Jaylen Brown is one of the Celtics' most important players, but he's been the subject of trade rumors for most of his time with the team, ever since big names like Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Davis were linked to the team a decade ago. Source - MassLive Even though Brown was in the NBA Finals in 2022, his name came up in trade rumors again last summer when Kevin Durant asked to be traded and Boston was rumored to be interested in him. In response to these rumors, Brown told Logan Murdock of The Ringer that he talked to Brad Stevens and Jayson Tatum on the phone to find out what was going on. "[KD] and JT get along. Brown told Murdock, "They were working out together and doing other things." "So, I didn't know what the power was. I wasn't sure where the organization was going." Brad Stevens put an end to the rumors in that conversation, which is something he has done in public many times in the past month. Stevens said of the call with Brown, ...