NBA News NBA News, Match Reports and Updates
Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd just said what many have been wondering in these playoffs.
“Well, Jaylen’s their best player,” he said. As in Jaylen Brown, not Boston Celtics teammate Jayson Tatum.
“Looking at what he does defensively, he picked up Luka [Dončić] full-court, got to the free-throw line, did everything, and that’s what your best player does,” added the Hall of Fame point guard. “Understanding he plays both sides, defense and offense, at a high rate, and he’s been doing that the whole playoffs, when you talk about the Eastern Conference MVP, and it seems like he’s picked up where he left off.”
Jason Kidd was asked what makes going up against Jaylen Brown so challenging:
“Well, Jaylen’s their best player.” pic.twitter.com/iIYbXgZw1m
— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzellNBA) June 8, 2024
You could make the argument that Brown has been Boston’s best player in these playoffs. He did win Eastern Conference finals MVP honors and deserved it. He has been the heartbeat of his team, playing with a force whenever the game has demanded it — however rarely, in Boston’s case this postseason.
It was his game-tying 3-pointer that sent Game 1 to overtime against the Indiana Pacers and his assist to Derrick White that sealed the sweep and his overall effectiveness that controlled Game 1 against Dallas.
Jaylen Brown is awesome. This is where that part of the conversation ends.
The rest of it is perhaps some gamesmanship from Kidd, whose 30 years in the NBA would have him know this will be seen as a shot at Tatum, a deserving three-time All-NBA First Team forward. Tatum, the 2022 Eastern Conference finals MVP, is awesome, too, and that is supposed to be a problem in the NBA.
How could two awesome players be awesome together? One has to be better than the other. Right? We must split them apart. Destroy their egos. For two superstars cannot co-exist on the same team at the same time. This is … preposterous! That is what people who did not give Brown an All-NBA vote will say.
Celtics guard Jaylen Brown goes up for a dunk against the Dallas Mavericks during the first half of Game 1 of the NBA Finals on…
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/2024-nba-finais-is-jaylen-brown-the-celtics-best-player-thats-not-what-boston-cares-about-192053017.html
Author : Yahoo Sports
Publish date : 2024-06-08 19:20:53
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
