Jaylen Brown after winning Finals MVP
Q: "What does holding this trophy mean to you?"
JB: "It was a full team effort. I share this with my brothers and my partner in crime, Jayson Tatum. He was with me the whole way. We share this together."
Tatum on his relationship with Jaylen:
“The expectations were so high, they had to figure out a reason why we hadn’t won yet. So they tried to pin us against each other.”
“The truth is we had 9 amazing years together… I’ll forever be grateful for the time we spent together.”
Not once, but twice JT has reposted and addressed losing his duo in JB, he has no obligation to. One could have been enough in the eyes of some, some think it’s not enough, some think it’s for his image. I think it was genuine and a loss to him as well. It was 9 years of their lives they grew up together, worked together and got a ring together and nothing will change that. #theJays
✅ 5x All-Star
✅ 2x All-NBA Second Team
✅ ECF & Finals MVP
✅ NBA Champion
The impact you made both on and off the court will forever be felt by the city of Boston and Celtics fans everywhere.
Thank you to one of the all-time great Celtics, Jaylen Brown ☘️
Digging into the ‘WHY’ behind some of the macro data that shows him as a net negative player has been fascinating and aligns perfectly with the eye test.
Jaylen is high usage which is normal for All NBA players. He also dribbles the air out of the ball from the wing AND is in isolation higher than almost any player in the league.
Seconds per touch:
SGA/Ant/Tatum ~ 3.5
Jaylen ~ 4.0
Dribbles per touch:
SGA /Ant/ Tatum ~ 2.7
Jaylen ~ 3.1
Among non PG’s this ranks the HIGHEST. During the Championship run it was much lower.
This matters for two critical reasons:
- His efficiency goes from ~ 1.10 PPP with < 3 seconds per touch to ~0.8 PPP with more than 3 seconds per touch.
This is NORMAL for the average player. It is NOT NORMAL for supermax/All NBA heavy useage players on winning teams.
- The second part is that he doesn’t have the creation ability that high usage/heavy dribbles per touch players do (Jalen/Luka) so he doesn’t command doubles, and isn’t creating the same long closeout advantages other stars do.
The eye test shows the Celtics get stagnant for long stretches and settle for too many late clock, one pass 3’s. Obviously there is multiple factors contributing, but none bigger than this.
From a tactical stand point, it was absolutely time to move on, for both players.
I lived through Billups, Joe Johnson, Antoine, Al Jefferson, Paul Pierce, KG, Avery Bradley, Rondo, Isaiah, Smart, Rob, Jrue, KP etc being traded
The Jaylen Brown trade might be the toughest of them all
UAAP suspended DLSU when they had an issue with player eligibility.
UAAP banned Aldin Ayo indefinitely when he broke the COVID protocol.
Now, with 2 kids DEAD in the hands of Tab Baldwin, the UAAP is saying it’s up to Ateneo on how they will handle this “accident”.
Lmao.
For an institution where Ateneans learned empathy, accountability, and command responsibility, we’re seeing none of it from management and the coaching staff right now.
Two young men died under your care. The school has only released online posts.
Show your faces. Man up.