The Truth Behind the Celtics Trading Jaylen Brown (w/ Jay King)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
SI NBA
4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Senior Writer Chris Mannix is joined by The Athletic's Jay King to break down the Boston Celtics' first press conference following the blockbuster Jaylen Brown trade. After hearing from Brad Stevens and the Celtics' front office, they examine why Boston decided to move on from JB, what the team revealed about its championship outlook, and how Paul George fits into the franchise's future.
The two also discuss the salary cap challenges that shaped the decision, whether the Celtics believed their championship window with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown had closed, and what comes next for one of the NBA's most talked-about teams.
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| 0:00.0 | Now playing. |
| 0:01.5 | Open Floor. |
| 0:03.1 | This is Open Floor. |
| 0:05.3 | 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. |
| 0:14.1 | My guy Chris Manix. |
| 0:15.4 | I think your opinion is shared by everyone. |
| 0:17.1 | And now it begins. |
| 0:18.3 | Now it begins. |
| 0:19.6 | Bang! |
| 0:22.5 | All right. |
| 0:32.4 | The Boston Celtics held their first media availability since the Jalen Brown trade became official. |
| 0:34.5 | Jalen Brown gone. |
| 0:35.4 | Paul George. |
| 0:40.6 | Two first round picks are in on Monday. Brad Stevens, Bill Chisholm. |
| 0:55.4 | They met the media. They spoke for about 45 minutes. But what did they say exactly? And did they say anything that will answer some of the outstanding questions? I was there. So wasn't Jay King, the kid from the athletic Celtics reporter, uh, was in the room as well. Jay, I guess, uh, let me just start a big picture |
| 1:01.9 | there then with you. Um, did you walk away from that press conference with, uh, any of the answers |
| 1:09.7 | you were looking for? |
| 1:18.6 | I think Brad laid out the, in the most Brad way possible, like trying to be super nice to Jalen, trying to be super respectful of a player who meant so much to the Celtics franchise |
| 1:24.1 | throughout the years laid out the reasoning for his trade and the biggest |
| 1:28.6 | reason in Brad's eyes was that the same championship path that the Celtics took in |
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