Chill Loui 🎒

#YV Beantown ✈️ Worldwide 🇭🇹🇩🇴

[Chill Loui 🎒 @DNLXI]

Good Life. https://t.co/exI5odNsSG

[JANDY @Jandystl]

Never forget that his Dad graduated from MIT and his Mom from Harvard. He would probably be curing cancer if he wasn’t so good at hitting baseballs far

[Jack Bardsley @bb4jbards]

Real ones remember that Jayson Tatum was going to wear 11 until Kyrie arrived, and he and JB’s nickname was supposed to be 7/11 🤣

[blax🧃 @ybdeyo]

Ja Morant got NBA YoungBoy to do the voiceover for his new Nike commercial promoting the upcoming Nike Ja 4 sneakers😳💚🔥

[Eddie Gonzalez @bansky]

JT be on actor press runs lol. Like he in the odyssey

[𝓜𝓪𝓽𝓽 ✈️ @mldiffley]

Orlando was the best summer league btw. Nothing but shoe squeaks in a random gym at 7am. Pure hoops

[Chill Loui 🎒 @DNLXI]

@Jackxspicer BRO. Agreed. Anfernee was there for 6 mill a yr 😭

[Whole Lotta Celtics☘️ @WholeLottaCelts]

This is who yall hate on every day btw

[Corey B @CoreyB08]

I’ll always appreciate Jaylen. He’s a literal Celtics legend. @FCHWPO will always be a huge part of the story of one of the greatest franchises in all of sports.

[Devon Birdsong @DevonBirdsong]

@kylekuzma @Gutek_z_poligon The marketing for that CBA was truly generational

[truzz @playofftruzz]

@kylekuzma @SleeperCeltics The cba took everything from us man im sick

[kuz @kylekuzma]

After sitting here watching NBA free agency this year and overall NBA movement over the past 2 years somebody has to say it....

The new CBA was sold as parity, but the first and second apron are starting to function like a hard cap on player value, team continuity, and player movement.

Teams are no longer making purely basketball decisions. They’re making fear-based apron decisions. That means good players get squeezed, homegrown cores get broken up, fan-favorite teams lose their identity, and the overall product loses some of the nostalgia and continuity that made people fall in love with the NBA in the first place.

This isn’t about players not understanding business. It’s the opposite. We understand that the NBA is a business. That’s why the @TheNBPA has to operate with elite business acumen, elite negotiating strategy, and real foresight.

The owners and the league walk into these meetings with killers that continue to run circles around us time and time again with elite lawyers, economists, cap experts, media strategists, and long term business operators. Players deserve a PA that is just as sharp, just as prepared, and just as aggressive about protecting our upside.

Too often, it feels like players are informed after the fact instead of being truly educated and empowered before decisions are made. That cannot continue.

The next CBA is a do or die moment for us as players. It's only going to get worse for us. We need transparency, accountability, and a serious re evaluation of who is representing us and how they are representing us.

This is not anti parity. This is pro player, fan, and product. The league is strongest when players are valued properly, great teams can stay together, and the people representing us are operating at the same level as the people sitting across the table.

[Boston @BostonMassUSA]

'He didn't just play for Boston. He embraced communities like Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan. He showed up at schools, basketball clinics, community events, and youth programs. He spoke about educational equity, invested in young people, and consistently used his platform to support Black youth in Boston. It reminded me of the kind of community connection that made Reggie Lewis so beloved here.'

[Paul Biancardi @PaulBiancardi]

I grew up in the communities that Jaylen Brown embraced. I would’ve given anything to have a Boston Celtic reach deep into the community like he did. He made his presence felt, giving hope and inspiration to the youth and to everyone he spoke with by offering his time, talent, and resources. His actions and intentions were genuine. He made Boston a better city.

My communication and experiences with Jaylen Brown, from high school to college and the NBA, have been pleasant, respectful, and thoughtful. I watched him go from a young man to a man. Impressive. @FCHWPO

[Chill Loui 🎒 @DNLXI]

@CoreyB08 Now I can get behind this 🤣 even tho it’s street clothes 😭

[Zito @_Zeets]

I don’t even have the words. What a goal. What a moment. What a celebration.

[Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA]

Also, a huge miss by almost the entire analytics discussion I’ve seen around Jaylen is that it’s been out of the context of his role. The rumors about the deeper impact analytics the teams have making Brown not look good are real from what I’ve heard, but that’s not considering what his role actually is. On next year’s Celtics, Jaylen could’ve gone back to his responsibilities in partnership with Tatum, two different types of wings who have long complemented each other well. Brown is a dangerous dribble penetrator and point of attack defender who improved as a playmaker last year enough that he was effective. A healthy Tatum has been a high level playmaker and outside-in scorer, and a great help defender and good POA defender. Tatum’s strengths allowed Brown to thrive at what he does best and limit his exposure on his weak points, and that went both ways. Brown was the hyper aggressive tone setter and his intensity was necessary to allow Tatum to be more laid back. While he made a lot of help mistakes, he also is one of the few two-way stars in the league who can press full court all night in the playoffs and defend with elite physicality across the board. So all of these comps of Brown to other MVP candidates misses the fact that Brown was meant to operate in tandem with Tatum and his valuation should be in that context. Even so, fair for the Celtics to not want to pay the $75m extension on him as he gets to his mid 30s, or that they wanted to shift course now. But the conversation around his metrics and most analytics has missed the fact that not every player has to be complete and well-rounded. Not every player has to be efficient in every regard. There is a pretty clear track record that Brown and Tatum together worked and anyone who actually watched closely over the years could see that.

[Dan Roche @RochieWBZ]

Not a fan of the non-stop bashing of Jaylen Brown @FCHWPO -
Was as professional as they come when dealing with him. He cared passionately about his craft, this city and helping others. On the court he led the C’s to Banner 18. I wish him well in the future.

[Dalé 🇭🇹 @CFC_617]

coldest duo ever.

[Verbal Assassin ✍🏽 @ulovewendy]

Team owners deserve all the fuckin smoke

[Bobby Manning @RealBobManning]

Brown: "I wish that my integrity and character hadn't been attacked as much throughout this process."