Minnesota gambles on Zion’s upside next to Ant. New Orleans exits the Zion era for Jaylen Brown. Boston cashes Brown into Gobert, depth, salary structure, and two premium unprotected Pelicans picks.

The trade still depends on whether New Orleans is willing to pay that much to get off Zion and land Brown.

But with those two picks unprotected, Boston is no longer the obvious rejection point.