06-10-2026, 07:18 AM
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Arguably, the largest pushback on this possibility came from ESPN's Brian Windhorst, who spoke recently on ESPN's Get Up. Not only did Windhorst argue that the Celtics aren't ready to trade Brown, but he also said he thinks Giannis wants to join the Miami Heat. “The team to watch here is Miami. Miami would say ‘we've got Tyler Herro, who is a young player and has been an All-Star," Windhorst said. "We got draft picks, including the 13th pick in this draft… And Giannis, I think, wants to be in Miami. There are more check marks on Miami. I’m not sure Boston is ready to trade Jaylen Brown." Tim Bontemps: "The Heat has a fine package. I would say that if Giannis winds up on the Heat, it's for one of two reasons. It's either because he puts his thumb on the scale and says I'm only going to play for the Heat, which frankly, to this point, Giannis has shown no sign of doing any of that stuff with any of this stuff, and so I would not anticipate that happening. And the other part is if teams are just wary of outbidding Miami. Because I think if other teams decide to that are the teams that have been discussed decide to get in the mix, I think they all have enough to outbid the Heat if they choose to actually say, we want to go down the road with Giannis and sign up to have a guy who's going to be on the team till he's 36, 37 with, you know, a gigantic contract on the books and some of the potential long-term downsides that could come with that."
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