{"id":813782,"date":"2026-08-17T04:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/813782\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T04:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:36:17","slug":"paul-george-breaks-his-silence-and-shares-true-feelings-on-trade-to-boston-celtics-for-jaylen-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/813782\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul George breaks his silence and shares true feelings on trade to Boston Celtics for Jaylen Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>New Boston Celtics forward Paul George has finally addressed his summer trade to the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n<p>George averaged 17.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 3.6 assists last season for the 76ers and had a strong Playoff run, helping the 76ers upset the Celtics from 3-1 down.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics have since acquired the 36-year-old and are hoping he plays a complementary role to Jayson Tatum in Joe Mazzulla\u2019s system next season. It seems like George is excited as well.<\/p>\n<p>Paul George is \u2018ecstatic\u2019 at the chance to play for the Celtics<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics shared a video of George\u2019s first visit to the Celtics facility, where the nine-time All-Star shared his feelings on his new team for the first time since being traded seven weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s surreal. I\u2019m ecstatic\u2026 I\u2019m looking forward to wearing that green and representing for Boston\u2026 I\u2019m gonna give y\u2019all everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paul George during his first visit to the Celtics facility <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s surreal. I&#8217;m ecstatic\u2026 I&#8217;m looking forward to wearing that green &amp; representing for Boston\u2026.I\u2019m gonna give y\u2019all everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Via celtics YouTube) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q0hjcOg4fR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Q0hjcOg4fR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CELTICS \u2618\ufe0f BANNER 19 (@BiggLynch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BiggLynch\/status\/2089045521952301407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 16, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View X<\/p>\n<p>George is coming into this season with a lot to prove, as many were calling him one of the worst contracts in the NBA just a year ago. <\/p>\n<p>The Celtics embraced the two years and $110.6 million remaining on George\u2019s contract rather than extending Brown on another max contract this summer, getting a few first-round picks in the trade.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the Celtics sending Brown to the 76ers for George led to Philadelphia signing LeBron James. Nonetheless, the Celtics will be motivated to have another winning season to prove the doubters of this trade wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Can Paul George help the Celtics stay afloat?<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics have been a genuine title contender for the last five years with the Brown and Tatum duo leading them. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2272334202-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jaylen Brown #7 of the Boston Celtics drives to the basket against Paul George #8 of the Philadelphia 76ers in the third quarter during game three of the Eastern Conference first round playoffs at Xfinity Mobile Arena on April 24, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\" class=\"wp-image-2587138\" \/>Photo by Mitchell Leff\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>While trading Brown allows Tatum to finally step into becoming a true No. 1 option, it also removes an extremely dependable option who won Finals MVP when Tatum was shooting under 40% in the 2024 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Trading Brown for George is also a bet on giving increased on-ball usage to guards like Payton Pritchard and opening up rotational room for young wings like Hugo Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<p>This was a roster-adjusting move to set the Celtics up for the next five years, with George\u2019s max contract expiring in 2028. The franchise should stay competitive, but it\u2019s hard to see them making a title run as presently constructed. <\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover New Boston Celtics forward Paul George has finally addressed his summer trade to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,78,6,526],"class_list":["post-813782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boston-celtics","tag-basketball","tag-boston","tag-boston-celtics","tag-bostonceltics","tag-celtics","tag-jaylen-brown","tag-nba","tag-paul-george"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117108997445352381","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813782","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=813782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}