The Best Reactions to the Jaylen Brown-Paul George Trade

The NBA trade market has been going DUMMY! The best and most hilarious reactions to the blockbuster Jaylen Brown-Paul George are below.

In a stunning trade no one saw coming, the Celtics traded Brown to the 76ers on Wednesday in exchange for Paul George, two first-round draft picks, and two second-rounders.

The Celtics will receive a 2028 first-round pick that could convert from a first to a swap that is more favorable to Boston, a 2031 unprotected Philadelphia first, a 2028 second-round pick that is most favorable of Golden State/OKC/Milwaukee, and a 2030 second that’s most favorable of Washington/Portland/Phoenix, Charania says.

An anonymous GM went as far to call the trade a “highway robbery”.

“This was highway robbery,” an anonymous GM told basketball analyst Jeff Goodman. “I have no idea what Brad Stevens was thinking. The Celtics will be lucky to get in the play-in next year.”

“It says everything about JB’s trade value right now,” another general manager added.

Some greatest reactions on Twitter are below:

Brad Stevens leaving his office after trading Jaylen Brown for Paul George pic.twitter.com/F4fpjuytlF

— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) July 2, 2026

Jaylen Brown spent all summer calling Embiid a flopper

Now they’re teammates 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/KJOdALmvqa

— BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) July 1, 2026

76ers trading Paul George for Jaylen Brown pic.twitter.com/xWFDUGdlFt

— PrizePicks (@PrizePicks) July 1, 2026

Say what you want about “washed” Paul George but against Jaylen Brown head to head and in 7 straight games, he looked like prime PG. pic.twitter.com/Ro3BQRyhos

— Jordan Moore (@iJordanMoore) July 1, 2026

BREAKING:

The NBA has now traded Paul George for:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Jaylen Brown
Domantas Sabonis
Victor Oladipo
Danilo Gallinari

And

7 1st round picks plus 4 pick swaps

Paul George is the Most Valuable Player in NBA history.

— Carmichael Dave (@CarmichaelDave) July 1, 2026

Brad Stevens facetiming Jaylen Brown to tell him the Celtics traded him to the Sixers pic.twitter.com/lV7cvawNl6

— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) July 1, 2026

Joel Embiid to Jaylen Brown on the first day of Sixers training camp pic.twitter.com/IuyyAv47gn

— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) July 2, 2026

Sure sounds like the Celtics just said they have no fear of Jaylen Brown – just as they always indicated he wasn’t as important as Jayson Tatum. THEY JUST TRADED JAYLEN BROWN TO A DIVISION RIVAL WHO CAME FROM 3-1 DOWN TO KNOCK ‘EM OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS. Bad idea, Celtics.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) July 1, 2026

The Sixers just got better. The Celtics just got worse. Philly just got a highly motivated superstar – a Jaylen Brown who has always been underrated/underappreciated. Boston got an aging Paul George. Philly>>>Boston.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) July 1, 2026

Some further reactions from Celtics fans, via WCVB

“I think Jaylen Brown, what he did for the city, what he did for the people, the organization, bringing a Finals MVP was everything, and trading him away for Paul George—I don’t know about that one. That’s a bummer,” Angelo Sepe of Revere said.

Ivan Deiko of North Reading said, “We all hate the Sixers. It’s probably the worst team he could have gone to—like, we blew a 3-1 lead. It’s horrible. This is a really bad day.”