jaylen brown is playing like absolute ass right now

it’s not his fault. the leg injury slows him down a bit, and the other injuries have forced us into mismatch iso-ball again

once again, tatum is playing through a significant injury in the postseason, and because he doesnt talk about it, everybody is discrediting him

you guys dont realize how lucky we are to have tatum. he’s eating the slander rather than whining about an injury

If Tatum isn’t on the floor Brown isnt driving much of anything. He can handle the load as “the guy,” for a game or so but over the course of the season it’s clear Tatum is the gear that keeps the machine running.

Yeah, people here are being so crazy with 101 posts asking for him to be traded. The guy just took us to a championship one year ago, was our best player during the run (ECF and FMVP) and was guarding the best player from opposing teams.

People quickly forget everything because of 2 games, I will always believe in Jaylen to deliever or atleast give his 100% always on the court. Every year he is getting better and better, clearly working every off-season on his weaknesses, he is giving to the community of the city so much back and still people want to trade him for anybody because 2 bad games, even though he is playing injured, other stars would 100% sit out in his situation.

Jaylen has been fading hard in 2nd half after playing so well in the first, which is a tell tale injury sign since he is so well conditioned typically. I don’t think he’d playing if it was reg season, same with Jrue.

Derrick is the most consistent & underrated player on the team , imo

Love Jaylen, but it’s been two games since Tatum dominated Orlando and he’s also dealing with an injury. He led the team in points rebounds and assists in the finals last year. Jaylen doesn’t get anywhere near the attention that Tatum does defensively which is why he gets as many good looks as he does. I’m happy we have both, but JT is clearly the driving force. And the biggest game of Jaylen’s life prior to last year was game 7 against Miami when Tatum got hurt 30 seconds in. Jaylen had 9 points. He’s the best Robin in the league, but he’s no Batman.

In the time i read this post, JB had 3 turnovers

My only problem with Jaylen is when he acts like a point guard and is main ball handler / distributor.

But that may be a coaching problem.

Sort of underwhelming?

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ANYONE else having these stats in the playoffs you would have tore up… keep that energy now.

No matter what happens I’ll never forgot that ice cold double bang three vs the Pacers last year.

Tatum is injured too lol, anyone who’s had a bone bruise knows they don’t just go away in a week. We have no idea how much of their underperforming is due to injury, so no point hating on either of them 🤷‍♂️

The short-term memory is running rampant around here. It seems like people have forgotten what we learned over the last few years. 1. Tatum and Brown shouldn’t be constantly measured against each other. 2. Both of these guys are first degree winners. 3. Tatum scored 108 points, 31 rebounds, and 17 assists on great efficiency to close out a tough and physical Orlando series.

On the third point, it’s also helpful to remember that Tatum, who has logged 1500 more minutes than anybody else in the NBA since he came into the league, missed his first career playoff game right before ripping off that run.

I love Jaylen Brown as a human being and as a player. We can appreciate that without somehow taking a dig at Tatum.

Jaylen is clearly hurt, but man… I don’t see how him going 15-43 over the course of 2 pretty ugly losses is an indication of how important he is to the team.

Tatum has not been underwhelming this playoffs. ITS BEEN TWO FUCKING GAMES

You realize Tatum is hurt too, right?

A lot of people thought Tatum should’ve won Finals MVP last year due to defense/rebounding and overall impact

JT shot under 40% overall - there is no way a Finals MVP will have that statistic. I’m not sure if Steph shot under 40 the year Iggy took it, but when a guy has 1 or 2 bad games in at most a 7 game series, they aren’t taking the Russel trophy.

JB needs to recognize his own weaknesses and avoid them. His dribble drive turnovers are getting very cringe. It’s no secret to just do a quick double on him and the ball is gone. I call this a lead by example type behavior. Players aren’t going to listen to him, if he sets bad examples himself.

JT/JB have never seemed to be that “it” go to guy that so many other NBA stars seem to be. It doesn’t mean those “it” guys have anything close to 100% success rate. But you can see it, they want the ball, they want to put on their move and they have confidence. JT/JB last second shot is always some low percentage, off balance shot that we pray goes in. The team wins because collectively, when healthy, they out talent any other NBA roster.

UPDATE: to fix “are” to “aren’t”

These takes are just so lazy lmao. Why do our own fans have revisionist history. Tatum literally average over 30 points per game just last round and looked unstoppable. You doomers have such short memories lol. Tatum will be fine, a product of the entire team right now is missing open shots. It’s not limited to Tatum and we lost two games by a total of four points. This isn’t the end of the world and if the Celtics didn’t have their two worst shooting performances of the season back-to-back, we wouldn’t even be close to this conversation. So unlikely for the worst shooting performance of the seasons happen the third time let’s be real. I know it’s fun to complain, but it’s getting old and it’s just such a lazy take at this point

Damn right

Yall will never get me to hate on Jaylen, he has and always will be a warrior and is usually the one dude we can totally rely on to at least remain aggressive and play with force, wouldn’t trade him for anyone

I’m not reading any of these comments. They’re probably disrespectful as fuck and just hating right now. But much love and respect to JB. No matter what happens I’ll always be happy I got to see the career he’s put together so far

I don’t care if Jaylen playing bad rn so is Tatum. He has done so much for us and won fmvp. I hate the posts that say that we should trade him because he is an elite player who is without a doubt the best second option in the league rn. He could be a first option if he wanted and he’s stayed loyal to the Celtics

Brown has been even worse than Tatum this series

I love Jaylen. And I know he’s not as explosive due to his knee. But my complaint is sometimes his lack of effort and his turnovers. By lack of effort, I’m particularly referring to clutch time in game 2 when the ball bounced near him after a miss and he just watched the ball and let the Knicks get the rebound. We get one rebound/possession and we prob win the game there

And he’s not playing the race card like Draymonds pathetic ass

Anyone who wants to argue about JT vs JB is a loser. Wanna debate, sure, but wanna cry about your OPINION?

I saw a guy tell someone discussing who we should keep if one has to get traded say “you casuals don’t even watch the games, just look at the stats,” and wow what an ironic thing to say. Look at the stats lol, yeah thats a sure sign of a couch expert. And calling others “casuals” implies you yourself are what, an analyst hired by espn?

Ain’t nothing wrong with having 2 guys both at a high level on the same team. It’s great that people disagree on who is better. It means both are outstanding. So why exactly do we need to prove our own fan superiority through belittling our fellow fans…

Maybe this is just an internet thing no matter the discussion, but it’s kind of disgusting when fans of the same team hate on each other for liking a different guy on the same team. This isn’t a LBJ vs MJ debate. Chill tf out.

Jaylen is a gamer…..one of the greatest to wear the Celtics uniform

Tatum last year leading the team in pts rbs and asts is underwhelming? lol we can just admit Tatum has had 2 bad games. 2 bad games doesn’t erase everything else JT has done in his career. You can also like JB without putting down JT.

He will bounce back

Please tell me this post is satire. Please.

Dear God.

He’s a stud and he’s hurt. He was healthy last year and look how that worked out. Let’s face It Tatum is Tatum. Jaylen has that midrange that when healthy is a huge weapon. We are in this situation because him and KP are hurt. It unfortunately highlights how limited Tatums offensive game actually is. Hes amazing when he can shoot well from 3, but that’s crazy rare. The playoffs are a war of attrition. If we lose this year it’s because of health. Nothing we can do about that.

Love JB! Let’s go Champs ❤️🍀🏀

This post is TRUTH!

Are we really still doing this? We have the best tandem in the league idk why we keep having to build one up while tearing one down. It seems like these complaints and posts come from people who never been on a team before idk

Also mr driving force finished the game 0-6 on that horrible slide so let’s not get too crazy

We always knew who the true dawg was of the Jays

Our emotional leader stepping up after the Smart trade

I love JB. Almost as much as I love Smart and Dino Radja.

Are you blind? Tatum is playing the best right now on the team, tf are you talking about

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I think jonatham kuminga proved last nigh he is just as good

Preach.

NGL I feel like JB lost some aura when he cut his hair. He was always looking so fresh on the court but this new look shaggy yet short haired Jaylen is not it. He needs to grow that hair back asap to start regaining his powers

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No one’s untouchable except Derrick.