Former Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge recently revealed a trade he did not pull the trigger on that could have significantly altered NBA history. Speaking on The Players Tribune’s “Knuckleheads” podcast, Ainge discussed a potential trade involving then- Chicago Bulls star forward Jimmy Butler, and the Celtics’ All-NBA wings Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
“Some of the best trades I ever made were the ones I wasn’t able to make,” said the current-day Utah Jazz team president. “I was trying to get Jimmy Butler from Chicago when I was in Boston, but they wanted a lot. So we didn’t do it because … it would’ve been Jaylen and Jayson, both those draft picks that we got Jaylen and Jayson with.”
