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Payton Pritchard defends Jaylen Brown’s reaction to Team USA snub

The Boston Celtics guard defended his teammates reaction to missing out on Team USA.

Jaylen Brown has endured a difficult summer. The Boston Celtics star was omitted from Team USA’s roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics. He was then overlooked as the replacement for Kawhi Leonard, with Derrick White receiving a call-up instead. Brown was critical of the decision, taking to social media to share his thoughts. Stephen A. Smith also accused him of being “unmarketable.” Smith during the postseason.

In a recent appearance on the “Point Forward” podcast, Celtics guard Payton Pritchard defended Brown’s reaction, while also noting how the Celtics All-Star fits within Steve Kerr’s Team USA roster.

“I know certain people are like it’s undercutting his teammate, but I was kind of like hey man, let him speak his peiece,” Pritchard said regarding Brown’s Team USA drama. “I think, yeah, let him speak. I don’t think Derrick felt any type of way at all. I think we’re all brothers at the end of the day. When I saw it, not even having the consideration of putting him on was confusing to me. I think Jaylen is a top-level player. He fits everything they need. He can defend, play any role, and I think Jaylen would accept that.”

While there’s a fair debate on whether Brown should have handled the situation differently, there’s no denying that he could have been an important member of Team USA’s roster, regardless of what role he would have been tasked with playing.

Nevertheless, Brown will undoubtedly have spent his summer working on his game and improving his all-round skill set as he looks to help Boston challenge for back-to-back championships next season.

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Star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown has a plan to tackle Boston’s wealth divide

“Access to capital, … sustainability and culturally competent initiatives … have informed us on how to create this program,” said Brown.

Star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown has a plan to tackle Boston’s wealth divide. The Georgia native recently made his plan “to launch a project to bring Black Wall Street here in Boston” known, drawing on the historic Oklahoma institution as a model for future prosperity for people of color.

Per Bloomberg’s Randall Williams, Brown has partnered with Harvard Business School, Roxbury Community College and Lauren and Jrue Holiday’s JLH Fund to offer up to $250,000 in investment grants. “To be able to give access to capital, create sustainability and culturally competent initiatives, all of these insights have informed us on how to create this program for Boston,” shared Brown.

“Being able to partner with people who have high influence in other places can make it more impactful,” he added.

Applications to the program can be found at www.bxchange.org and must be submitted by August 15, 2024.

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Does Team USA have an agenda against the Celtics?

Does Team USA have an agenda against the Boston Celtics?

The Boston Celtics stormed to the 2024 NBA championship. Both Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown helped lead the franchise to its first title in 16 years. However, both stars have found themselves embroiled in controversy with Team USA in the following month.

Brown wasn’t selected for the initial Team USA roster and was overlooked as a replacement for Kawhi Leonard, with Derrick White getting the call instead. Tatum was benched for the team’s opening game of the 2024 Paris Olympics despite being fully healthy and ready to play. Celtics fans have questioned both decisions, with both emerging as genuine talking points.

In a recent episode of NESN’s “Hold My Banner” podcast, the host discusses the two controversies along with the notion of there being a conspiracy theory against Boston’s two best players.

You can watch the full discussion regarding Boston’s star players and Team USA by clicking on the embedded video link above.

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Best of Boston’s Jaylen Brown dunking on his competition (sans one)

There are plenty to choose from!

After Charlotte Hornets‘ Miles Bridges ended up on the receiving end of a dunk by Boston Celtics All-Star forward Jaylen Brown in 2021, the NBA assembled a collection of the (in their estimation) best flushes by the Georgia native during his still-young career.

And there are plenty to choose from!

The rising Celtics star is a force in transition, frequently putting competitors on a poster no matter their reputation or standing in the league. As a matter of fact, a number of fans are already noting one particularly high-profile dunk from Brown’s past that for some inexplicable reason did not make the mix created by the NBA in the video embedded below.

Watch it for yourself and see if you can guess the absent dunk in question while enjoying what Brown can do when he feels like punishing the rim.

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Is team chemistry the Boston Celtics secret weapon?

Is the Boston Celtics elite team chemistry their secret weapon heading into next season?

Over the last 12 months, Brad Stevens has prioritized securing the long-term future of the Boston Celtics core rotation. He has extended Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Sam Hauser and Payton Pritchard. A significant portion of those deals occurred during the opening weeks of the offseason.

The Celtics are clearly betting on their team chemistry and roster continuity as they seek back-to-back NBA championships. Boston was the most dominant team in the NBA last season and ended the playoffs, having held their opponents to under 100 points in 11 of their 19 outings.

During a recent appearance on “The Celtics Beat” podcast, Adam Himmelsbach of the “Boston Globe” joined the show to discuss the Celtics elite chemistry and whether that can help them secure another championship next season. The Celtics had consistently spoken of their close-knit locker room throughout their championship season.

You can watch the full discussion by clicking on the embedded video above.

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Do the Boston Celtics really have a super team?

Joel Embiid recently said the Boston Celtics were a superteam, is that true, or is there more to the story?

The Boston Celtics have been accused of having a super team over the last 12 months. The additions of Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis certainly created a case for Boston being given such a label. However, not every Celtics fan has agreed with the notion that the Celtics roster is overpowered compared to the rest of the NBA.

In truth, the Celtics do have one of the most talented and deepest teams in the league. Yet, what sets them apart is their continuity and team chemistry, with everyone on the same page and pulling in the same direction. It’s that cohesive unit that allowed Boston’s roster to all sacrifice for the greater good.

Nevertheless, that nuance appeared to be lost on Joel Embiid, who recently cited Boston as a superteam. During a recent episode of the “How ‘Bout Them Celtics” podcast, hosts Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance discussed whether Boston has a superteam and how much that really matters.

You can watch the full episode by clicking on the embedded link above.

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Is star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown a top-15 player in the NBA?

Brown has not only morphed into one of the league’s best scorers, but one of the NBA’s best two-way talents.

Is star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown a top-15 player in the NBA? While the Georgia native has never doubted his own position in the league, serious flaws in an otherwise very complete game have held the Celtics star back until this season.

Now armed with a tighter handle, better decision-making skills and self-awareness of his game and his limits, Brown has not only morphed into one of the league’s best scorers, but one of the NBA’s best two-way talents. And nowhere was it on display more than in the 2024 NBA Finals, which saw the Cal alum justifiably earn the Finals Most Valuable Player award for his efforts guiding Boston to a league-record 18th banner.

“The arc of Brown’s career is a story of growth—a gradual refinement that, over time, turned a raw prospect into one of the most resourceful basketball players in the world,” writes the Ringer’s Rob Mahoney.

“For so long, it was easy to get stuck on what Brown wasn’t”, adds the Ringer analyst. “Yet over the course of this championship season, Brown shifted the focus from the deficits in his game to the incredible breadth of his contributions.”

“Brown made himself a star, and then he made himself essential,” Mahoney adds. “(…) But don’t take our word for it—just check his trophy case.”

His ranking by the Ringer? No. 15 overall in the NBA headed into the 2024-25 season.

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Celtics Jayson Tatum will be ‘forever grateful’ for Jaylen Brown

Jayson Tatum has admitted he will be ‘forever grateful’ for his partnership with Jaylen Brown on the Boston Celtics roster.

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have endured some gut-wrenching moments during their tenure on the Boston Celtics roster. The young wing duo have been knocking on the door of a championship for the majority of their career. However, until the 2023-24 season, they always fell short. Fortunately, all that changed following the additions of Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis.

Boston dominated all season long and carried that domination in the postseason. Now, the Celtics will head into the 2024-25 season looking to win back-to-back championships, with Tatum and Brown eager to secure their legacies within Celtics history.

During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated via their ’10 Burning Questions’ YouTube series, Tatum credited his partnership with Brown. He noted how the years of falling short and dealing with media criticism made them stronger and got them ready for their success of last season.

“I think over the years it’s just made us stronger,” Tatum said. “Made us more connected. Made us more together in a sense. Now, we have something that they can never take away from us. We did all the things they said we could not do. I’ll forever be grateful for him and what we’ve been able to accomplish together.”

Tatum and Brown are still a year or two away from entering their primes. They are already two of the best forwards in the NBA and have an elite supporting cast around them. As such, it’s not hard to envision them winning another title or two before Brad Stevens is forced to re-tool the roster.

No matter what, though, Tatum and Brown overcame a mountain of challenges to be crowned champions. Their names will forever be etched in Celtics history, despite what they had to go through to get there.

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Celtics’ Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown ‘need each other’

The Boston Celtics duo have accepted they’re at their best when playing together with one goal in mind.

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are the Boston Celtics‘ two best players. Both forwards are among the best in the NBA in terms of their positions. And both played a key role in leading the Celtics to the 2024 NBA championship. Brown and Tatum have faced significant criticism throughout their careers, with many questioning whether the duo was talented enough to win at the highest level.

During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, in an issue that features Tatum as the cover athlete, the St. Louis native admitted he and brown have ‘figured out’ that they’re at their best when playing together.

“We’ve figured out that we need each other,” Tatum says. “We have learned how to coexist. And we know we need to be the best version of ourselves in order for all of this to work. We weren’t necessarily the best playmakers early in our careers but we developed into guys that really bleed the game. We want to be a great example of guys that play on both ends as a floor and guys who are the best teammates that we can be.”

The Celtics need Tatum and Brown on the same page and playing at their best if they want to continue challenging for championships. Over the last 12 months, Brad Stevens has tied them both to Supermax contracts, ensuring their partnership will continue throughout the prime of their careers.

Boston is positioned to make multiple championship runs in the coming years. Tatum and Brown will be at the forefront of those charges. The fact that they will both be on the same page should send a shudder down their opponent’s spine.

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What to expect from the Boston Celtics pre-season schedule

The Boston Celtics will play five preseason games as part of their preparations for their title defense.

The Boston Celtics have announced their preseason schedule. They will play two games in Abu Dhabi, two games at the TD Garden, and one in Toronto. Joe Mazzulla’s team will likely be looking to assert their dominance early, as they aim to find any potential avenue to generating momentum following a dominant 2023-24 season.

Three of Boston’s five games will come against contending teams. Both games in Abu Dhabi will be against the Denver Nuggets, who won the 2023 NBA championship. One of the games in Boston will be against the Philadelphia 76ers, who added Paul George to their roster during the opening weeks of the offseason.

During a recent episode of the “How ‘Bout Them Celtics” podcast, hosts Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance discussed the Celtics preseason schedule before sharing their thoughts and expectations on the five-game slate.

You can watch the full episode by clicking on the embedded video above.

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