Chris Mannix: The Celtics Need Everything to Break Right for the Jaylen Brown Trade to Work

Sports Illustrated analyst Chris Mannix critiques the Boston Celtics' decision to trade Jaylen Brown for Paul George and draft assets. The article questions the strategic logic behind the move, noting that the team's leadership claims it was about creating 'optionality' rather than analytics or cost-cutting.
BOSTON — If you were looking for the why on the Jaylen Brown trade—as in why the Celtics would trade a top 10-ish player for a faded ex-All-Star and a couple of first-round picks—you left Monday’s news conference with some answers.
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