Chris Mannix

I don't trust it.

He's had multiple years of soft tissue injuries, and you're going to have to give this guy a multi-year contract at the full max.

Now you're talking about having two full-max guys on your roster in Jason Tatum and Giannis Titicompo, both of whom...

have dealt with significant injuries over the last couple of years.

I know Jalen Brown is not a perfect fit.

I know the Celtics want to get more pressure on the rim.

Brad Stevens talked about that.

But to me, the risk is just too big to go all in on a player like Giannis at this stage.

Well, and it's very sensitive too.

Like the Jalen Brown thing that you just hit on.

When the noise got loud a couple of months ago regarding Jalen and how he saw the season and all the chatter about what he said on the live stream, that it was the most fun he'd ever had.

And that was confusing because it just sent this message that he wanted his own team.

As you know, the Celtics, they went to great lengths to kind of massage that situation and get things back in a good place.

And they're not the only team dealing with this.

Miami is, and this is Giannis related, Miami is loud with it right now.

They don't care if everybody knows that they're chasing Giannis because they don't really care what Tyler Hero feels about getting traded.

But Boston's got to be sensitive.

The Knicks are unofficially out because of what they're doing.

But you remember Carl Anthony Towns was not real thrilled to have his name attached to the Giannis discussion.

you know, previously like that is where I think we could see a wildcard team come on strong, you know, and, and come out of the shadows, so to speak, because I think there's a lot of teams that are absolutely looking at this and interested here, but also have to pay attention to their own locker room dynamics.