BOSTON — The Celtics are finished with Jaylen Brown, offloading the All-NBA wing to division rival Philadelphia for the most uninspiring trade package since Dallas dumped Luka Dončić, and the question now is … why?
Was it a basketball decision? Surely the Celtics don’t believe that the shell of Paul George is a better fit than Brown … do they? George played 78 games over two seasons in Philadelphia, posting numbers well below his final season in Los Angeles. George looked sharp in the first-round playoff series against Boston—which came just weeks after serving a 25-game suspension for testing positive for a banned substance.