Celtics’ Brad Stevens Discusses Jaylen Brown Trade

Speaking to the media on Monday just hours after the trade sending Jaylen Brown to Philadelphia was officially finalized, Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens explained that he and the front office decided to make a deal with the Sixers in order to give the team more “optionality” going forward. In describing that optionality, Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN and Jay King of The Athletic write, Stevens cited Paul George‘s shorter contract, as well as the draft assets Boston acquired in the deal. “When I looked at our team and where the league was heading, looked at the way that…