The Warriors might have been in the mix for Jaylen Brown much sooner than the Philadelphia 76ers.Five months before the Boston Celtics stunningly dealt the five-time NBA All-Star to Philadelphia on July 1 for Paul George, two first- and two second-round picks, Golden State was a team Boston considered moving one of its stars to.
ESPN’s Shams Charania joined Stephen A. Smith on “The Stephen A. Smith Show” on Monday, where he discussed the Warriors’ failed pursuit of LeBron James, who ultimately signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, and detailed trade conversations, centered around Brown, between Golden State and the Celtics before the league’s Feb. 5 trade deadline and how the James pursuit might have been different had the Warriors pulled off a move for Brown earlier in the season, rather than him falling into the 76ers’ laps this summer.
“The Warriors could’ve got in the Jaylen Brown sweepstakes if they wanted to give up four first-round picks-ish, in that range,” Charania told Smith. “They decided not to from my understanding. Those two teams, the Warriors and Celtics did talk about a Jaylen Brown...