The Boston Celtics took a step back this season by getting eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals after being in the NBA Finals the season prior.
Right now, there isn’t a need to panic. The most important elements of their core are young. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are the types of wings that any team would love to have.
However, there are cost considerations that have to be accounted for when it comes to having a pair of supermax players. They need to be the absolute best in the league to command that. That’s 70 percent combined of their team’s salary cap.
Credit to the Celtics for often getting to a big stage in the playoffs, but their top players have underachieved when lights shine their brightest. Can they win it all paying them that much?
With that in mind, some have speculated as to whether they could trade Brown this summer.
Here’s a deal that sends him to the Portland Trail Blazers.
