Jaylen Brown's future with the Boston Celtics has become a topic of discussion in recent weeks. The championship-winning forward is one of Boston's top-earning players and one of the few players who could fetch a haul on the trade market. Furthermore, trading Brown would go a long way toward getting the Celtics below the second luxury tax apron.

The Boston Celtics dealt with multiple injuries throughout the year, with the most obvious one being Jaylen Brown. Before Jason Tatum went down with an Achilles injury, it was clear that Brown was injured, and that was only confirmed after the season when he underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his meniscus in his right knee.

I n the end, the Celtics' efforts to remake the roster in the coming months will have two goals--the reduction of payroll to get the team out of the dreaded second apron of the NB