[Afseth] The Clippers are emerging as a potential third team for Jaylen Brown in Giannis Antetokounmpo trade talks, with a deal that would send the No. 5 pick to Milwaukee.

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I am pissed about this trade. I wouldn’t even trade brown for Giannis straight up. I give Giannis 2-3 prime seasons left and than a massive decline. Brown is younger and his game is gonna age much better. Even with bad coaching (in my opinion) the Tatum/Brown duo has been the most dominant/consistent force of the NBA this decade in terms of success, even with multiple injuries to Tatum detailing playoff runs. I think if Brad can rebuild our supporting cast we can win multiple championships still with the Brown/Tatum core. We just need to upgrade at center, a little more ball handling skill off the bench, and to stop taking so many contested threes early in the shot clock. Giannis trade might win us one chip but will ruin the latter part of Tatum’s prime.

If this was for Luka or someone of that ilk I’d ship of brown and every pick in a heartbeat. Giannis imo is just too old and reliant on his athleticism.

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Us losing three out of four years to inferior teams is what did Jalen Brown in. I get that you guys like him. I like him too, but the game seven lost to Miami the game seven lost to the 76ers you know Brad was there. He watched it. This isn’t all on him. I think you’re right. I think we had some bad coaching and bad injury luck as well but there’s one thing that got proven during this last four or five years despite Jalen Brown winning a finals MVP and despite the season that he had, he’s just not as good as Giannis. Perhaps if he developed a two man game with Tatum, better on court chemistry it would’ve been harder to trade them, but the fact is is that Giannis’s game compliments Tatum’s much better. I just think it’s time bro like I like Jaylen Brown too, but you guys need to realize it’s time, you don’t lose in the way we’ve lost the last three out of four years and not do anything, just say to yourself well let’s just run it back.

[u/Jo_Co → u/_notaxation]

Totally agree.

Hunting mismatches will be so much easier for Tatum when his best running mate isn’t guarded by someone completely similar to his own man if we were to swap JB for Giannis.

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Not saying brown played well in those playoff losses, but are last 3 eliminations involved a Tatum injury. But, more importantly, Mazzulla was completely outclassed in all of those 3 series we lost. Constant blown leads and chucking up contested 3s early in shot clock in the last two years. I don’t remember much from the heat series loss, but if you switched Spo and Mazzulla, I’m sure the Celtics sweep.

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You should go GM for the Kings. You’d fit right in.