It has become clear why the Milwaukee Bucks didn't take the Boston Celtics' offer for Giannis Antetokounmpo which included superstar Jaylen Brown. But for the Celtics? There are a lot of questions to answer after it was clear that they were willing to deal one of their best players.
Given that Brown probably isn't happy with his name being thrown out there -- he sure didn't sound pleased -- the Celtics now have to placate him in some way... or they could turn around and trade him elsewhere.
There's another way to make him happy, and that's to pay him a ton more. Per ESPN's Shams Charania, Brown is "extension eligible" in July, so that could be a chip the Celtics use to keep him in Boston so he and Jayson Tatum can continue to contend together.
That's an intriguing wrinkle, but it was a risky one. If you don't get the deal done for the Bucks superstar -- and obviously they didn't -- you risk ticking off one of your best players and souring that relationship. So there's clearly some drama brewing in Beantown here, and we'll see how it plays out.
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