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Why the Celtics Gave Up on Jaylen Brown, the Lakers Race Debate Goes Off the Rails & LeBron's Last Move
Did the Boston Celtics really make a franchise-defining mistake by trading Jaylen Brown—or was it an inevitable business decision years in the making?
In this episode of On The Ball, Ric Bucher separates emotion from reality by breaking down why Boston moved on from Brown despite his championship pedigree, why the NBA's salary cap—not personality or politics—was the driving force, and what history tells us about star duos that ultimately fracture.
Ric also tackles the firestorm created after a national commentator suggested the Lakers' championship hopes are compromised because their three…
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