This new Jaylen Brown trade idea sends the Boston Celtics star to the Atlanta Hawks.
In the wake of the Boston Celtics listening to trade offers for Jaylen Brown, a new blockbuster trade idea where the Atlanta Hawks acquire the All-Star has emerged.
NBA writer Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report proposed that the Hawks trade Onyeka Okongwu, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Corey Kispert and the 23rd overall pick in this year's draft to the Celtics for Brown.
Brown will make $57.1 million next season. He is under contract through the 2028-29 season.
The Hawks and Celtics spoke about a Brown trade last offseason. Brown was born and raised in Marietta, Georgia.
Brown is eligible for a two-year, $142 million extension in July. The one-time NBA champion has three seasons left on his current deal and a combined $183 million.
For the Celtics this past season, Brown averaged 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game. The five-time All-Star put up 25.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game against the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the playoffs, a series the Celtics lost in seven games after taking a 3-1 lead.
The Hawks lost to the New York Knicks in the first round in six games. They need another star next to Jalen Johnson and Dyson Daniels to be a legit contender next season.
Brown is one of the top two-way players in the NBA. The swingman has career averages of 20.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game and one can assume that he would enjoy playing in Georgia since he's from there.
Some people in the NBA believe Brown wants to be the No. 1 option on a team since he's shared the spotlight with Jayson Tatum for several years. Brown would get that title in Atlanta.
The Hawks haven't won a playoff series since 2021. That's the year Trae Young led the franchise to the Eastern Conference Finals. If Atlanta wants to win big in the Johnson era, the front office has to acquire Brown. Let's see if it gets done.
"If A-list status is what Brown wants, he'd get it here as the leader of a group that would still include Jalen Johnson, Daniels and the newly re-signed CJ McCollum," Hughes wrote. "The departures of Okongwu and Alexander-Walker would leave holes in the first unit, but perhaps the Hawks could fill one with the No. 8 pick (if they can keep it out of the return package) and a mid-level exception signing."
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