Tim Welsh: Jaylen Brown is a top-10 player in NBA

Tim Welsh: Jaylen Brown is a top-10 player in NBA originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

Jaylen Brown let his play do the talking in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals after being snubbed from the 2023-24 All-NBA teams.

The Boston Celtics star erupted for 40 points to propel his team to a 126-110 victory over the Indiana Pacers. The performance was a perfect response to his glaring omission, and his comments after the game were the cherry on top.

“I mean, we’re two games away from the Finals, so honestly, I don’t have the time to give a f—,” Brown said.

That’s what C’s fans want to hear, but Brown would have had every reason to voice his frustration with not being one of the 15 All-NBA selections. The three-time All-Star, who made second-team All-NBA last year, is coming off the best season of his career on both ends of the floor.

ESPN’s Tim Welsh weighed in on Brown’s All-NBA snub and if you ask him, Brown isn’t a top-15 NBA player — he’s top 10.

“You can’t have a season like the Celtics have and not have a second All-Star, and that’s what he is. He is a top-10 player in my mind,” Welsh said on Friday’s Early Edition.

“A year ago I was wondering, should they give him the ($286.23 million) contract? Will he live up to that contract? He has. He’s improved in the offseason, he’s gotten better, he is laser locked-in right now and I think he absolutely should be a top-15 player.”

Brown has been Boston’s most efficient all-around player during the 2024 playoff run. We can’t expect many more 40-point outbursts, but is his high level of play sustainable for the remainder of the postseason?

“I think it is. I think he’s grown into just a terrific all-around player,” Welsh answered. “And I was a critic last year as well. No left hand, you wondered in the offseason is he focused? … Yes, he’s been. He worked. He got into the gym.

“I was at some of the preseason practices. He stayed after, he was working on the left hand. And not only basketball IQ, but his leadership. I think he’s become a leader. With the departure of Marcus Smart, it’s allowed him to spread his wings and you’ve seen that here in the playoffs.”

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Publish date : 2024-05-24 23:24:42

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