Los Angeles Clippers reportedly join Portland Trail Blazers as out on Jaylen Brown trades

If the Portland Trail Blazers were ever truly serious about trading for star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown , it appears that such an avenue for the Blazers front office has passed. Echoing similar comments from senior ESPN reporter Shams Charania, Stein Line contributors Jake Fischer and Marc Stein report that Portland is not currently planning to make a run at the former finals MVP.

“They pursued Giannis Antetokounmpo . They’ve coveted Brown for some time as well. They were expected to chase Davis, too, if extension talks with the Wizards went astray,” writes the duo. “Yet that’s all off the table now after Portland seized on the opportunity to pilfer Morant from Memphis at such a minimal cost.”

But it is not just the Blazers who are reportedly eschewing an opportunity to deal for Brown this summer as Boston seeks to sort out the mess they made in looking to swap the Georgia native for (then) Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, per the Stein Line.

They write that “the Clippers , whether or not their talks with the Raptors progress all the way to a completed deal, have not pursued Boston’s Jaylen Brown this offseason.”

And in case we were wondering whether this was more an order-of-operations take in terms of when such a pursuit could occur, they also noted that the “Clippers aren’t planning to make a run at the Celtics’ MVP candidate.”

Does this suggest that a return to Boston for Brown is in order? It certainly appears to be the wisest move for both sides at present. Whether egos can be massaged sufficiently for that to occur is another issue altogether, however.

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