Trade Radar · open rumor · Friday, October 23 · 18 h ago
Celtics Notes: Tatum, Brown, George, Walsh, Pritchard
via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗
In a new video series featuring Jayson Tatum (YouTube link), the Celtics star explains his reaction when he learned about the Jaylen Brown trade, Conor Ryan of The Boston Globe relays in a subscriber-only story. Tatum says ESPN’s Shams Charania broke the news about the deal to him in person. “We (were) in Vegas. I […]
Confidence
45%
| Reporter starting tier | 45 | unattributed report |
| Corroboration | +0 | nobody else has reported this yet |
| Age | −0 | 1 day old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25 |
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Who it involves
Jayson Tatum
Celtics · F-G · 21.8 pts · 10.0 reb · 5.3 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $58.46M · next season $62.79M
Jaylen Brown
76ers · G-F · 28.7 pts · 6.9 reb · 5.1 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $57.08M · next season $61.02M
Boston Celtics
$198.7M · over the cap · 14 contracts · cap sheet
What would have to happen
Build it in the Trade Machine →Jaylen Brown → Celtics
Send out at least $45.46M
The Celtics are over the cap, so to take on $57.08M they need to send out $45.46M or more under the 125% + $250k rule.
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