00:00Do you think the personal relationship or lack thereof between Brown and Tatum or Jalen Brown's personality played a factor
00:10or any problems between Jalen Brown and the team played a role in the trade?
00:15Yeah, absolutely. Was it the number one reason it happened? No, the number one reason it happened was money.
00:20The number two reason it happened was basketball. The number three reason it happened was because Brown and Tatum, I
00:27believe Shams, when he says, did not have much of a personal relationship at this point.
00:31If Jason Tatum went in there and pounded the table and said, we need to keep Jalen Brown, do you
00:36think they keep Jalen Brown?
00:37Yes, probably. Yeah, because that's a real tough spot to put the owner in who obviously wants to cut money.
00:43But if you have your star player saying, keep Jalen Brown, otherwise I'll be the next one out the door,
00:49the business is tied into Jason Tatum, Jalen Brown would have stuck around.
00:53So, yes, it's 1000% a factor. And I think you're being completely and totally naive if you think it
00:58wasn't a factor.
00:59This is the way it works in the NBA, and that's the way it played out here. Do I think
01:03they hate each other?
01:04No, I don't think they hate each other. But I think they were more than happy to have a breakup
01:08the same way that just about everybody in this relationship was happy to have a breakup.
01:13The owner didn't want to pay him. Brad Stevens looked at this and said, you guys consistently underachieve in the
01:18playoffs.
01:18Now it's time to move on. And Brown and Tatum said, we're good with this situation, too.
01:24There's a reason why they were so quick to make a move. It's because nobody wanted to continue.
01:29And this is one of the small factors is why this deal ultimately went down.
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