Right on cue. The Boston Celtics have found their name being dragged back into the NBA rumor mill with just 3 days to go until the February 9 trade deadline, and in what feels like a repeat of the off-season, it’s Jaylen Brown being floated as a potential makeweight for Kevin Durant.
We knew these rumors were a possibility from the moment Kyrie Irving handed in a trade request, and once the Dallas Mavericks swooped in to take the star guard off the Brooklyn Nets' hands, that pesky rumor mill began to spin again.