If Portland really wanted to trade for him all they needed to do was agree to that extension and he'd be there. Seems like PR, easy scraps their lowlife owner and front office are tossing to their fans trying to save face in preparation for another underwhelming year ahead.

celticgreenie · Post #110 » by **celticgreenie** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 5:36 pm

djFan71 wrote:If JB killed his value to the few teams that could have beat the PHI return, then not much more Brad could do. It's a big IF, but Amick and Lowe are good sources. I like Mannix, too, though, and he said there was a GM who would have beat the PHI offer. So who knows? It's a heck of a cycle of "pick what you wanna believe that supports your view".

But, it's done. PG is here with some possibly sweet picks and we build from here.

I could see possibly other teams beating the Sixers deal by a little but not by a lot. I wouldn't have been a fan of a Grant and Scoot return.

greenbeans · Post #111 » by **greenbeans** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 5:38 pm

playa-hater wrote:For those who weren't a fan of brown to begin with,

If anyone wasn't a fan of Brown after a decade of him busting his ass here then they've lost the plot. Truly. Brains have been polished smooth via 98.5 and people act like the contextual stuff matters more than the play on the court.

Plenty to gripe about with his play style and performance within his role, sure, but to be that vested in a narrative that you consider him having a desire to have input on his professional future anything but normal? Get real.

djFan71 · Post #112 » by **djFan71** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 6:55 pm

celticgreenie wrote:
djFan71 wrote:If JB killed his value to the few teams that could have beat the PHI return, then not much more Brad could do. It's a big IF, but Amick and Lowe are good sources. I like Mannix, too, though, and he said there was a GM who would have beat the PHI offer. So who knows? It's a heck of a cycle of "pick what you wanna believe that supports your view".

But, it's done. PG is here with some possibly sweet picks and we build from here.

I could see possibly other teams beating the Sixers deal by a little but not by a lot. I wouldn't have been a fan of a Grant and Scoot return.

Agreed on the little not a lot part. I would have been a fan of Grant and Scoot if they came with the MIL picks.

Justin33 · Post #113 » by **Justin33** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 7:00 pm

djFan71 wrote:
celticgreenie wrote:
djFan71 wrote:If JB killed his value to the few teams that could have beat the PHI return, then not much more Brad could do. It's a big IF, but Amick and Lowe are good sources. I like Mannix, too, though, and he said there was a GM who would have beat the PHI offer. So who knows? It's a heck of a cycle of "pick what you wanna believe that supports your view".

But, it's done. PG is here with some possibly sweet picks and we build from here.

I could see possibly other teams beating the Sixers deal by a little but not by a lot. I wouldn't have been a fan of a Grant and Scoot return.

Agreed on the little not a lot part. I would have been a fan of Grant and Scoot if they came with the MIL picks.

The bucks are building a nice little team . young and they won't win much but there is some talent

Post #114 » by **bisme37** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 7:25 pm

Ruh roh

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Curmudgeon · Post #115 » by **Curmudgeon** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 7:27 pm

Noone but me was upset when Pierce said he would refuse to report if traded to Golden State for Nick VanExel's expiring contract and the draft pick that became Chris Paul.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #116 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 7:35 pm

bisme37 wrote:Ruh roh

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Raps will still do this trade because doubt there is any penalty for this.

cloverleaf · Post #117 » by **cloverleaf** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 7:39 pm

bucknersrevenge wrote:Finally kinda put this together in my head here over the last couple of days. Both Siegel and Lowe reported that Jaylen put it out there that he wouldn't go to certain teams. There was the Spears report earlier suggesting that he wouldn't want to play in Milwaukee. At the presser Brad said that he had been in complete transparent communication with Jaylen about every team that showed interest. We all know Brad operates in silence. So how does this information get out there? Jaylen. While acting all dumb about not being communicated to on his Twitch stream Jaylen was behind the scenes steering this thing through leaks. And you know he likely green-lighted the Philly trade. Hell, PG didn't even know his name was being spoken about until 90 minutes before the deal even happened. Those leaks by Jaylen affected how those other teams navigated those trade talks. And Brad KNEW this at the presser and still he didn't say ****. Could've emptied the clip on Jaylen but let him save face and he became the bad guy for Jaylen, and for the franchise.

Bottomline: anyone in here still upset about our trade haul and why we got back so little need look in only ONE place: Jaylen **** Brown

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Not surprised at all. Brad's got to be so relieved now that it is all finally over.

165bows · Post #118 » by **165bows** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 7:45 pm

Good news, angst for Toronto is funny and hopefully some penalty for that Clippers team can help the draft pick.

Curmudgeon · Post #119 » by **Curmudgeon** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 8:08 pm

165bows wrote:Good news, angst for Toronto is funny and hopefully some penalty for that Clippers team can help the draft pick.

The League will probably make Kawhi plant more trees.

meatball sub · Post #120 » by **meatball sub** » Thu Jul 9, 2026 8:12 pm

JB sabotaging us on his way out is some bull. Can’t wait to see that whole thing in Philly blow up this year when the top 4 players all have terrible chemistry together