One former NBA veteran didn’t get pleasure from sharing the court docket with Jaylen Brown however understood why issues have been the best way they have been.
Jaylen Brown is likely one of the most underrated gamers within the NBA. It’s unusual to say this in regards to the reigning Finals MVP, however that is the reality of the matter.
He has been enjoying very well over the past yr. Brown challenged a number of All-Stars final yr, and none have met him at that degree.
Whereas the Boston Celtics are not so good as they have been final yr, one thing even Brown admitted, it isn’t due to any lackluster performances on his finish.
Brown has developed into a fantastic participant. Nonetheless, one former teammate of his didn’t get pleasure from enjoying with Brown through the early years of his profession.
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Former NBA All-Star Jeff Teague spoke about his time enjoying with Jaylen Brown on the Celtics. He famous that he didn’t get pleasure from sharing the court docket with Brown, as a result of the younger star was so tunnel-visioned.
Nonetheless, Teague did perceive why Brown felt the necessity to shoulder all of the offensive accountability. As a younger participant, he thought he wanted to show himself.
“I noticed how Jaylen Brown was enjoying. He was speaking a lot trash to Tyrese Maxey. He got here alive, one thing totally different. Jaylen Brown’s slowly turn out to be certainly one of my favourite gamers.”
“After I performed with JB, I at all times hold it actual, I hated enjoying with JB. He had tunnel imaginative and prescient, he was attempting to attain the whole lot.”
“You’d be open, however I understood what he was attempting to do, he was attempting to solidify that deal, himself as an All-Star, and it was a contest between him and Tatum, to me, at the moment.
Teague clearly didn’t maintain it towards Brown however was annoyed over the scenario he was in. However lately, Brown is somebody Teague respects significantly.
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Talking additional on the podcast, Teague famous that each Brown and Jayson Tatum have grown as gamers since he final performed with them.
He added that lately, with the best way he has developed, Brown has turn out to be certainly one of his favourite gamers to look at due to the combat he brings on a nightly foundation.
“As they grew they received the max offers, they’re a group now. It’s all good. All of us eatin’, all of us superstars, all of us going to make All-NBA, all that good things.”
“And now he’s turning into certainly one of my favourite folks to look at, cos he competes, day-after-day, each evening, he be on the market enjoying exhausting as hell, and he guard the perfect participant.”
Brown is having a powerful season this yr, averaging 22.9 factors, 6.0 rebounds, and 4.8 assists and incomes his fourth All-Star nomination this season.
