The Association crew reacts to the Philadelphia 76ers acquiring Jaylen Brown in a blockbuster trade with the Boston Celtics.
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. The deal was first reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania and confirmed by The Athletic and The Boston Globe.
76ers receive:
- Jaylen Brown
Celtics receive:
- Paul George
- 2028 first-round pick
- 2031 first-round pick (via PHI)
- 2028 second-round pick (best of GSW/OKC/MIL)
- 2030 second-round pick (best of WAS/POR/PHX)
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. pic.twitter.com/xNcNlIV2mh
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2026
The trade brings Brown’s tenure to Boston to an end after five All-Star appearances in a 10-season run that saw him play in more wins — when counting both regular season and playoff games — than any other player in the league over that span.
And it is another huge move being made via trade this summer, after Giannis Antetokounmpo went from Milwaukee to Miami; Kawhi Leonard and Brandon Ingram headlined a swap between the Toronto Raptors and Los Angeles Clippers; and Ja Morant got traded to Portland by Memphis.
The trade breaks up what has been one of the league’s most successful 1-2 punches in Brown and Jayson Tatum, who helped carry the Celtics to the 2024 NBA title, with Brown winning Finals MVP honors.
Tatum missed most of this past season while recovering from an Achilles tear that happened in the 2025 playoffs, meaning Brown had to carry even more of the load for Boston — and he wound up with career-best averages 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game.
It seemed, though, that Brown has felt underappreciated, especially after it became known that Boston had included him in trade talks with Milwaukee when Antetokounmpo was on the market.
“Nobody has won more combined regular-season and playoff games since I entered the league 10 years ago,” Brown posted on social media over the weekend. He’s right: The Celtics have won 523 games with Brown in the lineup, including playoff contests, which is six more than Denver has won with Nikola Jokic over that span.
Brown now gets to be part of a squad in Philadelphia alongside guards Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe and center Joel Embiid. The Sixers eliminated the Celtics in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs in the latest of a record 23 postseason matchups between the Eastern Conference rivals.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
