The Celtics took measures, both publicly and …

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For starters, the rumors surrounding Jaylen Brown’s alleged discontent have quieted down for the past few weeks. The 29-year-old sparked all sorts of speculation about his future in early May, when he declared this his “most fun season” yet on a livestream just one day after Boston was bounced by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round. Beyond the strangeness of that comment coming after such a bad postseason finish, it was the fact that he spent the vast majority of this season without longtime co-star, Jayson Tatum (who was recovering from his Achilles tendon tear) that made the optics even worse. But the Celtics took measures, both publicly and privately, to insist that this storyline was overblown. As such, any exploration of the Antetokounmpo possibility — if there is one this time around — would likely be discreet. Still, the Bucks would be well served to flesh out the Celtics possibilities.

New York Times

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