Celtics are listening to trade quotes about Jaylen Brown and Derek White

Accident, really...

That's what happened, according to the famous reporter Shams, the Celtics are listening to the deal quotes about Jaylen Brown and Derek White.

In addition, Shams also revealed that the Celtics will prioritize trading of Holiday, Porzingis and Hauser, which is the top priority of their work this summer.

The Celtics made a big move this summer, and they would definitely send it away with all their strength, but it was completely unexpected that they considered trading Brown.

For the current Celtic team, the two-Tanhua Tatum + Brown are the dual core teams. In the past eight years, the team has formed a team around them, reaching the finals in a total of 2 times and winning the championship once, which is definitely a success.

Especially considering that they just won the championship last season and their regular season record is still as high as 61 wins and 21 losses this year, the team has no motivation to break up this group of super dual-cores.

The main reasons for the management to dismantle the team are as follows...

First is the explosion of the team's salary structure. This season, their total salary and luxury tax are the third in the league. Of course, this is based on the fact that Tatum's super contract has not yet taken effect. The 5-year, 314 million super maximum salary renewed by Tatum and the team last summer will take effect in the new season.

Tatum + Brown alone bears a total contract of $600 million. In addition, Holiday's annual salary next season will be 32.4 million, Porzingis will be 30.73 million, and White will be 28.1 million. Next season, there will be 5 players with an annual salary of more than 25 million.

Last year, the team's former boss cashed out at a record high of US$6.1 billion, and the new boss's first year loss was as high as US$80 million. The team's total expenditure next season is expected to exceed 500 million, and the losses will further increase by then.

Under such huge salary pressure, the team's management will have to get rid of the burden. Veterans like Holiday who are in a decline must find a way to clean up the first.

The second is the team leader Tatum's Achilles tendon ruptured. It is conservatively estimated that it will start with a rest of 10 months, so this also means that the Celtics can almost give up next season. In this case, the team needs to optimize the space even more.

So whether it is the team's explosive salary structure or the team's next restructuring perspective, the Celtics will make adjustments. In the eyes of the management, the only foundation that cannot be moved is Tatum.

As for Brown, although he is one of the team's dual cores, his biggest problem is that his contract is too large.

In the summer of 2023, Brown and the team reached a five-year, $305 million super maximum salary, becoming the first player in NBA history to have a contract of $300 million. The contract has 4 years and $237 million.

This year's playoffs, Brown averaged 22.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3. Turnovers in the playoffs, with a shooting percentage of 44.1% + 33.3%, and a real shooting percentage of 54.2%. In the semi-finals, the team was forced to the edge of the cliff by the Knicks 2-3, with Brown's decline in this link being the key.

As a comparison, Brown played his masterpiece in the playoffs last year, averaging 29.8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and 20.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5 assists per game in the finals. While winning the MVP of the Eastern Conference Finals + MVP of the Finals, it also helped the team win the championship again after 16 years.

When returning this season, Brown's condition is declining in both the regular season and the playoffs, and the overall output and efficiency are inconsistent with the super top salary. Of course, the only criterion for measurement is to win the championship.

Overall, facing such a Brown with a guaranteed attendance rate and is at the peak of his career, although the contract is huge, from the perspective of team building, as long as there is still hope of winning the championship, the possibility of trading in the short term is relatively low.

The team will give priority to dealing with Holiday and Porzingis contracts, but if high-quality chips appear, or the team's trading Holiday and Porzingis is not going well, and faces White's contract renewal problem, it is really not ruled out that Brown will be traded.