After ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Celtics have been speaking with the Nets a few doable Jaylen Brown-Kevin Durant swap, your first intuition may need been to marvel how Brown felt about his title being in commerce rumors for what appears to be a seasonal custom in his younger profession.
Then, you may need puzzled what Durant considered coming to Boston for the twilight of his profession. Let’s not overlook that given a possibility to be in inexperienced again in 2016, KD selected the Warriors as a substitute in free company. Would he even wish to be a Celtic now?
And outdoors of a number of the peripheral gamers within the rumored commerce packages — Marcus Good and Derrick White have each been talked about as doable ancillary items heading to Brooklyn — you may need additionally puzzled what you considered sending out a homegrown expertise for one of many best gamers of this technology. With the Celtics already the betting favorite to win the championship next season, would the entrance workplace desire an extended interval of competition over arguably a wider short-term window?
After which after all, there’s Jayson Tatum.
At a premiere for Showtime’s Level Gods, Jayson Tatum addressed the studies and rumors circling the Celtics this week.
Requested in regards to the quite a few studies of a doable commerce that would ship out his teammate of 5 years to Brooklyn, Tatum stated, “I don’t make something of it. I simply play basketball.”
When pressed additional about being paired with Durant, he replied, “I performed with him through the Olympics clearly. He’s an amazing participant. However that’s not my choice. I like our workforce. I like the blokes that we obtained. I don’t know if that report is true or not.”
Tatum went on to reference the additions of veterans Malcolm Brogdon and Danilo Gallinari to a younger workforce that went to the NBA Finals final season. He pressured that his job was to “play together with his teammates” and that entrance workplace selections weren’t his purview. He punctuated his level by saying, “I don’t imagine all the things I see on TV. I’ve seen some %&@# about me that was a lie. You by no means actually know what’s true and what’s not true.”
And for what it’s price, Paul Pierce was on the similar premiere (so was Durant) and voiced his opinion on the rumored deal. “They not going to do this. They not going to do this. That ain’t taking place,” the former Celtic and Hall of Famer said on Tuesday. “We don’t obtained to make no strikes.”
