Happy bday my baby 👼❤️I wish you were still here so I could sing While We’re Young and make you laugh. 😔 Ppl love saying things get better as time goes by but I haven’t seen shit get better yet. I love you shorty @tenilleterei RIP
Jaylen Brown says he used the NBA Players Association instead of hiring an agent for the NBA Draft because they're paid to help players
“When I entered the draft, I didn't have an agent. I'm probably the highest picked selected ever that didn't enter with an agent. When I was evaluating, I went through the whole process and sat with a bunch of people, and what they was offering I ain't really need. It was kind of already slotted, so I leaned on the union a lot more”
“A lot of the agents came and was like, ‘Yeah, we'll move you to L.A. We'll get you a trainer, put some money in your pocket,’ and I was like, ‘For what? Do I gotta give the money back?’ They was like, ‘Nah, but standard agent fee is 4%.’ I'm starting to do the math, and a house, car, and all that, whatever he was offering, is a lot less than what 4% would have been”
“Long story short, the math wasn't mathing for me. I ended up being the third pick. I think because I came in like that, a lot of people, I think it was the agents, they tried to slander my name a little bit, put it in the media that he's too this, he's too that. Ended up backfiring. It all worked out in the end”
“With the union, we pay dues. All the players in the NBA pay dues. We all pay like $10,000 out of our salary that goes to hiring lawyers, hiring staff, CEO, everything that you need to lead a company that works for us. So all of that is our resources that we all pay for, that we agree to. Once I learned that, I just started using it”
“I'm talking about you can get private investigations done. They give referrals for financial advisors. All type of stuff. Foundation wise, health insurance, whatever you need. They have a liaison that's paid to make sure that you get it done. So I put it on their desk like, ‘I need you to get this done.’ And they do because that's their job”
Notable second-round picks, last 5 years:
2025:
Ryan Kalkbrenner
Maxime Raynaud
2024:
Ajay Mitchell
Jaylen Wells
2023:
Toumani Camara
2022:
Andrew Nembhard
Jaylin Williams
Max Christie
Moussa Diabate
Ryan Rollins
2021:
Herb Jones
Ayo Dosunmu
Neemias Queta
Born and raised in Detroit.
I'm almost 36
Never heard that shit.
Beginning to think this is an "outside Detroit" thing, because we have never called them that.