Once again, fans seem to have little stomach for trading All-Star forward Jaylen Brown in a recent poll the Celtics Wire held regarding a potential trade request by All-NBA Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal.
As with our poll on a potential Lillard-Brown swap earlier this month, fans robustly rejected dealing Beal for Brown outright (just 6.04%) or with plenty of draft assets and/or young talent added to the mix (a mere 3.77%). The dominant choice by far was instead only offering a deal that did not include the Georgia native at all (54.72% in total). Next most popular was attempting to convince Beal to wait and instead sign him as a free agent (26.42%).
2.26% of respondents did not know or were not sure on what path the team ought to take.
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And while several of these potential paths present very real difficulties, yet again we find very strong support for keeping Brown in Boston, which makes sense given his near-constant development into a borderline superstar on a value deal.
And while there may be compelling reasons to consider a Beal trade involving Brown, we do not see it as conducive to hanging banners in Boston with the likely return that would be coming back compared to the likely cost.
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