Jaylen Brown trade analysis: Six potential landing spots for Celtics star amid salary cap constraints
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Sam Quinn
Summary
The article analyzes potential trade destinations for Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown after the team reportedly dangled him in an unsuccessful pursuit of Giannis Antetokounmpo. It explores the financial constraints of the NBA's new CBA, which makes having two supermax players who aren't MVP candidates difficult to sustain. The piece examines six possible landing spots for Brown, considering trade packages and team fits.
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· 3 pulledWe're in the most restrictive CBA environment in NBA history, and the Celtics currently have both Brown and Jayson Tatum on supermax contracts that pay them around 35% of the salary cap.
That might be tenable if one of them were an MVP candidate, as Antetokounmpo is, but since neither is, the financial burden that those contracts impose on the rest of the roster might not be tenable.
Boston dangled Brown in an attempt to land Antetokounmpo, signaling his potential availability to the rest of the NBA
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