[Highlight] Brian Scalabrine: “If I was doing PR work for Jayson Tatum I would remind everybody who led the league in turnovers last year”
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The NBA is funny. Only a few months ago, Sixers fans would have flamed Brown for leading the league in TOs and the Celtics fans would have defended him. Now Sixers fans have to defend Brown and Celtics fans have to flame him.
And it’s over a stat that occurred when JB was a Celtic
Sports really are fucking hilarious theater
Reality tv for men
Real House Husbands of the NBA
And everyone watches clips of the show rather than the full episodes
There’s a reason why WWE is basically rednecks’ soap opera.
I dont have to do that, JB gave me great memories. I choose to look at the positives.
How I felt watching Brunson win it with the Knicks. Proud he he did it as the man. I wasn’t rooting against him because he left.
Luka is another story though. Be damn if I ever root for the Lakers!
We don’t HAVE to, we get to.
I’m legit having a great time seeing Sixers fan friends do a 180° on Brown. I get it, sports is funny like that, it’s just hilarious to see it play out like this
Overnight 180 too starting with the rhetoric on this sub lmao
This whole thing between these two guys is just so damn stupid and it’s only been a week into the season
It’s not between two guys though it’s just Brown yelling into the void while Tatum just plays mvp level basketball
Brown responds to one (1) reporters question about Tatum’s A24 produced Instagram reel about how totally surprised he was:
JB is the only one that cares believe me please
Real Celtics fans love him too much to be acting so petty
I wouldn’t have defended the turnovers. Why not just acknowledge the flaws of our players? Seems exhausting to pretend Jaylen didn’t have a bad handle.
When announcers turn into NBA fans on Reddit
I hate Brown and all the Celtics but genuinely what is going on with their media and front office?
Scal is so dumb he doesn’t realize that he was one of the people JB was talking about
Scal is an idiot.
and a racist
Genuinely curious, can you link when has he been racist? I’m not trying to necessarily prove you wrong, I’m just not completely in the know and haven’t seen this before.
Genuinely want to know where this is coming from, I’ve never heard this before and nobody misses an opportunity to throw anything resembling Boston racism in a Celtics fan’s face
Neither do their fans. It’s like a cult.
Boston ruining relationships with star players due to toxicity?
How long did Bill Russell refuse to step foot back there lol like 30 years?
He refused to go to his own jersey retirement and his own hall of fame admission, because he hated the place he won 10 rings at so much
He stated multiple times he played for the Boston Celtics, not Boston lmao what did y’all do to him 🤣
Wait are you talking about city of Boston or the organization? Brown said he had no issues with the city or the fans but had his gripes with the organization
Bill Russell loved the organization but played in. A racist era where opposing fans yelled slurs during games
He won’t answer this. They can’t differentiate between the two. JB said multiple times that he loves city of Boston and is close friends with many ppl here in the community.
Yeah the guy who is tight with Kyrie is totally not toxic. Who also said his favorite season so far was when Tatum was injured. He definitely hasn’t been shit stirring at all.
Yall really keep bringing up the fact that he said that his most fun season was without Tatum like that means he hates Tatum or something
He got to play as the defacto first option. And they werent that shit either. They managed to make 50 wins and make the playoffs despite lower expectations. It was a fun experiment for him
Yeah it was always he got to lead the team with a bunch of role players. Why can’t it be fun? I’ll always defend that comment
Shhh, let the weird parasocial fans keep showing why so much of sports fandom is awful and how this exact behavior annoys stars of teams
Literally a quote about his most personally fulfilling year as a player, do you think most players fav years are when they won championships, or felt like they played their best?
Yeah we have this strange thing where we prefer our star players to have winning as the most fun thing they can do.
That Celtics team banded together to wildly overachieve that season. But pissy Celtics fans only say it was because Tatum was injured lmao. As though Tatum was just never around the team.
Who also said his favorite season so far was when Tatum was injured
Celtics fans on both sides of this argument is so funny. They really switch up quick
Every single fanbase does that
His favorite season was the one where he was the undisputed number one option, got MVP votes, and put up career highs??
Wow what a piece of shit
I can’t imagine how dealing with fans like you all day would annoy a 28 year old NBA player, he makes millions why does he do anything I don’t like 😡
Yeah you would think winning a title would be his favorite season. No wonder the Bulls have been irrelevant since Jordan retired with fans like you.
“my homer take”
-totally unbiased celtics fan
but in general yea JB is straight up stupid for saying that lol
Yeah the fans who get singled out by athletes across every major sport as being the most racist is totally not toxic
It’s always the unflaired saying this
Literally for decades too, since like the 60s they’ve been known as a cut above the rest on bigotry
Tbh, it’s more due to how bad the city is than the org.
Doesn’t help that Russell also kind of a bitter man. Dude ruined his friendship with Wilt all because Wilt got pulled out in his final game by his crazy coach, described as extremely cold and distrustful toward strangers, and ended up a recluse in 90s before he patched things up with Boston and Wilt.
He didn’t even want fans to see his jersey retirement 😭✌️
That was in 1972. He actually did end up retiring his jersey in front the fans with a filled out Fleetcenter(former name of TD Garden) in 1999
Russell had issues with Boston. Still, Russell stated that Boston’s problems with race were not unique. 1
Often during road games, Russell and his Black teammates would hear racial slurs from opposing fans, and they would not be allowed to stay in the same hotels or eat in the same restaurants as white teammates.” 2
“I think you would find the situation the same in every major city” - Bill Russell
Genuinely curious, why do you hate Brown and all the Celtics?
This is standard operating procedure for Boston sports.
Did they turn on Tom Brady when he left? I can’t remember.
He won’t respond lmao
Scal is a fraud. Completely uneducated and clearly the most biased man in the NBA. Disgusting and idk why anyone listens to him if they aren’t forced to.
Completely uneducated and clearly the most biased man in the NBA
You just described 99% of Celtics fans.
Isn’t Boston home to some of the best universities in the world?
I wonder how long after Steph’s retirement your team and fan base return to irrelevancy.
oh yes it’s only celts flairs that are unbiased and morons about hoops
sureeeeeeeeeeeee
Only? No
A Guarantee that every flair is? Yep
add racist to that description
Apparently this sub loves him. Who knew
He was a coach for the warriors he isnt the most biased other teams had him on the team not just the celtics his best playing days were the nets. Idk someone else said he’s racist I doubt that but because he lives in mass he has to be which is so far away from ny right
Legitimately mostly known for a quote and being the quintessential ass NBA player which is why his “I’m closer to Kobe than you are to me” quote even hits at all ha
Why the fuck am I getting downvoted? Do you people actually like Scal? He’s a complete joke.
You question this and C3-1ltic fans would be at you like moth to a flame. Talking about how their golden boy Brad Stevens is perfect and Brown is complete trash and we’re just overreacting to typical post-trade front office slander lol
Whats wrong with their front office? And “their media”? It was 1 comment from one of our 2 commentators. Sure, thats a significant figure in our media, but to say “their media” seems like a stretch. I haven’t heard anything odd from anyone else. Scal should not have said this.
This dude lmao
Hating on the dude that didn’t want to leave is crazy. Dude had them competitive even with Tatum out.
It’s pretty clear Scal has issues with Brown. He just won’t stop taking digs at him. At first it seemed like Scal was sticking up for JT, but it’s gone on too long. Maybe he’s just enjoying the attention. Who knows, but I wish it would stop.
Maybe he’s just enjoying the attention.
I’d wager they’re also milking the jokes from last game. Drew’s a pot stirrer and was definitely egging it on, Scal’s keeping it going
Not defending it, it was a little much
Brings unnecessary attention to the situation, especially with Brown saying Tatum was lying about not knowing and the lamb chop stuff 😭.
Scal thinks that JB did want to leave
This is some WWE shit. First Sixers/Celtics game is gonna do crazy numbers.
Clearly I’m biased as a Laker fan, but could you imagine your own franchise trashing your literal FMVP from just over 2 years ago?
This is trashy and classless
You were not alive for the Kobe vs. Shaq beef lmao
Lakers fans bash their own most current finals MVP pretty often.
Fans vs. commentators of the Organization.
Ehh James Worthy is on our postgame analysis team and he trashed the Bronny drafting after it happened
I mean there are lakers fans who say lebron tenure with lakers was a disgrace [ring included] so maybe not the best compaeision here lol
You think Billy Mac or Stu Lantz would say this shit about Bron?
Billy and Stu have class and don’t talk shit about any players, really.
If Bron started talking shit about Luka, maybe. Shaq wasn’t exactly adored after his departure and shitting on Kobe at every opportunity
Shaq has a statue outside and his jersey up. I hate the guy personally but unfortunately he’s really beloved in the city and by the franchise.
Literally this season Stu and Bill were praising Shaq and saying how it’s amazing that Kessler was “approaching an amazing Shaq record” and how great that was to be compared
Talking shit?
I mean, Kobe deserved that from Shaq.
Fair enough they wouldnt so point taken
I was talking about some of the extreme end lakers fans who were anti lakers during lebron tenure
u gotta include the context lol…. acting like brown has done nothing
Brown hasn’t really said anything crazy…
This is a public employee
Some dumbass on reddit is very different than a paid employee take your head out your ass
Those are just the Kobe stans lol. No employee of the team would actually say this
I’m literally arguing with someone who’s saying the lakers playing well without LeBron right now means MJ is the goat. It’s kind of funny lol
Lol those aren’t Lakers fans those are simply Kobe fans.
We suffer from having fans that don’t even associate with the team cause they like the stars.
LA loved LeBron here and the ring he brought us
Oh ok, then the ones joking about Brown arent Celtics fans.
Ez
Ahahahaha when lakers fans pull shit they “aren’t real fans” 😭😭😭😭 can’t make this shit up
Kobe played for the Lakers his entire career bruh, Kobe fans are Lakers fans lol. They’re still rooting for the team currently
Because you got LeBron nut huggers who act like we should worship him.. his biggest achievements didn’t come with us…
We should treat him exactly like we treat AD.
Lakers fans should be the last to talk with all the Lebron bashing that has happened (you know the guy who saved your franchise from irrelevancy and delivered you a chip a few years ago)
Now do Jerry West and his “lifetime” season tickets
Those are Kobe stans. Plus, fans aren’t employees like Brian.
You cant even comprehend bro lol
Jaylen is the one who is making these comments first. “No beef…maybe some lamb chops.” Among a lot of other things he’s been doing / saying. He is the instigator here. IMO he’s the one not showing class.
love jaylen but yea he did say “pr team” like four times during that press conference lol
i’m rooting for jaylen here cause (fuck the celtics) but tbf he did open this shit up. dude cannot for the life of him shut his mouth up…
at least kyrie has matured enough in his 30s to shut the fuck up every time he’s in front of a microphone lmao
both tatum and brown should just say next question any time they’re asked about this
He’s just saying he’s going to be more competitive against Tatum, that’s really a nothingburger. What does class have to do with it?
Meh I think the whole thing is dumb and corny and would rather not even associate w the dumb shit between those two. But Jayson def made sneak diss comments directed at JB first as soon as he was traded. When he said he’s not trying to be the smartest man in the room, that was a direct shot at Brown without having to say his name. It was right after the media started saying Brown thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room.
“Being around somebody that feels like they know it all, I don’t wanna be around that person. I don’t wanna be the smartest person in the room, I want to learn from somebody else.”
Oh when he was at a youth basketball camp in the offseason teaching 10 yr olds how to ball he was really going out of his way there.
Celtics are so weird for this whole saga man. I can’t imagine drafting someone, they help us win a title, get finals mvp, carry us while our number 1 option is out for a season, and then trashing them after trading them for pennies on the dollar. This org showed how morally bankrupt it was after what they did to IT.
Celtics fans and media never forgave Jaylen for winning finals mvp over Tatum
Same for KD and Warriors fans.
I can’t speak on the media, but have you ever been to a Celtics game? People loved Jaylen. Maybe Tatum stans cared about FMVP a lot but most fans just cared about winning a title.
The shit that gets upvoted on this sub lol. I can see why so many believed LeBron gave Kevin Love depression lol
if tatum would just accidentally aim the basketball at the hoop, the fmvp is his. they cry for brown to pick up tatum slack on his off nights but he did it at the biggest stage
Pick up his slack? Tatum literally scored more, rebounded more, assisted more, and was more important on D.
You’re a wizards fan lol
Cause he was the better player. Maybe Tatum should text Kobe to ask for advice.
I mean honestly it was about as ridiculous as Iguodala winning over Steph. The fact that 7 out of 11 randos picked brown and a large sect of fans will always take that as something meaningful is pretty lame.
I’d take this over being owned by Bob Iger and a Kushner #Truth
Maybe stop acting like Scalabrine is the franchise? That could help, but it doesn’t fit your narrative
So what were Jaylen’s comments?
Yeah money works differently now
Acting like Jaylen hasn’t been coming at Tatum lol
Just admit your org are traitors
How so?
Ask IT.
It’s really not as dramatic as you think it is.
It’s worse than people here realize, for sure. Players will certainly be talking about it.
It seems to be escalating and it has to be coming from higher up.
I feel embarrassed about it I don’t get why they’re going with this pr strategy
I feel like at this point Brown has it coming. Tatum tried to be an adult about it. JBs the one who wanted to be a comedian.
Bruh acting like Kobe didn’t shit on his CURRENT teammates often. Told Smush he didn’t qualify to talk to him. Said this teammates ain’t doing shit for him. Snitched on Shaq paying women for silence to try to get the heat off him. Be for real.
The beef or lamb chops, between players is normal or at least somewhat common. Pippen and Jordan had their spats, Kareem was standoffish with Magic etc. Jordan was known to be an ass towards teammates he believed weren’t up to his standards. He famously made Kwame Brown cry in front of teammates during practice. I get Jaylen and Jayson not getting along, but the Celtics staff getting in on the sniping, that’s different.
Scal was a former player on the team that won a championship who is still very active with the team. Y’all are so damn soft. This ain’t a Brian Dameris rant or Dan Gilbert letter. Scal was making a joke at the expensive of JB, who’s team called him out on social media as a liar.
Yeah Idk why these Reddit dweebs are bent out of shape over this.
Depends on if that finals MVP is basically asking for it
Real celtics fans know JB carried us. What’s coming out of celtics and celtics media now is like Russian state propaganda
Bro I just said the same thing. Imagine Stu Lantz doing this shit. Cows would be flying, would never happen in a million years
I mean Jaylen started it for no reason lol
Celtics are traitor and classless.
Traitors*
The FMVP who kept running his mouth and had fewer points , assists, and rebounds?
Listen, I did not like Luka and I hate your franchise, but JB did so much on defense for y’all against Luka and was carrying those first couple games while Tatum was asleep at the wheel
Damn even the fans turned on him 💀
No. He was good. But this narrative of him being some FMVP hero is dumb
everyone with eyes saw Jaylen Brown was the clear FMVP, and that Tatum was weirdly jacking shots up in the 4th in game 5.
without Brown you were not winning sh1t that year
Well it certainly wasn’t J Tate
You shouldnt talk about series you havent watched lil bro
Bruh no it ain’t lmao imagine someone trying to trash on Tim Thomas because he went to the stars lmao
You shout slurs at players when you’re drunk for sure
w ad hominem
Type of guy Bill Russell was talking about when he said he hated Boston lmao
Los Angeles has never done anything racist ever no race riots, no cops calling OJ Simpson the hard R
Ok 👌🏼
Yeah the one the was instrumental in hanging a banner.
Love you LeBron and AD
And Tatum, KP, etc were worthless of course
Literally nobody is saying that. Make a better strawman.
It also feels kinda racist
Boston? Racist? Noooo
This is getting stale but I doubt its going to stop any time soon. Back when Celtics and the Sixers played in preseason, Scal mentioned how Brown walked past him and didn’t acknowledge him. So theres some type of weird tension going on there
Damn. Brian seems to just have always hated JB. Brown didn’t even say anything all that crazy.
“Comes from a great family” “ there’s no beef, maybe some lamb chops and gravy” “watch yourself at all times (lol)”
But Brian has mentioned this dude like three times this game, made up a trade request, and insulted the man that led the team to the second seed last season. I’m starting to believe what people are saying about Brown being unappreciated by the Celtics organization and fans.
JB didn’t do himself any favors by being so polarizing off-court.
I’m sure the organization did not appreciate him tweeting support for Black Israelites or supporting Kayne for quite awhile during his Nazi phase (only getting away from Ye when he stopped funding schools). He represents their brand/company.
JB always been a little bit crazy. It’s what makes him good, also what makes him bad, both on and off the court. I still like the guy, but when you have JB you gotta be along for the ride. He’s one of the most high variance players out there who will carry you one night, play the worst you’ve ever seen the next, do amazing community work, and say absolutely crazy shit.
He definitely does some great outreach for communities. I really appreciate that side of him as an athlete, especially with so many that just horde their wealth. I would consider him fairly morally grey.
The main thing for me, is that I’m genetically Jewish and JB unfortunately promotes hate towards my community (Jewish community, not Israel as I don’t support genocide of anyone). There was a big rise in how accepted anti-semitism can be from him, Kyrie, and Kanye. He has influence over younger generations with how they idolize athletes, and has used part of that platform to regress society by pushing racial divisions when we should promote love and acceptance of all good-hearted communities.
It’s important to look at all the factors. People were not a fan of Kenyon Martin when he was trying to racially attack Lin. Hate is Hate.
I guess he should’ve just supported rapists (like Kobe) or played like Karl Malone. Then maybe the NBA would’ve appreciated his off the court antics, but you and I both know the NBA doesn’t care about their brand when it comes to what Jaylen brown is saying or doing regarding Kanye. They’ve backed plenty of people who have done and said worse than Kanye and they will continue to do so
Funny enough, he did have comments that blew up on reddit 5 months ago about supporting Kobe’s “off-court” activities (he meant for other things, but still… context).
NBA doesn’t care because it can drum up clicks and controversy, but the Celtics have to handle of the day-to-day stuff like constant questions from the media about their players (people like Brad Stevens, his boss, for instant). He is definitely a wild card, especially with Tatum in comparison.
“There’s no beef, maybe some lamb chops and gravy” has to be one of the all time cornball lines from an athlete in any sport. He really thought he dropped a bar too
I hate people like this that take everything so serious and assume they know how the person was feeling and at the same time would never have the opportunity to be on tv and make a light hearted joke and have the most incel of incel type people hyper criticize it.
Take a hike pal
Just understand whenever somebody is taking shit about people on Reddit, you are that person they are talking about.
But look at it on TikTok with the slow motion, red eyes, bass drop phonk when he says it, it’s elite.
Celtics fans can’t admit he completely lied about the trade request. Scal had to start the following pregame with a retraction. Dude is becoming a joke
Why does Scalabrine keep talking man who is gassing this dude.
Well he’s an announcer so it’s his job to talk
He’s funny and has good ball observations during the game.
When he called Clowney’s swing at the clipboard a lamb chop lmao
Dude must have forgot he was the first Kendrick Perkins in the nba
This + making up some shit about him asking for a trade… what is Scalabrine on? Moving like a twitter troll
Lmao seriously
Turnovers? Really Scal?
Fellow Cs fan and humiliated by Scal. JB deserves better.
Lol Jaylen came at our star first. It’s okay for Scal to defend him with playful humor. I can’t believe how soft people are being over this
Everybody taking this shit waaaaay too serious. Way more seriously than anybody actually involved likely is.
Yeah, lol. I tune into other broadcasts, and the announcing team has far less activity and is less exited/active. The hornets, are great, though.
It’s just because they hate that Tatum is back and doing rich man’s Kobe things. They all picked brown’s side. I’ve never seen so many people desperate to declare victory after 1 bad game from Tatum. It was the 3 stupidest days I’ve ever witnessed in NBA fandom.
This not playful this is petty and childish lol
Wtf is scals obsession with jaylen?
It started in preseason tbh
He’s a self important slob who’s loving the attention
That is not how you talk about the guy who led your team to 56 wins
He lead them to 36 wins, though he wasn’t in the top 3 on his team in things like plus minus, win shares or defensive rating so it was arguably just as much Pritchard, White and Queta responsible for the wins. He went 36-22 without Tatum. Tatum went 13-3 in his games. Pritchard also went 8-2 in games without Brown playing. Browns games without Tatum were an impressive 50 win pace, though. Boston should win 60+ this season without him if they stay healthy.
You’re not fighting me over 15 extra wins dude it was JBs teams
Maybe they’d go 74-8 and 16-0 if they benched Jb the entire time 🤔
This is unprofessional. Jaylen is no longer on the team. Your job is to call games, not beef with a player who got traded.
Yeah, I don’t know why this is getting labeled a hit job by the Celtics org. This just sounds like Scal is completely up his own ass and will get chewed out by someone in the organization sooner rather than later. Incredibly tacky and unfunny.
Not a chance. No way he would do this without higher ups support.
We’ll know whether or not it’s a hit job by whether Scal gets fired.
Nah this isn’t a fireable offense
He represents his org. Daryl Morey got fired by the Rockets for tweeting an opinion that didn’t reflect his organisation’s stance and hurts its reputation.
You’re right, there’s no such thing in the professional world as censuring behind closed doors.
Are you talking about shutting him up with a suicide Epstein style? I never said they should take it that far.
Scalibrine is looking real bad in all this.
and celtics fans are adamant jaylen is the only one obsessed about the trade 😭
They leaked they viewed him as the 7th best on the team, yet its only Brown who caused any drama
That wasn’t from the Celtics, that came from another team’s staff. This was all media caused drama that’s been brewing for 7 years lol
reminds me of the smear campaign after the luka trade but not as bad. u legit don’t hear anything from atlanta for example after moving trae cuz they didn’t wanna extend him
Fr. I was getting jumped by Celtics fans in a thread earlier who were convinced that JB is the only one who cares about this beef
Celtics have to have a blowhard on their announce teams at all times
scal is pretty good most of the time fwiw
Yeah he’s just really laying into the drama and it’s honestly pretty annoying to listen to. I JB isn’t on the team now, let’s all move on and enjoy what we got going on. Then the game becomes less about the dope win but more about JT vs. Brown.
Giving the warriors announce crew a run for their money
I’d kill for a Scalabrine type.
If you think Mike Gorman or the late great Tommy Heinsohn are blowhards then you are a fucking rube.
Celtics mafia
You guys have no sense of humor. It was hilarious. And no management didn’t tell him to do it.
Hilarious? Or just maybe just slightly amusing? Thats a low bar for hilarity
I was watching live and in that moment it was damn funny. My wife laughed hard too.
Alright then
Hilarious? Wth lol
Celtics fans love self-fellatio
Doesn’t everyone?
I can’t reach
And people wonder why JB is still upset
I mean, former team not being positive about guy who forced their way out, shocker.
Imagine if JB was treated the way Tkachuk has been by Ottawa fans. There’d apparently be so much beef he wouldn’t be able to fit not the building when his team goes to Boston to play them.
Some soft ass shit. Scalabrine is a bit of a dork but JB was soft during his time with the Celtics and is being soft after his time with the Celtics.
Hey hey hey! Get out of here with your non-inflamatory take!
Scal lied that JB forced his way out. He had to issue a retraction for that lie. He must have been part of that “great PR team” JB was talking about
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ex-celtics-big-retracts-notion-142945029.html
How was he treated by Ottowa fans? This is a basketball sub we don’t all know those hockey players.
Oh it was hilarious. I’m not sure how anyone avoided seeing it tbh.
Quite a few really hilarious signs, deafening boos EVERY time he touched the puck.
Imagine the entire NBA stadium booing as loud as they can anytime JB touched the basketball. He’d fucking meltdown apparently.
Their media hasn’t been overly nice to him either.
Forces his way out when Celtics were the ones alwayss putting him in trade talks?
Let’s be fair. You pick up the phone when it’s for Prime KD or Giannis.
Yeah, after the dude started melting down internally. Did you like live under a rock for the last year?
Relax scal
I’m not a Sixers fan but i hope they win the title just see the Boston media mafia implode
Somehow they’ll say Brown started any “beef” again
Tacky and classless. Can never remember someone part of the Lakers organization trashing a former player like this.
Almost as bad as the Mavs leaking stories about Luka drinking iced tea and not having Shaq level work ethic.
Yeah no one ever trashed Shaq or LeBron after they left the Lakers smh
tired of this fool
Dam proved his point instantly lol
I do not like anyone who looks like Michael Rapaport so by extension Scal can go fuck himself.