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The Celtics have asked for a lot for Jaylen Brown but teams like Portland have been unwilling to meet their price. Adam Glanzman \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
June 30, 2026 Updated 1:44 pm EDT<\/p>\n
A quick word on Jaylen Brown, as his sticky situation continues to loom so large over this offseason. Barring a drastic and unforeseen change in the market, the Boston Celtics will have to significantly lower their asking price if they plan on trading him anytime soon.<\/p>\n
As you\u2019ve no doubt heard by now, they\u2019ve been asking for up to four first-round picks (in addition to players) for a team to land the 29-year-old forward. We knew this during the Giannis Antetokounmpo negotiations but it remains true in the wake of Boston getting beat out by Miami in those sweepstakes.<\/p>\n
And while there is some interest in Brown out there, the fact-finding I\u2019ve done over the course of the past couple days strongly indicates that it\u2019s nowhere near the level they\u2019d like.<\/p>\n
Here are the most timely examples.<\/p>\n
Is Jaylen Brown ready to leave Boston?<\/p>\n
Zenab Keita and Esfandiar Baraheni<\/p>\n
Portland: <\/strong>League sources have been tying the Blazers to Brown for some time now, but all indications are that their interest is moderate, at best. And, again, nothing close to what the Celtics have been asking for, according to sources who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe ongoing deliberations.<\/p>\n Denver: <\/strong>While the Nuggets have certainly considered the Brown option, they haven\u2019t spoken to the Celtics since the weekend and their interest has been significantly overstated, according to team sources who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe ongoing negotiations. There\u2019s a familiar obstacle, too, as the Nuggets simply don\u2019t have the draft assets to satisfy the Celtics\u2019 ask. Even if they did, it seems, they wouldn\u2019t have the motivation to move them in exchange for Brown.<\/p>\n Brooklyn: <\/strong>The Nets are another team that has been tied to Brown but the Nets are not engaged with the Celtics at all and don\u2019t appear to be heading in that direction, those sources said.<\/p>\n All in all, this makes many wonder where the Celtics go from here. If they don\u2019t move Brown, there will be some serious relationship rehabilitation to be done between the two sides with how this summer has unfolded.<\/p>\n Jun 30, 2026<\/p>\n Connections: Sports Edition<\/p>\n Spot the pattern. Connect the terms<\/p>\n Find the hidden link between sports terms<\/p>\n Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Celtics have asked for a lot for Jaylen Brown but teams like Portland have been unwilling to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":903679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[3125,3124,3134,51,1260,50,3133,52],"class_list":["post-903678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-boston-celtics","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-headlines","tag-nba","tag-news","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-top-stories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116840589351406140","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n