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Dec 7, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown (7) controls the ball against Toronto Raptors guard Scottie Barnes (4) during the second half at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images
\nMajor Splash: Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics<\/p>\n
Raptors receive: Jaylen Brown<\/p>\n
Celtics receive: RJ Barrett, Jakob Poeltl, Ochai Agbaji, 2027 first-round pick, 2029 first-round pick, 2031 first-round pick (top-10 protected)<\/p>\n
In this scenario, the Raptors trade RJ Barrett<\/a>, Jakob Poeltl<\/a>, Ochai Agbaji<\/a> and three first-round picks to the Boston Celtics for Jaylen Brown<\/a>. On the surface, that may seem like too steep of a price. Yet, the soon-to-be five-time All-Star<\/a> has proven he has what it takes to be a No. 1 option for a playoff team. As arguably the most dominant two-way player in the league, he\u2019d bring the best of Barrett\u2019s offense, the best of Agbaji\u2019s defense, and more. In essence, he\u2019ll elevate Toronto\u2019s play at both ends of the floor at a time when they want to take a step up as a franchise.<\/p>\n To be clear, there\u2019s no indication that the Celtics want to trade Brown or that he\u2019s available. Even so, the right offer could be too difficult to pass up. With this package, Boston would acquire three starters (one of whom routinely displays borderline All-Star talent) and three first-round picks. If Jayson Tatum\u2019s injury proves to be career-altering<\/a>, this could be the type of deal that helps them navigate their next era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec 7, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown (7) controls the ball against Toronto Raptors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,1585,3715,78,562,6050,7170,2828,1041],"class_list":{"0":"post-551526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-collin-sexton","10":"tag-immanuel-quickley","11":"tag-jaylen-brown","12":"tag-michael-porter-jr","13":"tag-nba-rumors","14":"tag-nba-trade","15":"tag-nba-trade-deadline","16":"tag-rj-barrett"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115934630876260640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}