NBC Sports Boston has compiled a highlight reel of Jaylen Brown’s best dunks of the season.
Star forward Jaylen Brown has enjoyed a phenomenal season for the Boston Celtics. The explosive forward has been one of his ball club’s most consistent offensive outlets, especially early in games, where he’s thrived as Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla’s primary option. In recent years, Brown has developed his mid-range game, becoming a fearsome perimeter threat off the catch.
Nevertheless, the Georgia native is still an explosive slasher at heart. As such, some of his most memorable moments from the 2023-24 season have come when Brown is driving the lane and looking to shake the rim with a thunderous dunk.
With the regular season now in the history books, NBC Sports Boston has compiled a highlight reel of Brown’s best dunks from the last 82 games. Some of them are in the half-court, some are in transition, and some are of him exploding through the lane when operating as an off-ball threat.
You can watch the full highlight reel by clicking on the embedded link above.
Jaylen Brown shared some words of encouragement for his Boston Celtics teammates after they defeated the Miami Heat on Saturday.
The Boston Celtics secured a dominant Game 3 win over the Miami Heat on Saturday (April 27). Joe Mazzulla’s team turned up the pressure on the defensive end, limiting Miami’s ability to create high-quality shots on the perimeter or around the rim. They also rediscovered their own offensive rhythm, allowing them to win three of the four quarters.
Jaylen Brown had a message for his teammates when speaking to the media after the game. The All-Star forward urged the Celtics to continue searching for the right shots and to continue trusting in the work that got them to the first seed in the Easter Conference.
“Make the right play,” Brown said. “This is what we’ve been working hard for our whole season. These moments, just breathe, relax, see the game, trust your teammates, trust each other, and just come out and do what we’ve been doing. It’s just us against the world and we got each other’s back.”
Boston now leads the series against Miami 2-1. They will be aiming to win Game 4 on Monday (April 29) at the Kaseya Center. Assuming the Celtics handle their business and secure a successful road trip, they will be in a position to close out the series in front of their own fans at the TD Garden.
Nevertheless, the Celtics must stay focused. Spoelstra is exceptional at making game-to-game adjustments and will ensure his team is ready to make their presence felt when the two rosters face off again.
Still, with the Heat’s injury issues, the Celtics will have no excuses and must find a way to secure the win.
A regular presence on this list from year to year, the Georgia native has seen his profile continually rise in the city he now calls home.
Star Boston Celtics small forward Jaylen Brown has been named the 23rd most influential person in the City of Boston by Boston Magazine for their annual “150 Most Influential Bostonians” article. A regular presence on this list from year to year, the Georgia native has seen his profile continually rise in the city that he now calls home.
And Brown is so high on this list not just because of his success with the Celtics, but what he does with the platform that brings him in Boston. “When Brown inked his new $304 million contract last summer, he made it clear that Bostonians would share in the bounty,” writes Boston Magazine.
“His 7uice Foundation focuses on tackling the city’s opportunity gap, primarily through his Bridge Program with MIT, and he has his sights set on the wealth gap, too,” they add.
“In other words, he’s spreading optimism and opportunity all over the city—and all the while, proving on the court that he’s worth every penny,” they suggest — and we agree.
There’s nothing wrong with showing up and earning the paycheck, and letting that be the four walls of your influence. But the Cal alum has a drive to leave things better than he found them, and walks in the footsteps of giants.
What are the biggest questions for the Boston Celtics heading into the playoffs?
The Boston Celtics project to be one of the most complete teams in the NBA. They finished the regular season ranked first in offensive rating, first in Net Rating, and second in defensive rating. With the best record in the NBA and a sizeable lead atop the Eastern Conference, the Celtics are expected to surge to the NBA Finals.
However, no team is perfect. There’s always something that can be improved or tightened up. For example, in the season’s final weeks, the Celtics struggled to control the defensive glass, which rapidly became a point of emphasis for their opponents.
In the latest Green With Envy podcast episode, hosts Adam Taylor and Greg Meneikis were joined by Jason Timpf of The Volume’s “Hoops Tonight.” They broke down Boston’s clutch-time offense, Jaylen Brown’s free-throw struggles, and overall shooting mechanics before touching on some other potential areas of improvement for Joe Mazzulla’s team.
You can watch the full episode by clicking on the embedded link above.
“Fundamentally, great players can play with great players, and they’re not positionally similar,” Rockets GM Rafael Stone says of Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun.
With some exceptions, the peaks of third-year center Alperen Sengun and guard Jalen Green — both drafted in the NBA’s 2021 first round — generally came at different times for the Houston Rockets.
Sengun flourished over the first few months of the 2023-24 season, even making an All-Star push at midseason. Then, with Sengun sidelined by an ankle injury for the final month-plus of the season, Green nearly earned March Player of the Month honors.
There were occasional games of overlap where both were in peak form at the same time, and it’s worth noting that Green had already shown several games of improved play prior to Sengun’s March 10 injury. Yet, for the season as a whole, it’s a fair observation to say that both prospects were rarely at their best, simultaneously.
So, as Houston turns its focus to 2024-25, is that a concern as the Rockets (41-41) try to go from a .500 season to a winning team that earns a spot in the 2025 Western Conference postseason?
General manager Rafael Stone and head coach Ime Udoka are aware of the concern, but it doesn’t sound like they’re particularly alarmed or troubled. At Tuesday’s end-of-season media availability session with Houston reporters, here’s how Stone responded to a question of whether Sengun and Green are a good complement to each other:
One’s a guard, one’s a center. One of the guys I’ve worked with a long time has a saying that “Someone has gotta score.” The more shots you get, the more you’ll score. In that sense, Jalen benefitted from getting additional shots.
He started playing really good basketball prior to Alperen’s injury. His scoring tailed off a little bit at the end, but he really played some really good games at the end of the season where he didn’t score particularly well.
It’s about putting yourself in position for success. He made some big steps midseason that set him up that way. Fundamentally, great players can play with great players, and they’re not positionally similar.
The challenge that exist for us is not Jalen and Alperen. It’s Jalen, Alperen, Amen [Thompson], Tari [Eason], Jabari [Smith Jr.], Fred [VanVleet], Dillon [Brooks], and Cam [Whitmore]. We’re a team. Ime has to find a way to mesh everyone, but a lot of that is on them and the choices they make.
Every team, every year faces that challenge. Every year someone comes back and added to their game… and [the question is] how do you incorporate that. Or, they want to do more, and how do you incorporate that?
That’s the challenge in front of us. It’s a great one to have these talented young guys who are getting better and having more potential, but we’re cognizant it is a challenge.
Udoka then added his own perspective regarding Sengun and Green, who finished as Houston’s top-two scorers in average points per game during the 2023-24 season. Among his comments:
Jalen had more opportunity with Alperen out. They have contrasting styles. Early on, we leaned on Fred to get us into sets, initiate everything and get our turnovers down. Alpi being one of the top low post scorers, Jalen wasn’t gonna have the same opportunity as in the past.
Sometimes it comes down to making shots. With the ball in his hands, he goes on a hot streak. He was playing well before Alperen went down.
We’re looking forward to that combo meshing next year with more experience and understanding what we’re looking for from both of them.
It’s funny, they said the same thing about [Jayson] Tatum and [Jaylen] Brown. “Can they mesh together?” A lot of times, it’s the guys that every team would want. Everyone would want Jalen and Alpi on their team. I think it’s a no brainer that it can work, and we’ll see it going forward.
Udoka, of course, coached Tatum and Brown with the 2021-22 Boston Celtics, who advanced to the 2022 NBA Finals.
Complete video of Tuesday’s press conference is available below.
Watch as Grant Hill gifts Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday their Team USA jerseys for this summer’s Olympics in Paris.
The Boston Celtics will have two representatives on Team USA’s men’s basketball team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris this August. Gold medalists Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday were both named to the team this week with another chance at international glory.
Tatum and Holiday will join a team with veteran experience and rising star power. The two Celtics will team up with Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, Bam Adebayo, Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Davis this summer.
To celebrate the occassion, managing director of Team USA’s men’s basketball team and former Olympian visited members of the squad to gift them their 2024 Paris Olympic jerseys. You can check out the moment thanks to Adriel Highlights on YouTube.
How many future Hall of Famers due the Boston Celtics have on their roster?
The Boston Celtics are enjoying what could become a historic season for the franchise. They sit first in the Eastern Conference with a 15-game cushion over the second-placed Milwaukee Bucks. They also have the best record in the NBA. Joe Mazzulla’s team is widely expected to contend for the Larry O’Brien trophy at the end of the season.
A significant part of Boston’s success this season has been the sheer level of talent on its roster. Its starting five could be an All-Star group. Al Horford coming off the bench is a luxury most teams could only dream of. As such, it’s no surprise that Bleacher Report’s Dan Favale has listed four members of Boston’s roster as future Hall of Famers.
“The issue with the Boston Celtics isn’t spotting Hall of Fame candidates,” Favale wrote. “It’s deciding on how many.”
Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday and Al Horford are Favale’s selections. Depending on how successful the Celtics are in the coming years, we may need to add Derrick White and Kristaps Porzingis to that list, too.
Right now, it doesn’t matter how many roster members could potentially make the Hall of Fame. The important thing is winning a championship and proving that the current roster is among the best in the history of the NBA. Boston has been building to this moment; now is the time to execute.
“It’s cool to be able to coach guys that get to those type of milestones and be a part of that,” said Mazzulla.
Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla had praise for Jaylen Brown after the Georgia native put up his 10,000th career point in the NBA in the Celtics’ 124-107 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on this past (April 7) Sunday evening at TD Garden.
“The type of guy that he is, the hard work that he puts in and the growth that he’s shown this year to become a complete player at both ends of the floor, I know he’s happy about that, but I know even when he achieves those things, he’s never satisfied,” offered Mazzulla on Brown’s career milestone.
“It’s cool to be able to coach guys that get to those type of milestones and be a part of that,” added the Celtics coach. “He deserves that because of the hard work that he puts in.”
Brown elevated his game after the league’s 2024 All-Star break, even vaulting himself into the voting for ESPN’s final 2024 Most Valuable Player award voting in the process.
While it was as unremarkable of a game as they come given the injuries and goals of both ball clubs, it was also a bit of a snapshot of history.
The Boston Celtics played the Portland Trail Blazers at TD Garden for one of their last tilts left on their slate of games. And while it was as unremarkable of a game as they come given the injuries and goals of both ball clubs, it was also a bit of a snapshot of history.
On one hand, it was the first return for a number of former Celtics players, including Robert Williams III, Malcolm Brogdon, and Dalano Banton since they left the organization. On the other, it also saw star Celtics forward Jaylen Brown score the 10,000th point of his NBA career — not exactly a minor career milestone.
For the former, the team put together a video board tribute for all three former players with an emphasis (of course) on Timelord: which we have included below, courtesy of CLNS Media:
We also found another video board nod to Brown for his impressive milestone — advance to the next page to see that as well.
The Celtics shared that they have downgraded a trio of backcourt players for the Kings tilt this evening at TD Garden.
The Boston Celtics will have to face the Sacramento Kings with a few of their best players sitting on the bench, according to a recent notification from the team. The Celtics shared that they have downgraded a trio of backcourt players for the Kings tilt this evening at TD Garden.
Star forward Jaylen Brown will sit to nurse his left hand sprain back to health ahead of the NBA’s 2024 Playoffs, and starting Boston floor general Derrick White (currently afflicted with a lower back contusion picked up earlier this week) will join him in street clothes vs. Sacramento this (April 5) evening.
Reserve wing Jaden Spring will also sit as he rests up his left knee, which has been bothered by tendinopathy for some time now.
