Additional details on Jaylen Brown trade, per @sam_amick, @byjayking:
- Trade "not driven by finances"
- Blazers' analytics view Brown as a "negative player"
- One current GM doesn't view Brown as a top-50 player in the league
- Celtics believe all four picks received will be valuable whether kept or used in trades
- Boston questioned whether Brown would buy in to re-accepting a smaller role alongside Jayson Tatum
- Celtics thought Brown went "off script" too often during playoff series loss to Sixers
Lakers' reported signings didn't quite add up under the cap, so either the reports were slightly inflated or LAL opened a little more spending power to use on their committed signings going from Ayton to Hardy
ESPN Analyst Matt Miller takes part in the ALS ice bucket challenge to support Chris Johnson.
Miller had recently lost his left arm in a car crash but is already thinking about others.
As the free agent market moves along, sources say Minnesota and Golden State have both pitched the NBA’s top-remaining forward, Rui Hachimura.
More @TheSteinLine on Jaylen Brown, LeBron James, and Jonathan Kuminga: https://t.co/IPoSoDmW13