“Jayson Tatum Ain’t Getting Past Jaylen Brown”: Bucks Legend Puts Forth Blunt Message To Celtics Amid Trade Rumors

Joseph Galizia | 12/06/2025
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) high fives forward Jayson Tatum (0) after the Cleveland Cavaliers called a timeout during the first quarter at TD Garden

Even as the NBA Finals rage on, the organizations are preparing for a busy offseason to build their teams’ futures. One team, the Boston Celtics, is looking in a direction that may make them sick.

The new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) will make Boston’s offseason incredibly difficult, and there are already rumors that they may be getting ready to part with a few fan favorites. Derrick White and Jaylen Brown have found their names being thrown around, but Jayson Tatum’s injury in the playoffs has made this entire situation more complex.

However, Milwaukee Bucks legend Brandon Jennings believes that the Celtics would be making a tremendous mistake if they dealt away Brown, the 2024 NBA Finals MVP. Then again, he is hoping it happens, too.

“They don’t need to play with each other no more,” said the 35-year-old veteran on the Game 3 stream of No Chill Gil with host Gilbert Arenas. When co-host @LegendsofWinning pushed back, Jennings spoke as Brown, creating a hypothetical scenario of the guard dealing with the Celtics directly.

“If you want to get rid of JB that’s fine. ‘I got everything I need from here anyway. Thank y’all. Y’all paid me. I got the ECF MVP. I got the Finals MVP. I’m good’,” said Jennings. It all seemed like a funny take before it delved into something very polarizing.

“Maybe your guy [Tatum] that y’all [are] waiting on could really go get it all one day. Cause if I’m off the team and I’m in the ECF, I know one thing, Jayson Tatum ain’t getting past JB,” added Jennings.

This stopped Arenas in his tracks. “You know they practice every single day, right?” asked the three-time All-Star to Jennings, implying that Brown would actually have to guard Tatum if they ever faced off.

But Jennings refused to back down.“JB won’t be there to save your ass. Yeah, that JB they needed to do all that dirty work, y’all won’t be there to save your ass. I’m guarding you now. Now let’s see what all that talk was about,” he stated.

“You go ahead and let JB go if you want. It’s going to be nightmares in Boston for the rest of your life,” Jennings added.

You almost have to admire BJ for being so confident, because this scenario would require a lot of what-ifs. For starters, Brown would have to go to a team that would hypothetically be just as stacked as the Celtics. Considering Boston finished No. 2 this year, that doesn’t seem super likely.

That said, Jennings could be just trying to hype the hypothetical situation up in Brown’s honor. He thinks that if JB did actually get traded, he would be so determined to prove Boston wrong that he would begin playing lights-out basketball.

Still, it wouldn’t be entirely out of the question for Boston. How does Brown feel about it? Probably calm, since he’s heard these same rumors before.

Back in 2023, the now 28-year-old superstar sat down with NBA Insider Shams Charania to discuss his thoughts on that season’s trade rumors. “I just worked,” responded JB. “I just got to the gym. I worked on my body, I got better, and that was it. I made sure that I was ready to go to the start this season.”

Brown will be doing the same this offseason as well. Time will reveal what’s in store for the Celtics as well as the players whose names are doing the rounds in the trade rumors.

Post Edited By: Karthik Raman
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Joseph Galizia

Joseph is a Las Vegas based actor and circus performer. For the last seven years he's had the pleasure of covering sports for multiple outlets, including the Lifestyles section of Sports Illustrated. In that time, he's conducted over 50 interviews with athletes, filmmakers, and company founders to further cement his footprint in the journalism world. He's excited to bring that skillset to the SportsRush, where he'll be covering the NBA news cycle.

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