Despite not being called up for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Jaylen Brown is one of the most important figures in American basketball in recent years. The Boston Celtics forward was crowned the winner of the Larry Bird Award, which is given to the Most Valuable Player of the Eastern Conference Finals, and was the most outstanding player in the Finals against the Dallas Mavericks, winning the FMVP over Jayson Tatum.
Now, Brown will seek to repeat the championship with the Greens in this new 2024-25 season of the North American league. During the Celtics Media Day, “JB” spoke about what is expected of this campaign and surprised everyone with his statements about how they approach the regular season games in order to arrive rested for the Playoffs.
Overconfidence?
“JB” said that when they play against weak teams, they let their less experienced teammates take more shots and gain confidence. “One night we play, I don’t want to disrespect them, but the Detroit Pistons, who have struggled for the last year or two, we’ll play through Payton, we’ll let him go for 30. We’ll play through Sam, we’ll let him shoot 10 threes tonight. We’re still going to win the game,” he said.
With this, Brown demonstrates the importance of trusting his teammates and asserted that this type of encounters help those players, who do not have such a stellar role within the team, to be able to play quality minutes during the regular season so that they can contribute during the postseason of the NBA.
