Bill Simmons proposes wild Celtics-Rockets trade centered on Jaylen Brown

Boston, MA - 5/5/25- Boston Celtics guards Jaylen Brown (7) and Jrue Holiday (4) walk off the court after falling to the New York Knicks in overtime in game one of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinal at TD Garden.Changes will be coming for the Boston Celtics this offseason.

Not only will Boston have to grapple with the real possibility that Jayson Tatum could miss most of — if not the entire — 2025-26 season while recovering from a ruptured Achilles’ tendon, but Boston also needs to shed significant salary this summer in order to alleviate the team’s incoming luxury-tax penalties.

And while most trade scenarios centered around the Celtics this summer have revolved around high-priced…