A representative for Sixers wing Jaylen Brown disputed a report that he sought a trade out of Boston or presented the Celtics with a list of demands, according to Kris Rhim of ESPN, who says the source referred to that claim as “10000% a lie.”

In the wake of a recent back and forth involving former Celtics teammates Brown and Jayson Tatum, NBC Sports Boston analyst Brian Scalabrine said on SiriusXM NBA Radio on Monday (Twitter audio link) that he heard Brown “demanded” to be traded, shared a “list of demands” with the organization, and was “rooting” to be sent to Milwaukee.

That account stands in stark contrast with reporting at the time of the offseason deal that sent Brown from Boston to Philadelphia. Back on July 1, several NBA insiders, including ESPN’s Shams Charania, reported that the former Finals MVP didn’t request a trade and suggested the Celtics’ efforts to move him were initiated by the front office.

The representative for Brown who spoke to Rhim conveyed a similar message, telling ESPN that the five-time All-Star never asked to be traded to the Bucks and that after a potential deal involving Giannis Antetokounmpo fell through and Boston continued its efforts to move Brown, his only request was to have input on his eventual destination.

Revisiting his SiriusXM NBA Radio remarks later in the day on NBC Sports Boston, Scalabrine backed off his original claim to some extent, stating that Brown “technically” didn’t demand a trade and adding that he has “no idea” what the 30-year-old asked of the team (Twitter video link).

“I don’t know what the ultimatum was or the demands or whatever it was,” Scalabrine said. “So technically, he did not demand to be traded. It was, ‘Do these things right here or else.’ And one of them might have been, ‘Give me the $140 million extension.’ I haven’t gotten to the bottom of all that. I didn’t even know this was going to be a thing. It’s one of those things that lived in my mind for months. I finally used it because we were talking about the weirdest stuff, and now it’s out there.”

While reporting in June and July didn’t indicate that Brown requested a trade, there was speculation at the time that the Celtics were worried that including him in the offer for Antetokounmpo would create a fracture between the team and the star wing that would be hard to repair — especially after rumors about his possible discontent had surfaced earlier in the offseason. If the front office believed a new contract extension might be necessary to mend fences between the two sides, that could align with Scalabrine’s interpretation of how the situation played out.