00:00Do you think the Celtics are actively shopping Jalen Brown as Kevin O'Connor, for one, seems to suggest?
00:07I don't think they are actively shopping him.
00:10I think they are very much willing to move him for the right guy, whether it's Giannis or whether it's
00:15the right package of players from T-Max.
00:18Okay, so that's a semantic answer there, though.
00:20So you think they're ready to move on from Jalen Brown?
00:22Yeah, I think with the way the NBA is going right now, Felger, with these contracts, building around two Max
00:29guys in this new CBA, all the aprons and stuff, I think that can be a challenge.
00:35So if you're coming off two disappointing playoff exits, you have to look at all the potential options in play
00:41in terms of how to best configure your team.
00:43The easy solution would be, hey, Jason Tatum was hurt last year.
00:46Let's improve the supporting cast around Jalen and Jason.
00:49Let's run it back.
00:50You can certainly make the case for that.
00:52But Jalen Brown is coming off his best season.
00:55His value is probably higher right now than he'll ever be when he's on this Supermax contract.
01:00And so when you have a guy like Giannis become available, you have to explore that.
01:05And to be honest, if you think you want to center more of this team around building forward with Tatum
01:09and then putting a bunch of role guys around him,
01:11a la like how the Knicks are built or how the Thunder are built, then this is probably a good
01:15opportunity to start that process.
01:17So you think they're in on Giannis as well?
01:20Yeah, absolutely.
01:20Legitimately.
01:21A hundred percent.
01:22Given what, if you're going up against the Heat right now and you've seen, I'm sure you guys have talked
01:27about the Heat offer the last couple weeks.
01:29If you let him walk away for that, I think that's not malpractice if you're going to sell this because
01:34there are reasons not to go off to Giannis.
01:36But if the price is that low, you have to –
01:40And the price is Hero, help me with the –
01:43Jaquez.
01:44Jaquez and the 13th overall pick.
01:4513th overall pick.
01:47The Celtics – you can make the case the Celtics could beat that offer without offering Jalen Brown.
01:51That's the case I've been making.
01:52And that's what I think they're doing.
01:54You think they would trade Jalen Brown for Giannis though?
01:56I think when push comes to shove, depending on how much more they have to add with Jalen Brown to
02:01the deal.
02:01I think there's probably a line in the stands if you're Brad Stevens in terms of how much left over
02:06you have to build around Tatum and Giannis.
02:09And so I don't expect them to reach that point.
02:10But for now, I'm sure they're saying, yeah, we will 100% make a deal with you, Milwaukee, without Jalen
02:17Brown because we think the offer we can give you here is better than what the blue player that he
02:21has.
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