How Jaylen Brown turbocharged the Boston Celtics back to title contention
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How Jaylen Brown turbocharged the Boston Celtics back to title contention
Between memorizing the astrological signs of his teammates and undergoing extreme underwater training, Brown didn't need to be a hero in Boston. He simply needed to lead. "I'm not going to make myself small ever again."
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Lead articleArticle published:Jaylen Brown Turned Celtics' Gap-Year Season Into 'Opportunity To Show World What I Could Do'
When the Boston Celtics lost three starters from their championship roster and Jayson Tatum ruptured his Achilles tendon, the league largely wrote off the 2025-26 season as a transitional year, but Jaylen Brown had a different interpretation entirely. "From a financial standpoint, this was a rebuild, right?" Brown told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne. "But I didn't look at it like that. I looked at it as an opportunity to show the world who I am and what I could do." Brown has done exactly that as is...
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