Stevens says Brown trade was about cap flexibility
BOSTON — Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens and team owner Bill Chisholm want to make one thing clear: The decision to trade perennial All-Star Jaylen Brown wasn’t arrived at lightly. But from their perspective, it was necessary to give the franchise the flexibility it needs to compete with the changing landscape of an NBA in which managing the team’s balance sheet will be more important than retaining multiple homegrown stars with pricey contracts. That said, Stevens said Monday that he is fully aware of the criticism that surrounds Boston’s front office ...
