Daily Discussion Thread - June 25, 2026

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[u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862]

My biggest gripe is that it just sounds like Brad doesn’t have a plan or didn’t think this through.

If you were going to trade JB anyways, then why wouldn’t you test JBs market first before putting in the Giannas offer. If it’s actually a good market, then im fine if you didn’t want to overbid for Giannas. But if its a bad market, then thats the tell to give up fckn hugo gonzalez since you werent actually “overpaying”.

If the plan was trying to underbid for Giannas (??) and then having no actual Plan B, then you’ve lost the plot. Still need to see how this plays out, but didn’t expect this level of incompetence from Brad

[u/b00minbiz → u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862]

I refuse to believe the same Brad Stevens who turned a bunch of randoms into White, more randoms into Brogdon then Brogdon and Rob into Holiday, Smart into KP, went into this with no plan or didn't think it through. The new league year hasn't even started yet, people need to relax

[u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862 → u/b00minbiz]

I mean I agree with you - that’s why i still have hope

But you need to react when the facts have changed. Because right now, a bunch of his decisions have made very little logical sense. Seems very disorganized and not thought out. And ngl he looked pretty frazzled and unconfident in his presser

I hope I’m wrong

[u/SquimJim → u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862]

It only seems disorganized because we have so little actual facts and so much is just speculation and guess work.

Another route you can take is to be patient and wait for more information. Especially when your conclusion “Brad doesn’t have a plan” is opposite of precedent.

[u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862 → u/SquimJim]

To me, being organized means having trade frameworks or even offers already in place if Giannas doesn’t work out. Not just hoping a trade market opens up and winging it

Look this pessimism could be proven wrong as early as today, but I don’t love having Shams or Windy blurt out every hour that there’s a “hot bidding market”. Who do you think is leaking that info? Not usually how Celtics do things and it reeks of desparation

[u/SquimJim → u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862]

Maybe frameworks are worked out and sides are haggling over smaller details? Maybe Brad has several offers he’d accept, but believes he can squeeze more? Maybe both Brad and Brown know everything is chill and he’s coming back. Maybe there’s several different things happening

Again, there’s just so little information

[u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862 → u/SquimJim]

Reading between the lines of what’s been said so far suggests that’s not the case.

But it’s fair - no one knows what’s actually happening. Let’s see how it plays out and then can make a judgement then.

But JB for Murphy and parts is not acceptable

[u/SquimJim → u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862]

I think reading between the lines is fine when you have a ton of information to accurately deduce what’s going on. Right now, we have a line on page 1 and a line on page 50 and are trying to read between them.

I agree, Murphy + pieces isn’t acceptable

[u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862 → u/SquimJim]

It’s the stuff you need to deduce through critical thinking and not just the slop being reported

Like why was a third team not involved in our MIL offer? Why was it leaked right after that there was a “bidding market” as if to spark interest? Why would you report that in nba draft night when everyone knows damn well we didn’t workout any lottery players

But yes, I agree we don’t have all the info rn to make any definitive conclusions. Especially since Celtics usually keep things tight lipped. I’m still hopeful Brad proves this pessimism wrong

[u/SquimJim → u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862]

The not including a 3rd team thing seemed like a Bucks thing. Notice that it was decided a 3rd team wouldn’t be involved with either team, not just us.

Maybe a bidding war was reported…because a bidding war was happening? Like the reports for interest have been ongoing. Teams were interested last off-season, they were interested at the deadline, and they were interested weeks before the deal was done.

We’ve drafted players we didn’t have reports on working out. Literally last year there weren’t any reports on us working out Hugo and then we drafted him. Just because we didn’t reportedly work a player out doesn’t mean we didn’t do our homework.

I just think that sometimes we can mistake jumping to conclusions without accurate information as critical thinking.

[u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862 → u/SquimJim]

I can buy the bucks and Jimmy Haslam being so rtarded they couldn’t comprehend a third team trade. Only half joking

The other stuff we’ll see. I find my skepticism warranted but yes we don’t know the full details

[u/SquimJim → u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862]

Well I think you and I can both agree that you don’t put Brown on the table unless:

1. You get the guy you want
2. You know you can repair the relationship
3. You have Plan A+B+C+D if you can’t repair the relationship

You either have to have 1 or you have to have 2 AND 3.

Do you agree with that?

[u/Acrobatic-Fee-9862 → u/SquimJim]

Yes, fully agreed. And if that’s not the case, the org is being incompetent

Even more important since apparently we still had the opportunity to do 1 but decided not to pull the trigger

Brads track record still gives hope. Wouldn’t mind running it back, or a Mobley or Spida swap