Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd has mirrored on a remark he made throughout final yr’s NBA finals, when he mentioned that Jaylen Brown was higher than Jayson Tatum.
Jason Kidd Addresses Finals Remark
The Dallas Mavericks had been overwhelmed by Boston’s energy within the NBA Finals final yr and throughout the sequence, Jason Kidd made a remark suggesting that Jaylen Brown is the perfect participant on the Celtics.
Whereas Brown is at present the most effective gamers within the league, Jayson Tatum has been broadly considered the primary possibility in Boston all through his profession.
This week Kidd mirrored on his feedback throughout the Finals, saying that Brown – who was later topped as Finals MVP – was the perfect participant in Boston throughout the playoffs.
“He was taking part in the perfect I believe on the time. Some took it as I used to be making an attempt to begin one thing. However he had simply gained the Japanese Convention MVP, after which he ended up successful MVP of the Finals, so I don’t know if I used to be mistaken.”
There has definitely been no love misplaced between Brown and Kidd following the Dallas coach’s feedback, with the pair launching a nationwide nonprofit initiative this week.
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Kidd continued: “However as we all know, the media generally can take it as I used to be making an attempt to begin one thing between Jayson and Jaylen, nevertheless it wasn’t that. I used to be simply making the remark that Jaylen is taking part in at a excessive degree. So it wasn’t that I used to be beginning something.”
There was controversy this summer season surrounding Tatum’s choice to the USA Olympics crew, with Convention and Finals MVP Brown left at house instead of his teammate.
Tatum averaged 26.9 factors per recreation throughout the common season final yr, together with 8.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists in what was one other constant season for the primary time championship winner.
Throughout the playoffs although it was Brown who took cost in Boston, with the 27-year-old averaging 37.2 minutes per recreation within the post-season – recording 23.9 factors per recreation.
Tatum nonetheless completed the playoffs with a better factors common of 25.0 off barely extra minutes, however Brown’s offence in addition to his defence exploded into life throughout an important instances for Boston which is why he was topped MVP.
