Celtics Trade Jaylen Brown to 76ers for Paul George
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- Jaylen Brown heads to Philadelphia in exchange for Paul George, two first-round picks (2028, 2031) and two second-round selections (2028, 2030), per Shams Charania.
- Boston had been "full-blown shopping" Brown by Wednesday after its attempt to send him and two unprotected first-round picks to Milwaukee for Giannis Antetokounmpo fell through when the Bucks instead agreed to a deal with Miami.
- Brown exits Boston as a five-time All-Star and 2024 Finals MVP coming off a career year — 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game — and sixth-place finish in MVP voting; he turns 30 in October and is eligible for a one-year extension on July 26.
- Paul George, a nine-time All-Star who turns 36, will make $54.1 million this season with a $56.6 million player option for 2027-28; he returns from a 25-game suspension for violating the NBA's anti-drug policy and joins his fifth NBA team.
- Brown joins a 76ers squad featuring Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe that knocked Boston out of the playoffs in the first round — months after Brown called Embiid a "flopper" on a livestream following their postseason matchup.
- DraftKings moved Philadelphia's NBA Finals odds from 60-1 to 22-1 and Boston's from +700 to 10-1 after the deal; the Celtics also agreed to free agent deals with Mitchell Robinson and Mike Conley the same day.
Why it matters: Philadelphia swaps a 36-year-old nine-time All-Star coming off a 25-game drug-policy suspension for a 29-year-old at the peak of his career, and DraftKings slashed Philly's Finals odds from 60-1 to 22-1 — but Brown arrives having publicly mocked Embiid as a flopper, injecting friction into a roster built around the 76ers' franchise big man.
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