Also similarly, while Chisholm and his group may have strong feelings for the Celtics as a public trust, they weren’t there when Boston drafted Jaylen Brown in 2016, a year before the Cs took Jayson Tatum. As such, they were not as invested emotionally in Brown’s on-court development over the last decade, his powerful connection to the Black community in Boston or his finals MVP turn in 2024. Moving Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers — while not having to commit another $140 million on an extension — became a palatable off-ramp.
