The Jaylen Brown drama is peaking, and it may not die down any time for him or the Boston Celtics. It's not like situations like these are new. Brown clearly wants to get his story out there, and it's clear Boston does too. Now, we've got our latest twist in this tale: Brown wanted a fresh start.
Celtics alum and commentator Brian Scalabrine revealed during his appearance on SiriusXM NBA Radio that Brown specifically wanted the team to meet his demands or trade him after the season wrapped up. More specifically, Brown also was pushing for Milwaukee and that he was trying to convince some of his Celtics teammates to come with him.
Well, that's quite a Shyamalan-like twist if this is true. Keep in mind that Scalabrine wouldn't report something this juicy if he didn't know the full details. Even if it's a conveniently timed response to when Brown recently said he and Jayson Tatum don't have beef but have "gravy and lamb chops."
There's a lot to unpack from this, but it makes the Celtics' failed pursuit of Giannis Antetokounmpo even funnier because it sounds like (not confirmed) Brown was very much okay with being swapped for the Greek Freak as long as it meant he was going to get his own team. Why is that funny? Because the Bucks didn't feel the same way.
Neither Brown nor Celtics got what they wanted exactly
Boston definitely wanted Giannis, but not at the price the Bucks set to get him. Many will question why the Celtics didn't add more to the deal, but upon seeing the Heat's immense struggles since they got their hands on the Greek Freak, it's starting to make more sense why they held firm on offering Brown and picks alone.
After getting a taste of being the alpha, it's clear Brown no longer wanted to go back to being the Beta to Tatum. Not only is it funny that the Bucks looked at him and said, "Nah, we need more," but instead, he was sent to Philadelphia where he is now fourth in their pecking order.
Maybe Brown wouldn't be as sour grapes about it if Milwaukee had played ball, but the Heat's struggles prove why they wanted their offer and not the Celtics. They wanted to reset, not retool. Ironically, that's not necessarily a reflection of Brown, but it is funny that he didn't seem to care who he played for as long as he got to stay at the top of the food chain.
And Boston couldn't even do that.
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