Boston Celtics Receive: G/F Anfernee Simons, C Jusuf Nurkic, 2023 First-Round Pick (No. 3 – POR)
Portland Trail Blazers Receive: G/F Jaylen Brown
With that said, we shouldn’t be selling Boston’s Conference Finals run short.
Brown is only 26. Jayson Tatum is 25. Frankly, not many teams this young have made this type of run in NBA history, either.
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Yet, our expectations were higher. That’s because last season, the Celtics were a little younger. Somehow, they advanced to the NBA Finals anyway.
Still, historically, a Finals run followed by a Conference Finals run would keep a young core together. With that said, we exist in the moment. In this era of player empowerment, players move on more quickly than before.
Should the Celtics move on from Brown?