Boston Celtics trade Jaylen Brown to Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George and draft picks

The Boston Celtics traded Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-round picks. One of the first-round picks is the 2028 selection, which could convert to a swap more favorable to the Celtics, according to ESPN. Boston will also receive a 2031 unprotected first-round pick and conditional 2028 and 2030 second-round selections.

Brown, a five-time All-Star selected third overall in the 2016 NBA Draft, averaged 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game during the 2025-26 regular season. He finished sixth in MVP voting that year and holds three seasons and roughly $182 million remaining on the five-year, $304 million supermax contract he signed in 2023.

Across 10 seasons with Boston he averaged 20.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game while earning two second-team All-NBA honors.

The 36-year-old George has two years and $110 million left on his contract. He was suspended 25 games for failing a drug test and appeared in only 78 total games for Philadelphia. With Jayson Tatum limited to 16 games in 2025-26 due to a ruptured Achilles tendon, the Celtics had offered Brown and draft assets to Milwaukee in an unsuccessful attempt to acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens said after the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft that Brown remained central to the team's plans. "Jaylen Brown is a big part of us. I don't want to predict the future.

I look at it as this is our team," Stevens said. Brown averaged 20.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5 assists per game in the 2024 NBA Finals and was named Finals MVP as Boston defeated the Dallas Mavericks.