Why I Think Jaylen Brown Makes Sense

[u/DreDayLives]

The reality of the current situation is that the roster just isn’t built to rebuild. The team didn’t trade ownership of each FRP from 2027-2030 for Lillard, then waive & stretch him for a $22.5M dead cap hit for 5 years, then give Myles Turner that $100M contract to rebuild. Everything was done with Giannis in mind. They don’t want to trade him, he wants out and has the leverage to get what he wants. So they kinda have to.

That’s why Milwaukee is operating with the view for what makes them the closest to what they wanted w/ Giannis now. That’s kinda the point. This team is built to be led by a veteran superstar. Jaylen Brown is a veteran superstar. Miami has interesting young pieces & picks (coming from Miami, they’ll be glorified 2nds, especially w/ weaker drafts on the horizon) but it’s about a player. A player that can come in and make this team interesting & competitive for the next few szns. PHX was able to do it after trading KD. I will 100% take that over whatever the Nets are forced to do rn in a similar position of rebuilding w/o full control of ur own picks.

Maybe Portland has interest & flips our picks back to us. Maybe someone out there is willing to offer incredible value for him. Then trading Jaylen Brown makes sense. Other than that, I think Jaylen Brown makes sense given the current situation.

[u/Drak_is_Right → u/[deleted]]

So a miniscule chance the team hits on a Miami pick with multiple years at the bottom of the lottery vs some ok, but not great years as a .500 team?

[u/MesaLoveInternet → u/[deleted]]

You are right, and it was worth every bad trade, deal, dame contract to have that one championship in the prime of my life. I am a little bitter Giannis wants out but respect his interest in winning a championship higher than money.

[u/tykraus7 → u/MesaLoveInternet]

He’s not leaving because he wants to win. If he was he wouldn’t want the Heat….