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Is the ripping of Jaylen Brown 'crazy talk' to lower his price?

Kevin O'ConnorNBA Senior AnalystTue, June 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM UTC

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Vinnie Goodwill said the Clippers want Brown badly, and then Mark Stein said Los Angeles does not want Jaylen Brown.

So who's telling the truth?

Who's on the right here?

Here's what I've heard about the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard.

I've heard that there is interests, so I tend to think on, on the good- Vinnie Goodwill side here, that there is interest in Jaylen Brown.

Now, the question is, how much interest?

Enough interest to give up what the Celtics are demanding?

I don't know.

I d- that part I don't know.

I don't know if anybody's gonna give exactly what the Celtics wants for Jaylen Brown.

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All I know is that the whole Jaylen Brown situation with basically every media member pooing on Jaylen Brown out there right now, every executive I talk to pooing on Jaylen Brown right now, it feels very coordinated to me.

It all does, to try to drive down the price on a guy who just had an unbelievable regular season, sixth in MVP voting, dragged a roster without Jayson Tatum to 56 wins, the two seed in the East, is a former finals MVP, has gotten better every season of his career, even after winning that finals MVP.

I don't really buy that these teams don't want Jaylen Brown.

I don't buy that the Clippers don't want Jaylen Brown.

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I don't buy that the Blazers don't want Jaylen Brown.

I think it's crazy talk to me.

I think it's just negotiating through the media is all this is, personally.

So that, that's my take on that regarding the Clippers, the Blazers, and whoever else might be interested in Jaylen Brown and what his value is.

I think it's absurd

Woman secretly livestreamed more than 700 hours of her ex-husband using his Ring cameras

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Inset: Rayna Bell in court. Background: Ring camera footage showing Rayna Bell's ex-husband being spied on in his California home (KNSD/YouTube).

A California woman has admitted to using her ex-husband's Ring cameras to spy on him, with court documents saying she livestreamed more than 700 hours of the man and his family from inside his home.

Rayna Bell pleaded guilty last week to a misdemeanor charge of eavesdropping using an electronic device, according to court records. She was ordered to pay restitution as part of the plea deal and must serve one day in custody, with credit for time served and one year of probation.

A request for a "domestic violence restraining order" filed by the ex-husband, obtained by local NBC affiliate KNSD, accused Bell of "unlawfully accessing" her ex's private Ring camera system last year and linking his account to half a dozen Amazon Alexa devices that were registered to her.

"[Bell] viewed video footage for approximately 44,640 minutes — an average of 12 hours per day — over the span of two months," the request said. "These devices include cameras inside and outside my home, including our children's rooms. Her unauthorized access violated both my privacy and the safety of my household."

The ex-husband and his family told KNSD they first noticed something was wrong after hearing a voice coming from one of the cameras.

"It was his ex-wife's voice," recounted the man's fiancee, Acacia Young. "We tried so hard to try to restore the peace, the security, the privacy. Once you are robbed of that, it's almost impossible to try to restore that in your home."

According to the restraining order request, the footage that Bell "live viewed" and recorded included "deeply personal and private moments, such as my fiancee breastfeeding our newborn, nudity and partially undressed footage of our children … in vulnerable settings."

The recordings were "deeply invasive" and deemed as possible child exploitation by the ex-husband, according to KNSD.

"[Bell] also accessed and recorded confidential household conversations, including private discussions between my fiancée and me regarding our finances, credit card numbers, banking details, Social Security information, medical records, medical health history, and other protected health and identity-related data," the request charged. "Her conduct constitutes a serious invasion of privacy and potential identity theft."

Bell did not respond to KNSD's requests for comment. Her ex-husband plans to take legal action against her in civil court.

"You're always going to feel like they can do it again," Young said. "Or if they had the opportunity, they would do it again."

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Brendan Sorsby will not pursue path to NFL in 2026, QB to prepare for 2027 draft

Former Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is accepting the consequences for his gambling problems and will sit out both the collegiate and NFL seasons in 2026.

After his effort to join the NFL in a supplemental draft this summer failed, Sorsby will not seek litigation against the NFL and will be eligible for the 2027 NFL Draft, per CBS Sports NFL Insider Jonathan Jones. The league won't punish Sorsby further for his known gambling conduct on top of what's unofficially a one-year suspension from football. Per the settlement between the NFL, the NFL Players' Association and Sorsby, he will be allowed to take part in the Senior Bowl, pro day and team visits in the lead up to the 2027 like any other draft-eligible prospect, per ESPN.

Sorsby released the following statement on the decision:

"There has been a lot of news about me out there, and I want to share this statement to make sure things are clear. I accept 100% responsibility for my actions. I did not have control of my gambling problem, and it took getting caught for me to realize that, but it was truly the best thing that could've happened to me. Because of this, I have been able to get the help I need and fully focus on my recovery.

"The news about the supplemental draft changes nothing about my recovery journey. I will continue to take it one day at a time. Focusing on making myself better throughout this process and making sure to share what I have learned and will continue to learn with others going forward. I am fully committed to being the best version of myself that I can be while getting ready for the 2027 draft. God makes no mistakes, and I look forward to seeing the good that is to come from this."

Sorsby's 2026 has been a winding road to lead up to this decision. He transferred to Texas Tech as the transfer portal's No. 2 overall prospect, per 247 Sports on Jan. 4, after earning first-team All-Big 12 honors at Cincinnati in 2025, thanks to leading the conference in passer efficiency rating (155.1). The NCAA then alerted Texas Tech of Sorsby's gambling activity on April 14, which led to the quarterback entering a gambling rehab facility in Arizona on April 27. He then filed for his collegiate reinstatement on May 18 after being ruled ineligible by the NCAA for thousands of bets placed during his four-year college football career. On June 8, he found a Texas judge willing to grant him an injunction to the NCAA's decision to make him ineligible, which appeared to clear a path for him to play for Texas Tech in 2026. Sorsby then decided to walk away from his college career to join the NFL via a supplemental draft this summer, after the Big 12 pursued legal action against him and Texas Tech on June 15.

45-plus pass TD and 1,000-plus rush yards in two-year span, Big 12 history	Two-year span
Brendan Sorsby (CIN)	2024-2025
Sam Ehlinger (TEX)	2018-2020
Kyler Murray (OKLA)	2017-2018
Trevone Boykin (TCU)	2014-2015
Robert Griffin III (BAY)	2010-2011
Colt McCoy (TEX)	2007-2008
Zac Robinson (OKST)	2007-2008

CBS Sports NFL Draft analyst Ryan Wilson views Sorsby as a potential first-round talent, and he now has a year to prove his worth through a year of training on his own while staying squeaky clean off the field.

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