i mean, he plays

Jaylen Brown is better at being young and gets injured less and more consistent at being a high level player in 2026

He doesn’t get injured all the time and that’s pretty valuable.

I can’t take this dude seriously with a filter on

It’s not 2014 anymore lol

Oh idk, maybe be available? Win games? Doesn’t famously fall off a cliff in playoff stretches?

Pina picked the Hawks to beat the Knicks partly because there was “nowhere to hide Jalen Brunson.” He might not be the brightest basketball mind.

He ACTUALLY PLAYS.

Wait no one told me we traded for 2019 Paul George. This changes everything.

That’s quite the beauty filter he’s got

How does Pina keep getting air time? He always sounds like he was just woken up and is trying to formulate an opinion while still half asleep.

People keep saying things like “play” or “not be injured” which is definitely true, but Paul George also is just not that good anymore.

In the past two seasons he’s averaged 16.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 4.0 assists. His true shooting is around 55-56%.

That’s like, a mediocre player.

Ringer people are Celtics Reddit with a bigger megaphone

Pina is a terrible basketball podcaster, when he was on the Open Floor podcast years ago he made it unbearable bc he couldn’t let go of his Boston bias.

Jaylen shows up to work consistently and proved he can be the best player on a finals team idk🤷🏿‍♂️

Play basketball lol

engagement bait and you’re propagating it

keep coping while you can celtics fans

Average Games Played Last 3 Seasons

PG: 50.7
Brown: 68

If this was Paul George from 5 years ago, he’d have a great point. The best ability is availability.

Michael Pina is a shameless homer

Sounds like the Celtics should have taken less for PG then.

Age and availability are an important part of the equation though that this ignores.

Last two regular seasons

Paul George - 78 games, 17/5/4
Jaylen Brown - 134 games, 26/6/5

Pina generational Sixers hater just terrible

The best ability is availability

Typical Boston fan trying to cope with losing Brown. BTW, George can’t come close to Brown’s level.

In their primes I agree. I always thought PG was underrated especially as a shooter.

But like….this is 2026. Here’s a list of things Brown does better than PG at this point:

-Play basketball games -Score -Play more minutes at a high level -On ball defense -Rebound -Assist

Look I think when everyone is healthy, George might fit Boston well when Tatum is on the court. Maybe better than Brown since he’s a better shooter. But George can’t be the focal point of an offense consistently and he can’t play games consistently.

The Sixers needed Paul to step up and be the second option when Joel was out. But George was out almost as much or more than Embiid was, and when he wasn’t he couldn’t take enough pressure off of Maxey offensively. It’s not like he didn’t have opportunities to take the reigns.

Brown being able to be the guy on offense (and being available) while Bron and Embiid sit/rest/miss games is just way more valuable than a better shooter like PG.

He’s available and he doesn’t shit his pants in the playoffs

Why are they ignoring the most obvious aspect, outside of availability? Jaylen Brown is WAY more physically dominant than PG. That’s the biggest thing. I get the argument that PG slots in better as a better shooter (I don’t agree that it outweighs the talent difference), but if we’re asking why JB is better than PG in this moment in time, it’s physical dominance, bullying, paint touches, putting pressure on the rim, pressuring mismatches/cross matches, transition, etc.

Pina is such a moron

Pina’s copium never disappoints. Easily the most brain dead guy on The Ringer.

Tbf I’d give Paul George almost every edge except age, availability, offense and defense.

injury prone is a big one for pg13

Pina has some of the worst opinions and writes the absolute worst NBA column on the ringer.

Lol. As someone who has watched two seasons of this iteration of PG, he barely does anything consistently better than JB, and he is far less reliable to play. But I love seeing the media and Boston fans do their mental gymnastics to paint PG as a major asset now. Last year at this time they said he was the worst or second worst contract in the league.

I like how a player is the WOAT when he’s playing for Philly, but suddenly an angel as a Celtics lol

No, Wayoff P, noted playoff choke artist, is not better than Jaylen Brown who was instrumental in a title run

Next!

Pina is such a clown get him off the ringer please. Why was Paul George on your worst contract list last year? Could it be that the old dude scoring sub 17 ppg on sub 44% shooting over the last 2 years is actually worse than the younger, better scoring, finals mvp?

Also wtf is the filter he has on him? It’s ok to have pores.

Amazing how PG on the Sixers is the worst contract in the NBA, but the moment he’s on the Celtics he has been “unbelievably disrespected”

Boston media mafia working overtime to continue their deranged slander campaign against JB, while rationalizing a 36 year old Percocet addict trotting up and down the floor earning the max.

The state of ringer NBA coverage outside Zach lowe

Pina somehow is worse about the Celtics than Bill is

I’ll take Peak Paul George over Peak Jaylen Brown any day.

But I’ll take current Jaylen Brown over current Paul George for the same reasons I’d take current Jaylen Brown over current Michael Jordan.

When you watch shit like this, you know this serves proof that the boston media mafia exists lol

PG was literally dubbed one of the worst contracts in the NBA the season before by the dude who founded that platform. Now, he’s a year older and is going to wear green he suddenly becomes awesome again?

Pina has made a career out of being wrong, he’s like a walking bookmark at this point

Jaylen Brown is by far the better player in clutch situations/ big games.

Michael Pina is such a hack and boston homer

In his prime 100% you take Paul George. But he’s not that guy anymore and is being overpaid. At least with brown you have someone in their prime

This clip would’ve never been posted if PG was still a Sixer, hahaha. Shit is comical, everyone hated PG during his Philly stint, now he’s a Celtic and better than Jb?

Fuck outta here

…score?

The best ability is availability, boss

Play games average way better numbers consistently over the last 5 years

I cannot take anyone who uses video filters seriously

Blog boys have totally ruined the discourse around the NBA if we’re seriously having this conversation

A bunch of nerdy, balding “well akshulayyy”🤓 types with the most grating, annoying fucking voices just spouting diarrhea.

I can’t believe these people get paid to talk about basketball on a big site like the Ringer.

The media glaze from going to Boston is insane

The Boston Media Mafia has agreed on a narrative boys.

bro what the fuck is pina’s issue with the sixers? this guy is such a loser.

Dude ever since Paul signed with us 2 years ago we have been brutalized for both his contract AND the level of play. People made fun of his best traits - shooting, defending, ball handling. He had ONE above average playoff performance and people flipped the narrative. Do talking heads just hate Philly?

I think with Jalen Brown does better is win’s finals MVP

Pina is on the “ignore everything he says” list

Boston media bitterness is wild.

generational cope

These guys are Boston fans, no doubt.

pick and roll?

These clowns didn’t watch a single game last season. At best you got 2 pick and rolls out of him a game. Most of the time on offense he was standing in the corner and not enabling his team.

JB averaged double the assists of PG per game and 10 more points. He actually moves around on offense to enable plays.

Jesus, I’m no basketball expert but I do have eyes! These guys are fucking idiots!