It’s been a few days since the Jaylen Brown trade (76ers send Paul George 2028/2031 firsts and two seconds for Jaylen Brown) hit screens across the globe, and I am still beyond furious at how this situation unfolded. For clarity, trading the longtime Celtic was a favorable idea when it landed the team another superstar (Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo) or brought in a young, ascending big man who could grow into that star.
This move is not even in the same universe as an idea like that. The worst part about this trade isn’t the terrible return, the awful landing spot to the F*****G 76ers, or being dragged across the mud by the sports world. The worst part is the Fenway Groupification of the Boston Celtics.
Since August 19th 2025, the day Bill Chisholm took over the Boston Celtics flipped into Mr. Krabs mode. They have shed the salaries of Jrue Holiday, Al Horford, Kristaps Porzingis, and now Jaylen Brown. These moves have cut the Celtics’ costs by 500 million over the next decade. The first wave came after a massive injury to Jayson Tatum’s Achilles, and most people brushed the cuts under the rug.
This time around, Celtics fans had the Greek Freak dangled in front of them for weeks and ended up with what Dollar Bill Chisholm wanted, a long-term salary dump in PED Paul George and cost-controllable assets in the picks.
This is easily one of the worst trades in Boston sports history, and we’ve witnessed bad general management before, but this is different. Brad Stevens was one of the best in the NBA, but all of a sudden (since August 19th 2025), he has made a series of questionable to bad moves that have resulted in where we are now. The biggest change is with Bill Chisholm controlling the money; that’s why Jaylen Brown is no longer on this roster.
This feels similar to Mookie Betts, Tom Brady, Brad Marchand, Nomar, and Babe Ruth, to name a few of the bad moves Boston sports management has made.
Trading an All-NBA player in his prime coming off his best statistical season for a 36-year-old who was suspended for PEDs and hasn’t been elite since his time in OKC. The firsts are cool, sick man, we traded a finals MVP for a ten-year-old it’s straight up one of the most disrespectful things out there.
Kawhi Leonard, Mikal Bridges, Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, and more were valued at a higher rate than Jaylen Brown by the value of their trades. Paul George can provide some value, sure, but let’s, as a community, stop for a second and realize that JB is an all-world player with a legitimate resume. People who are trashing the guy on the way out suck.
This is the first big move of Bill Chisholm’s ownership tenure, and it smells. Celtics fans are in copium hell right now talking about Nikola Jokic next off-season? That costs money, and Bill Chisholm doesn’t see the value in spending that much on the roster when his margins say otherwise.
The Celtics tend to try to go big fish hunting and end up with fishing boots, so don’t tell me that trading one of our two All-NBA superstars now for not an All-NBA superstar, getting another one later for this franchise, never seems easy.
I hate this trade from every angle. It’s severely underwhelming from a return standpoint; the destination of Philly makes me physically ill and mentally unwell, and the misvaluation of the league’s landscape is baffling. For the people trashing Jaylen Brown, you suck, shut up, that’s what makes green teamers look bad. To the people who think that this trade is good for the Celtics, I want you to know that you are smoking and get my hands on it.
Lastly, thank you, Jaylen Brown, for being a part of Banner 18. I wish we got a return for you that was worthy of the player you were to this team.
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