Jaylen Brown Calls Out 'Gap Year' Expectations As Celtics Win 50th Game

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• Jaylen Brown Calls Out 'Gap Year' Expectations As Celtics Win 50th Game

  After the Boston Celtics clinched a playoff berth with a 114-99 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday, Jaylen Brown posted a simple message on social media in response to those who wrote off their chances of accomplishing anything this season amid injury and roster turnover. "50 wins in a gap year," Brown wrote. The remark was a direct callback to preseason skepticism that followed Jayson Tatum's torn Achilles and the offseason trades of Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis. The Celtics...

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  Article published:Mar 30, 7:34 AM ET

• NBA Notes: Celtics, Jaylen Brown, Knicks, Raptors, Scottie Barnes

  Celtics The Celtics have 50 wins and control the No. 2 seed. Not bad for what Jaylen Brown jokingly called a “gap year.” Either way, coach Joe Mazzulla isn’t interested in the Coach of the Year talk. “I don’t need it. I think it’s a stupid award,” Mazzulla said, via Jay King of The Athletic. […] The post NBA Notes: Celtics, Jaylen Brown, Knicks, Raptors, Scottie Barnes appeared first on Hoops Wire.

  Publisher:HoopsWireArticle published:Mar 31, 5:36 PM ET