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Now that the Milwaukee Bucks have finally traded Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat, one NBA insider expects a “bidding war” for Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown.
The Celtics reportedly offered Brown and two first-round draft picks for Antetokounmpo, but the package was not enticing enough for the Bucks, who ended up dealing the two-time MVP to the Miami Heat for a package of players and picks.
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Brown was linked twice to a trade for the 10-time All-Star.
“Boston is in a situation where they have put for the whole world out there Jaylen Brown, their [NBA] Finals MVP,” ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said Tuesday on “Get Up.”
“They, of course, knew it was possible they were going to lose to Miami. They wanted to win, they made a very strong offer, but they were not willing to put their entire team in. They were not willing to put other pieces in because on the other side of this trade, they had to have a team.
“And so now what I expect to happen is a bidding war from Jaylen Brown from other teams in the league. In the most recent days, teams have been preparing for this eventuality, that it wouldn’t be the Boston Celtics who won the Giannis Sweepstakes, and that there would be a Jaylen Brown market.
“I think it will take some time to play out, but if there’s a draft pick involved, it could happen today. I don’t think that’s likely, but it could happen today.”
Windhorst added: “My guess is, even if Giannis wasn’t available, I swear I think Jaylen Brown might be on the block this year. So I think Jaylen Brown is probably, not for sure, is probably going to be elsewhere when the season opens.”
On the other hand, another ESPN analyst said Brown should feel “relieved” after the trade.
“Hopefully, [Brown] is feeling relieved, in my opinion,” Jefferson said Tuesday on “SportsCenter.” “You have to understand that this is part of the business. If Giannis comes up, there’s going to be a lot of All-Star players who are sweating, he was not the only one.
“And really it is a compliment if you are a player of Jaylen Brown’s stature and they’re talking about a two-time MVP. Could you be a little bit frustrated? But understand that your name was mentioned, not Jayson Tatum.”
With Tatum injured for much of the season, Brown finished sixth in MVP voting this season after averaging 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists.
Brown then raised eyebrows by declaring that this was his “favorite season of my career.”
“I got to see Hugo come in as a rookie and have impact,” he explained. “I got to see [Jordan] Walsh gain confidence in himself. I got to see Neemias [Queta] become a starting center in the NBA. I got to see Jayson Tatum mentally overcome his injury.”
Now the Celtics will move forward with Brown (at least for now) while Antetokounmpo moves to South Beach.
“[Brown] most likely in this present form [was] the most valuable player that [Boston] could offer for Giannis,” Jefferson said. “That was the most value. You had the highest value. They might not have been looking at Jayson Tatum.
“They were looking at you as a First-Team All-NBA, Second-Team All-NBA caliber player, a Top 10 player in this league, two-way player, so they wanted you.
“They couldn’t get the deal done...But if you’re Jaylen Brown, that is a compliment...where you and Giannis are in the same space where they’re saying, ‘Hey, we want that player to build our franchise around.’...
“You should still feel...relief if you wanted to be in Boston, if you wanted to continue building....”
He added: “That is a compliment, it is not necessarily an insult and hopefully [Brown] takes this and uses it as motivation for the future.”
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