00:00 So I think something's afoot with Jalen Brown.
00:05 Bob, I'll start with you.
00:06 Something smells rotten in Denmark to me.
00:09 I just I'm reading the tea leaves and this is what I read.
00:12 I don't think Brad wants to pay him.
00:15 I think Jalen doesn't want to be here.
00:16 And the only way he'll be here is if he gets paid.
00:19 I think that Brad Stevens has shown that he can be cold and heartless
00:23 and all about business when he traded Marcus Smart.
00:26 Something smells with this Brown thing.
00:29 Your thoughts?
00:30 I'm not as, you know, deeply suspicious as you appear to be at all.
00:37 But I must say the one loose end in my mind
00:41 is that he's never expressed complete fidelity to the city or the cause.
00:46 He's had opportunities, I think, and people,
00:48 he's had people wondering what's he really think about being here.
00:51 And we know that, A.
00:54 B, there's this lingering issue of who how good he thinks he is
01:00 and whether he should be regarded as the equal of Tatum.
01:03 And does he want to go somewhere, you know, to, quote,
01:06 have his own show, unquote, a la Kyrie, you know, years ago?
01:09 This is all just all speculation because he's never,
01:13 you know, he's only he only leaves you wondering.
01:16 He doesn't say anything about it.
01:18 But I still think they'll get it done.
01:22 I just think they got to pay him.
01:24 I wish they didn't have to pay him to Max.
01:25 I've gone through that because that's the reason I have to pay him.
01:27 Max is a stupid reason, you know, because he made second team all week.
01:31 I mean, that's absurd.
01:32 They should never have been fortified.
01:34 But anyway, it's the reality.
01:36 And so I'm not I'm worried, but I'm not I'm not worried.
01:42 I'm anxious to get it done.
01:44 I still think it'll be done again.
01:47 I said this last week a little bit.
01:50 Is it dragging a little bit because Brad Stevens is so
01:54 smart for lack of a better word and just saying, like,
02:00 I'm not going to rush into this thing.
02:01 Who knows what the asking price is going to be for Damian Lillard in a week or two weeks.
02:06 Let me slow play this a little bit.
02:08 And who knows?
02:10 Maybe the asking price comes down enough.
02:12 You know, also, the fifth year player option is important in this one,
02:19 because otherwise you're basically given Jalen Brown control for five years.
02:23 And again, listen, guys, do we really think unless they win a title?
02:29 Do we really think there's any chance Jalen Brown is here for five more years after this year?
02:34 No, no chance.
02:35 Zero.
02:36 No, I don't even think Tatum's a long time.
02:39 If they don't win a title, you could be right.
02:44 I think he's gone.
02:47 I don't know if he's gone because he's still the guy and beloved here today.
02:53 But you're right.
02:53 If he doesn't win a title next year, does the fan base start to turn on Tatum and Brown
03:00 more than they turn on Brad Stevens?
03:04 This year is Joe Mizzoula, right?
03:06 Mizzoula was the fall guy this year for the most part.
03:09 He was the one everybody was expressing their anger at.
03:13 But I think next year it flips and it becomes whether it's Tatum or Brown or a combination
03:19 of both.
03:19 But I also think that the Mizzoula thing will linger until and unless they do win.
03:26 Yeah, they got to win in the playoffs.
03:28 I'm just saying, you know, he's a handy target.
03:31 And it's particularly my guy, you know, Houston has a turnaround year next year.
03:39 They won't.
03:40 They won't, Bob.
03:40 You don't have to worry about that.
03:41 I mean, they may turn around and win 10 more games.
03:43 But I mean, yeah, that turnaround year would be 38 and 44.
03:47 Right.
03:47 So, yeah.
03:48 I just to wrap this one up, I just have a feeling that the player doesn't really want
03:52 to be here in Brown and the Celtics don't want him at that money.
03:55 And that's just what I keep coming back to.
03:59 Now, Bob's right.
04:00 Everything Bob said is factually correct.
04:02 So it's almost like a forced marriage, you know, which I don't like.
04:06 I really don't like that.
04:09 So we'll see.
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