Is Celtics G Jaylen Brown Trying to Talk His Way Out of Boston???

Jaylen Brown went on Instagram Live with Kevin Garnett to address the rumor that he is unhappy in Boston, and the way he answered the question is what the show spent the segment trying to figure out.

The rumor started with Tracy McGrady, who said he had heard from people around Brown that the Celtics guard is frustrated with the front office. Brown went out of his way to deny it.

"I can play in Boston for the next 10 years," Brown said. "I love Boston. With that being said, this was my favorite season of my career. I stand on it. I triple down, quadruple down, whatever y'all want me to say."

Rich went line by line and kept landing on the same problem.

"If Jaylen Brown wants to play in Boston the rest of his career, won't he play in Boston the rest of his career?" Rich asked.

The cast agreed it really is that simple. Brown is eligible for a two-year, $140 million extension on top of the three years already on his contract. He is, by any read of the math, in control of where he plays.

That is why one specific phrase stuck out.

"If they have me, if they'll want me, I'll play the next 10 years," Brown said.

Rich did not love the framing.

"Yeah, we want you. Imagine if J.J. Watt did that, what he would have said a few years ago."

The other phrase that caught attention was Brown calling it his favorite season of his career. The qualifier nobody on the show had to say aloud was the obvious one. With Jayson Tatum out after an Achilles injury, Brown became the team's clear lead. He got the ball. He was the man, along with Payton Pritchard and others. Then Boston blew a 3-1 lead.

Brown also spent the segment complaining about flopping, which the cast pointed out is a complicated stance for a player who exited the playoffs against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Joel Embiid, two of the league's loudest practitioners of the move.

Rich's frustration with Brown's media tour was less about any individual quote and more about the volume.

"I don't love JB constantly streaming," Rich said. "I would like that to stop."

The cast brought the conversation back to context. Tatum's injury looked like it was going to send the Celtics down the same path as the Indiana Pacers, a team built around a star whose Achilles took them out of contention. Boston shed salary, sat outside the apron, and still wound up the two seed with a 3-1 series lead before losing it.

The cast offered Milwaukee a passing trade idea. Take Brown off Boston's hands. Send Giannis Antetokounmpo back. Most people in the conversation, including Rich, did not know Jimmy Haslam is also a Bucks co-owner.

Whether Brown actually leaves Boston is up to Brown. That, the show kept noting, is exactly the part that makes the question worth asking.