Club 520 Host Jeff Teague on Whether the Celtics Should Trade for Giannis

Brockman pitched Jeff Teague the obvious offseason scenario. Should the Celtics make a Jaylen Brown for Giannis Antetokounmpo trade.

Teague, who played in Milwaukee, did not bite.

The Club 520 podcast host joined Rich on Tuesday and said the issue with the Celtics is not between the Jays. It is around them. He thinks Boston needs a real center, has needed one since Kristaps Porzingis went down in last year's playoff run, and needs to slow down on the volume threes Joe Mazzulla has run as a five-year doctrine.

"I just think JB and JT, it worked. They won a championship," Teague said. "But the surrounding pieces around them were really good. Al Horford made shots. Porzingis made shots even though he was hurt during that run. Jrue Holiday was special for them. Derrick White played well, too. But I think they need to get some more complimentary pieces just around them."

His suggested move: keep Tatum and Brown, find a big, and consider parting with Derrick White instead. Teague was clear it was not a slight on White. He just sees the offensive philosophy needing a center to anchor it before any other piece changes.

Brockman tried one more push. Could the Celtics get Giannis without breaking up the Jays?

"Oh my gosh," Rich said. "I don't know if there's an apron large enough."

Teague's read on Giannis is also colored by his Milwaukee tenure. Antetokounmpo is his guy. He does not want him in Boston. He does not want him broken up from the Bucks unless the price clears the bar of what Milwaukee actually deserves for a player of that tier.

He left the segment with a clean answer to Brockman's setup. Don't trade for Giannis. Find a center. Cut the threes back from the Mazzulla volume to maybe 35 a game. Keep the Jays together.

His parting line on Joel Embiid was the line that held the room. He sees Embiid not as a flopper, but as a 7-footer who never grew out of his growth spurt. Lanky, awkward, 7-foot-1 and 300 pounds, missing exactly the appendix and ligaments other 7-footers still have.

"We call that sloppy where I'm from," Teague said.