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Jaylen Brown was asked about Celtics TV color announcer Brian Scalabrine’s report that Brown requested a trade after the Sixers’ win in Indianapolis.
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Jaylen Brown defense tape vs Knicks.
Held opponents to 1/12 and allowed 3 pts. Noticing
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I hate fantasy bro… all my friends who introduced me to this I hope they stub they big toe continuously and it don’t heal for a while.
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Welles Crowther is a hero. A @BCEagles graduate. A son, a brother & friend. At 24, he saved over a dozen lives on 9/11. And he’s known as the “Man in the Red Bandana”.
This story is a must watch every year. May Welles’ memory continue to be a blessing.
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Kawhi Leonard reportedly did not have any knowledge of the salary cap circumvention that was going on, per @ShamsCharania
(Via @GetUpESPN / h/t @TheNBABase )
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Here's a photo of Kawhi's signature on an agreement with Aspiration Partners, the organization involved in the circumvention:
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Kevin Garnett says he ran the miles just so he could lean in during the fourth quarter and tell you he heard you breathing
KG: “A lot of mfers are out of shape in the league. I don’t see nobody running, racing… that’s the secret weapon of being in shape.”
Matt Barnes: “They don’t run the miles. That used to be one of my main workouts, two or three miles a day. I never got tired on the court ever. That was part of my play.”
KG: “I wanted to outwork you so much that I can hear you breathing. I’ll say something, ‘Boy, you breathing. I can hear you. Your ass sounds like Biggie out here.’ You can't play me, you out here huffing and puffing.”
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After sitting here watching NBA free agency this year and overall NBA movement over the past 2 years somebody has to say it....
The new CBA was sold as parity, but the first and second apron are starting to function like a hard cap on player value, team continuity, and player movement.
Teams are no longer making purely basketball decisions. They’re making fear-based apron decisions. That means good players get squeezed, homegrown cores get broken up, fan-favorite teams lose their identity, and the overall product loses some of the nostalgia and continuity that made people fall in love with the NBA in the first place.
This isn’t about players not understanding business. It’s the opposite. We understand that the NBA is a business. That’s why the @TheNBPA has to operate with elite business acumen, elite negotiating strategy, and real foresight.
The owners and the league walk into these meetings with killers that continue to run circles around us time and time again with elite lawyers, economists, cap experts, media strategists, and long term business operators. Players deserve a PA that is just as sharp, just as prepared, and just as aggressive about protecting our upside.
Too often, it feels like players are informed after the fact instead of being truly educated and empowered before decisions are made. That cannot continue.
The next CBA is a do or die moment for us as players. It's only going to get worse for us. We need transparency, accountability, and a serious re evaluation of who is representing us and how they are representing us.
This is not anti parity. This is pro player, fan, and product. The league is strongest when players are valued properly, great teams can stay together, and the people representing us are operating at the same level as the people sitting across the table.
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Jaylen Brown & Jayson Tatum always knew they were different... that's exactly why it worked ☘️
Stephen Jackson & Matt Barnes saw the championship potential back in 2019.
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Critique basketball all you want… but disease is insane… we gotta stop letting people just say whatever… cmon man!
NBA sources believe Jaylen Brown thinks he’s the smartest person in the room, per @colincowherd
“I had two NBA sources … two people in the league, one an executive, one a scout, say that Jaylen Brown has — it’s a disease. He suddenly thinks he’s the smartest guy in every room he’s in … You make a lot of money, suddenly you’re absolutely sure, you don’t wanna listen to your bosses, you don’t wanna listen to consultants, you don’t wanna listen to teammates.”
(h/t @TheNBABase & @Fullcourtpass )
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Carmelo Anthony is confused and dumbfounded at the Jaylen Brown trade to the Sixers:
"I think this is top level. This has nothing to do with Jayson Tatum and JB. Those guys are very close.
I think this is top level and Boston just exposed their hand. They exposed their hand. you don't go out there and dangle Jaylen Brown out there like that..... like why.... we 2 years out of this championship like we fresh"
