Despite Constant Kevin Durant Trade Rumors, Jaylen Brown Accepts He’s Not Untouchable Like Celtics Teammate, Jayson Tatum

Jaylen Brown reportedly knows she’s not untouchable in business negotiations like Jayson Tatum is, as she was recently in a package deal for Kevin Durant.

Kevin Durant’s saga with the Brooklyn Nets in the last NBA offseason is what kept fans on the edge of their seats for almost 2 months straight. Aside from the Utah Jazz trading their two franchise mainstays in Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, Durant’s desire to get out was the only thing keeping the summer of 2022 from being an outright bust.

Several teams around the league, from the Phoenix Suns to the Memphis Grizzlies, believed they had a chance to catch KD. However, the franchise with perhaps the best package for the Brooklyn Nets was none other than the Boston Celtics.

Durant had flirted with going to the Celts during the 2016 offseason. Six years later, the opportunity arose again. The package that Brad Stevens and company offer to BKN focused on the man: Jaylen Brown.

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Jaylen Brown is not offended by Kevin Durant’s involvement in the trade package.

For a long time, Danny Ainge placed Jaylen Brown in packages for NBA superstars. Both Anthony Davis and Kawhi Leonard almost came into the fold with Brown as the center of the trade. Now, despite being the best player for Boston in the 2022 NBA Finals, his name is once again being used on a commercial package.

Jared Weiss, who covers the Boston Celtics for ‘The Athletic’, was asked by HoopsHype on Kevin Durant’s situation regarding Jaylen and Ime Udoka (Udoka was an assistant coach for the Nets).

“I think Jaylen understands that he is KD and that the only trade candidate or the only player they were considering trading for was Durant. It’s not like it’s a Donovan Mitchell situation.” Weiss said. He continued with, “Jayson Tatum is untouchable and Jaylen is not, and he knows it.”

Fans point out how Jaylen Brown has always been in business talks, which has lowered her morale. However, what they don’t understand is that she puts him in these packages for elite level superstars who are top 5 in the league.

Previous Jaylen Brown business packages.

The two biggest times Jaylen’s name came up in trade talks, other than last summer with Kevin Durant, were in 2018 and 2019. The 2018 package included him, Marcus Smart and some of their top picks. draft for a disgruntled Kawhi Leonard ready to leave the team. Spurs.

However, the Celtics were hesitant to include Brown in this deal. The same would go for Anthony Davis in the 2018-19 season, where Brown was once again on the table but was quickly eliminated.

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