Clippers analyst off on what LA can get in Jaylen Brown trade with Boston Celtics

Should the Boston Celtics bow out of the Eastern Conference Finals, Jaylen Brown will be a name bandied about the rumor mill every single day — and at times, the price the Cs would ask for him will vary from analyst to analyst.

Clipperholics’ Iliyan Lakhani believes the price for Brown in a trade involving Los Angeles could involve Paul George, which is correct, but also believes — likely incorrectly in this writer’s opinion — that the Celtics would need to be the team including draft capital in a potential deal.

“A trade package between these two teams would be pretty straightforward,” Lakhani prefaced before saying, “With Brown’s performances against the Miami Heat, the Clippers have plenty of leverage they can look to take advantage of. In fact, LA could also ask for draft compensation while only trading George and a player off the bench.”

The Boston Celtics would need to lose leverage to give up draft assets in a Jaylen Brown trade

For the Boston Celtics to be in a position to need to give up draft compensation in addition to Brown in any trade scenario, there would need to be a complete loss of leverage on the franchise’s part.

One of the only feasible ways that could happen would be Brown demanding a trade. The more specific the trade demand, the less leverage the team would have negotiating with Brown’s preferred team of choice. Another way, which would be a worst-case scenario, would be Brown getting injured during the Eastern Conference Finals.

Regardless, swapping Brown for a star on the wrong side of 30, and closer to 35 than 30, should not require Boston to be the team giving up any draft capital. While George would be a great fit next to Tatum as someone who has led the charge for the Pacers and for a Kawhi Leonard-less Clippers and as someone who’ll gladly play the No. 2 role, it’d be too much of a loss in a trade to give up No. 7 and future draft picks.