Scalabrine Claims Jaylen Brown Sought Trade to Milwaukee
WHO:
The Boston Globe - Jaylen Brown is a five-time All-Star, NBA champion, and NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.
RealGM Basketball - A representative for Jaylen Brown denied that Brown demanded a trade or made several demands before he was traded.
RealGM Basketball - Brian Scalabrine later walked back his comments about Brown’s trade request and demands.
Boston.com - Brian Scalabrine discussed Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics.
Sportskeeda - The article referred to an unnamed “Ex-NBA Champ” making a claim about Jaylen Brown.
Sportskeeda - The headline mentioned Jayson Tatum in connection with rumors of a beef.
WHAT:
The Boston Globe - Brown posted “this what we’re doing?” after Celtics teammate Derrick White was selected for the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team over Brown.
The Boston Globe - Brown shared social-media posts suggesting the Celtics were as good without Jayson Tatum as with him.
The Boston Globe - Brown called his most recent Celtics season his favorite shortly after Boston lost a 3–1 playoff lead and was eliminated by Philadelphia.
The Boston Globe - Brown responded to Tatum’s account of being shocked by the trade with an Instagram cap emoji, implying Tatum was lying and knew about it.
The Boston Globe - Brown said, “There’s no beef, but it might be a little lamb chops and some gravy,” after Philadelphia beat Milwaukee.
The Boston Globe - Boston traded Brown for Paul George and four draft picks; George was 36 and a nine-time All-Star.
RealGM Basketball - Scalabrine said Brown wanted to be traded to the Bucks.
RealGM Basketball - Scalabrine said, “So technically, he did not demand to be traded. It was, ‘Do these things right here or else.’”
RealGM Basketball - Scalabrine said one possible demand was, “Give me the $140 million extension.”
RealGM Basketball - Brown was traded to the 76ers in a deal involving Paul George and several draft picks.
RealGM Basketball - Brown discussed his relationship with Jayson Tatum over the weekend.
Boston.com - The article reported that Brian Scalabrine said Jaylen Brown requested a trade from the Celtics.
Boston.com - Scalabrine said, “I think Jaylen Brown lives in his own reality.”
Sportskeeda - The headline claimed Brown “was rooting to get traded to Milwaukee.”
Sportskeeda - The article described Brown’s trade to the Philadelphia 76ers as one of the most surprising offseason moves.
Sportskeeda - The article said Brown had just completed his best season with the Boston Celtics, averaging a career-high 28.
WHERE:
Boston.com - The reported trade request concerned the Boston Celtics.
Sportskeeda - The headline identified Milwaukee as Brown’s preferred trade destination.
Sportskeeda - The article identified the Philadelphia 76ers as the team Brown was traded to.
WHY:
The Boston Globe - The article said Boston traded Brown in large part because the collective bargaining agreement makes building a contender difficult when two players have maximum contracts.
Sportskeeda - The headline framed the claim amid rumors of a beef between Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum.
HOW:
NY Post - Scalabrine walked back his trade report during an awkward live television moment.
Boston.com - Boston.com attributed the trade-request claim to Brian Scalabrine.
Sportskeeda - Sportskeeda presented the Milwaukee claim in its headline as a statement by an unnamed former NBA champion.
The Boston Celtics traded five-time All-Star Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George and four draft picks, with Boston’s salary constraints cited as a factor in the deal. Brian Scalabrine said Brown had sought a trade and wanted to go to Milwaukee, but Brown’s representative denied that he demanded a trade or made several demands, and Scalabrine later walked back his comments. Brown and Jayson Tatum had traded pointed social-media remarks, though Brown said there was no beef between them.