The Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics held discussions at the trade deadline on a Jaylen Brown deal. The Warriors could have revisited those conversations in June when the Celtics aggressively shopped him and eventually traded Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers. The acquisition of Brown helped the Sixers land LeBron James in free agency.

The Warriors also could have possibly signed James had they traded for Anthony Davis.

"The Warriors could have gotten in the Jaylen Brown sweepstakes if they wanted to give up four first-round picks in that range," said Shams Charania on Monday's episode of the Stephen A. Smith Show. "They decided not to, from my understanding. Those two teams, the Warriors and Celtics, did talk about a Jaylen Brown trade around the trade deadline, and it was around several first-round draft picks and potential swap and seconds.

"The Warriors decided not to go down that route. And so that's on them. That's the decision they made, but what if they had gone out and got that done? Does that make LeBron James more viable? What if the Warriors had gone out and been willing to give up several draft capital to go get an Anthony Davis from Washington? Does LeBron James follow suit?

"My understanding was if the Warriors were able to get Anthony Davis, they had as good of a chance, if not better than anyone, to go get a LeBron James. And I think you have to look at that in the calculus of everything."

In order to acquire Davis from the Wizards, Charania also indicated that the Warriors likely would have had to send multiple first round picks and swaps.

With additional reporting on Tuesday on NBA Today, Charania details that the Celtics offered Brown to the Warriors at the NBA draft in exchange for four first round picks. The Warriors rejected that approach from Boston.