Breaking Down the Celtics' Stunning Jaylen Brown Trade (w/ Evan Turner)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
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🗓️ 2 July 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Chris Mannix and Evan Turner react to the Celtics' stunning decision to trade Jaylen Brown to the 76ers for Paul George and a handful of draft picks, breaking down why the move has sparked so much backlash in Boston and whether it can actually make the Celtics better. They also discuss what this means for Jayson Tatum, how Brown fits alongside Joel Embiid in Philadelphia, and where Boston goes from here after one of the biggest trades in recent NBA history.
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| 0:00.0 | Now playing. |
| 0:01.5 | Open Floor. |
| 0:03.1 | This is Open Floor. |
| 0:05.4 | Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix back at it. |
| 0:07.7 | An NBA podcast with Sports Illustrated senior writer. |
| 0:11.5 | I think it's time that the world get to know. |
| 0:14.2 | My guy Chris Manix. |
| 0:15.4 | I think your opinion is shared by everyone. |
| 0:17.2 | And now it begins. |
| 0:18.3 | Now it begins. |
| 0:19.6 | Bang! |
| 0:22.0 | All right. This is, I believe, my third episode recording this week, my second time recording |
| 0:28.9 | with Evan Turner, former number two overall draft pick, |
| 0:32.1 | Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year, 10-year NBA veteran, |
| 0:37.3 | and the exact right guy to talk about the one topic that we're going to get into on this show. |
| 0:43.4 | And that is the seismic move that the Boston Celtics have made dealing Jalen Brown to the Philadelphia 76. |
| 0:51.6 | Now, the particulars of this deal, Evan, which have not gone over well |
| 0:55.8 | in Boston, to say the least. The Celtics deal down in exchange for Paul George, two first round |
| 1:05.2 | draft picks, one in 2028, one in 2031, and two second round picks. The 2028 pick is a little bit convoluted, |
| 1:13.8 | but it's most likely going to be the one conveying from the Los Angeles Clippers. |
| 1:19.4 | The 2031 picks and unprotected Philadelphia picks. So I've got so many thoughts. I've been writing |
| 1:24.5 | about it for the last 24 hours. I've been talking about it on the radio. |
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