Jaylen Brown undergoes arthroscopic surgery on right knee

“One of the concerns people in San Antonio told me about is, you go and deal for a guy like Giannis, all of a sudden you’ve created a championship window, but it is a window with a closing date. You’ve got De’Aaron Fox, who’s in his late 20s, Giannis in his early 30s, and the last thing they want is to have a roster after those guys kind of age out where when (Victor) Wembanyama is maybe looking around going, ‘All right, where are the young guys I’m going to play with after that?’ “It certainly is a problem for another day, but that’s on the mind of the San Antonio Spurs. That’s why they want to hold on to Stephon Castle, so he can be that second guy opposite Wembanyama for a long time, assuming they trade that No. 2 pick.” -via Yahoo! Sports / June 5, 2025

Brown, a four-time All-Star and 2024 NBA Finals MVP, has massive value if Boston opts to dangle him in trade discussions. Although sending Brown to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has been a popular talking point, one up-and-coming Western Conference team seems like a more realistic trade partner. “The team I’d watch the closest with Jaylen Brown is probably the Spurs,” Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated said Wednesday on NBC Sports Boston’s The Off C’season special. “Sure, I think (the Spurs would) love to make a run at Giannis, but do the Bucks ask for Stephon Castle? Like, is that on their wish list? And if it is, I can’t see San Antonio doing a deal like that. -via Yahoo! Sports / June 5, 2025

Jaylon Mason expected Wednesday to be just another normal day at Dorchester’s Brooke High School. Then, at a seemingly mundane school assembly, Jaylen Brown walked in through the door. Stunned, the hundreds of high schoolers at the auditorium went berserk, screaming, jumping out of their seats, completely incapable of containing their excitement as a thrilling reality set in. One of their favorite athletes, one of their biggest role models, was at their school. “I saw a couple kids even cry,” Mason told CelticsBlog. -via Celtics Blog / May 31, 2025