Celtics front office embarrasses itself in press conference

Yesterday, Celtics President Brad Stevens and principal owner Bill Chisholm faced the music for 45 minutes at a press conference discussing the controversial trade of Jaylen Brown.  The key takeaway, and word of the day, is "Optionality", which Stevens used about a dozen times. Apparently, that was the reason to trade away a 10-year NBA veteran, 5x All-Star, MVP Finalist this season, and Finals MVP. And according to Chisholm, money had nothing to do with it.

When Chisholm was pressed about his resume since he took over, he was asked about every move, which led to a reduction of payroll. He said they were all basketball decisions, citing penalties, taxes, and aprons. He turned it around on the reporter, saying that aprons are real. But he tried to use the aprons as some sort of basketball decision, and not a financial decision. Talk about a stretch.