With the Celtics now staring down a 3–0 deficit in the Eastern Conference finals against the Heat, former Boston star Kendrick Perkins says it’s time for the team to move on from the Jaylen Brown/Jayson Tatum duo.
Speaking on ESPN’s First Take on Monday morning, Perkins said, “It’s time to break up the duo” after Boston’s embarrassing 26-point defeat in Game 3. The ESPN analyst even proposed an intriguing trade for Brown that would shake up the NBA.
“[Brown and Tatum] don’t complement each other well,” Perkins said. “I ain’t saying they have to be best friends, but it’s alarming to me when I watch and I look across the internet and I see guys working out throughout the summertime, and I have never seen Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown link up one time. All good things have to come to an end.”
