Spurs in danger of losing 6MOY to Celtics after Jaylen Brown trade

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>Some had suggested that the San Antonio Spurs might have been interested in trading for Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics. When all the rumors surfaced about Brown potentially landing in a new spot before being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, the Spurs seemed like a likely destination for many reasons.

>However, San Antonio decided to go in a different direction, and I can't say that it made the wrong decision.

>Ultimately, we'll have to see if that was the right one. However, it sounds like that trade in Boston could lead to a potential deal with the Spurs and Celtics.

>One recent report suggested that Boston will be interested in Keldon Johnson, the Spurs forward who had a nice little playoff for himself.

>“ESPN’s Shams Charania noted that teams were calling the Celtics to gauge a Jayson Tatum trade after the Jaylen Brown deal, but were universally shut down. There will be extra spotlight on Tatum this year, as the team’s 1A option no longer has a 1B. The Celtics are still open to making a trade, but they’re viewing the assignment as building a roster to support Tatum, not to bring in another star to split shots with him. Forget Trey Murphy, the targets are more likely to be Herb Jones, Keldon Johnson or a player of that range,” Sean Deveny wrote.

>I like Johnson as a player a lot, and as I recently stated, I don't think moving on from him at the moment makes a whole lot of sense, though I understand why he could potentially be available.

>The Spurs have made many of the right decisions over the past few years, so unless they get the right deal for Johnson, I suspect they'll do what's right and keep him around.

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