Shams on the Jaylen Brown trade:
"Sixers president reached out to the Celtics made offers in recent weeks...the Celtics had such a high bar on a deal. They were thinking if you're gonna trade us Paul George we need 4 firsts, 5 firsts, we need a player like a VJ Edgecombe. That was the bar that was set early. There were other teams around the league that might of stopped conversations or moved on to do other deals but the Sixers stayed with it...they stuck around and at the end of it, they were the last team standing today"
The #Sixers and Boston Celtics have been engaged on trade talks involving Jaylen Brown for the last week, @ShamsCharania said on SportsCenter.
“They have been engaged with Boston over the last week … I’m sure at the outside of these conversations, they wanted a VJ Edgecombe, they wanted four or five first-round picks, but that price has diminished over the last week.”
BLOCKBUSTER: The Boston Celtics have agreed to trade Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.
Michael Olise has a super rare combination where he can dribble, pass, create, is a high end athlete, can control tempo in the final 3rd and connect the midfield to the attack to act as an extra body in there.
This is Messi/Neymar stuff. Nobody outside of those two in the last 10-15 years does this. And even Neymar didn't do it on THIS stage.
Beautiful footballer. All-timer in the making and he is dropping a beautiful tournament. May it continue all the way until the final whistle on July 19th to help France get the 3rd star.
Heat and Raptors, two teams Sixers could have reasonably argued they were better than at the end of the season, have added superstars in recent days. A lot of time left between now and opening night, but think most would agree Miami and Toronto have leapfrogged Sixers for now.
Kawhi Leonard and Toronto Raptors will soon engage to structure out the terms on a two-year extension to lock up the future Hall of Famer through the 2028-29 season, sources say.
BREAKING: Due to sizable distance apart in negotiations, Detroit Pistons restricted free agent center Jalen Duren will meet with the Sacramento Kings at the start of free agency with the intentions of structuring a sign-&-trade out of Detroit.
Matt on Matt crime. @acokenoice shared screenshots during his time in @nfldraftscout’s leagues and it’s as scummy as it gets
•benefitting “charities” but never shared receipts of donations
•good Matt DM’d bad Matt last week about payment and he used the classic scammer “I’m locked out” of multiple accounts (yeah right)
•bad Matt would regularly drop NEW leagues and raffles to continue funneling donations/dues
The Timberwolves and Raptors have emerged as two of the teams with trade interest in Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball, league sources tell @JakeLFischer and me.
More to come …
#Lions CB Terrion Arnold has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery and kidnapping in Tampa, Florida, earlier this year, and is facing multiple felony charges that carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The case will be filed with @HillsboroughSAO.