The Celtics' widely different perspectives on Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown revealed

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>For almost a decade, the Boston Celtics were happy playing with a partnership of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. With that duo, the Celtics were always a top team that went on extensive runs in the NBA Playoffs.

>This included two trips to the NBA Finals in 2022 and 2024. They might have lost to the Golden State Warriors in the former, but they beat the Dallas Mavericks in the latter. Most successful teams would love to keep building, but it seems the Celtics found it unsustainable to keep the duo.

The Celtics viewed Jaylen Brown as the inferior player to Jayson TatumMost of the time, Tatum and Brown were on equal footing as the star players. However, it seems the Celtics came to the conclusion that Tatum is the better player with the trade they made.

>The analytics do show that Brown is not the greatest player to build around, which probably played a role in Brad Stevens' tough decision to part ways with Brown after almost a decade together.

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>Boston chose to keep building around Tatum, as they had to part ways with one of the players with gigantic contracts. Despite Tatum injuring his Achilles tendon, he is the player they chose, which is perfectly understandable, given his ceiling.

>"Over the last three or four weeks, while this Jaylen Brown stuff was going on, teams were calling the Celtics on Jayson Tatum. Their answer was a hard stop: 'No, we're not trading Jayson Tatum. He's untouchable. He's not on the table.' Jaylen Brown, different story," Shams Charania said about the two Jays on Stephen A. Smith's show.

>Despite being seen as an equal partnership, it seems the Celtics finally drew the line between their two superstars. They chose Tatum, which is why Jaylen Brown will be playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. Now, there is a rejuvenated rivalry in the Eastern Conference.

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