<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-bittersweet-reaction-guerschon-yabusele-76ers-return');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaylen Brown’s ‘bittersweet’ reaction to Guerschon Yabusele’s 76ers return');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jaylen-Browns-bittersweet-reaction-to-Guerschon-Yabuseles-76ers-return.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaylen Brown’s ‘bittersweet’ reaction to Guerschon Yabusele’s 76ers return</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T06:35:51-07:00">October 13th, 6:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T06:38:33-07:00">October 13th, 6:38am</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>BOSTON — Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown entered the NBA in 2016 alongside Philadelphia 76ers big man Guerschon Yabusele. Although they both find themselves in the league eight years later, their journeys to the 2024-25 season have been very different.</p><p>Brown is currently the longest-tenured Celtic and one of the team’s most vocal leaders. He’s also a three-time All-Star who helped guide the C’s to their 18th title in franchise history during the 2024 NBA Finals, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-jaylen-brown-secures-nba-finals-mvp-vs-mavericks">becoming Finals MVP</a> in the process.</p><p>Meanwhile, Yabusele — selected 16th overall in the 2016 NBA Draft (13 picks after Brown) — struggled to find his footing in The Association. The Frenchman barely averaged over seven minutes per game in his rookie year and saw that playing time shrink to 6.1 minutes per game in his sophomore season. He never shot better than 32.5% from deep and averaged about 2.3 points through 74 games in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 regular seasons.</p><p>Despite these underwhelming statistics, Yabusele battled his way back to the biggest stage in basketball and signed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-sign-breakout-olympics-star">a one-year, $2.1 million deal</a> with the Sixers in August. Following a five-year absence from the NBA, the former Celtic reunited with Brown on Saturday night <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-76ers-takeaways-from-preseason-vs-celtics">during a preseason matchup</a> between the Green Team and the 76ers.</p><p>“It’s great, you know,” Brown said of Yabusele’s return. “We got a chance to talk before the game. [Yabusele] is one of my good friends. We kind of came into the organization together, so to see him back in the NBA — he’s been playing well overseas.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I asked Jaylen Brown about how it felt to see Yabusele, who was drafted with him in 2016, back in the NBA.</p><p>“He had a great Olympic run, and it kind of led to him being here. Even though he's on the Sixers, it’s all good still. It’s still bittersweet.”<br> <a href="https://t.co/AMSRprGmcj">pic.twitter.com/AMSRprGmcj</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1845299516401979879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Celtics welcomed “The Dancing Bear” back to Beantown by demolishing his new squad by 50 points, 139-89. Brown notched a team-high 18 points in just 23 minutes of play, draining seven of his 12 shots from the floor. Yabusele didn’t have as strong an outing, managing eight points in 20 minutes as part of Philadelphia’s starting lineup.</p><p>Boston played most of their regular starters while the 76ers didn’t play any of their key guys, with center Joel Embiid, point guard Tyrese Maxey, and nine-time All-Star Paul George all out. That partially explains why the reigning champions dominated their longtime foes and dropped a whopping 71 points in the first half. Brown made sure to mention the Eastern Conference rivalry after the blowout victory.</p><p>“Even though [Yabusele is] on the Sixers, it’s all good,” Brown joked. “It’s still bittersweet.”</p><h2><b>How did Guerschon Yabusele get back to the NBA?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Guerschon-Yabusele.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Terada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Given Guerschon Yabusele’s disappointing stint with the Celtics and his multiple seasons overseas, some might wonder how his NBA homecoming happened. Brown provided a clear explanation to reporters.</p><p>“Thought he had a great Olympic run and it kind of led to him being here,” he stated.</p><p>This summer, Yabusele shined in the 2024 Paris Olympics. The former EuroLeague champion was arguably France’s best player, averaging 14 points on 51.9% shooting from the floor. That’s an especially impressive accomplishment because Les Bleus rostered NBA stars like San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama and Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert.</p><p>In the gold medal game against Team USA, Yabusele notched 20 points in 31 minutes and notably dunked on Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Guerschon Yabusele puts a brutal dunk on Lebron James….</p><p> 🎥 <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCOlympics</a> <a href="https://t.co/AdDunya3mZ">pic.twitter.com/AdDunya3mZ</a></p><p>— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthletic/status/1822370060863668440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The United States still defeated France, 98-87, securing their fifth straight Olympic gold medal. But Yabusele left with a silver medal, a viral highlight, and tons of praise for excelling in the Summer Games. His international heroics caught the attention of NBA executives and allowed him to take his skills back to America.</p><p>The two-time silver medalist landed in the City of Brotherly Love, however, <a href="https://x.com/GwashburnGlobe/status/1821613276171784249">he wasn’t shy</a> about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-french-olympic-hero-pleads-comeback">his affinity for Boston</a>, per Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe.</p><p>“You gotta tell [the Celtics] to bring me back,” Yabusele told Washburn during the Olympics.</p><p>Even though that comment was likely in jest, Guerschon Yabusele’s return to the league came to fruition. Whether or not he receives significant minutes with the star-studded Sixers remains to be seen.</p><p>As for the Celtics, they’ll look to stay undefeated in the preseason, as they host the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night at TD Garden.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaylen Brown’s ‘bittersweet’ reaction to Guerschon Yabusele’s 76ers return

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-vocal-big-turning-point-boston-nba-championship-win');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Jaylen Brown vocal on big turning point in NBA Championship win');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Celtics-news-Jaylen-Brown-vocal-on-big-turning-point-in-Bostons-NBA-Championship-win.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Jaylen Brown vocal on big turning point in NBA Championship win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-05T07:25:11-07:00">October 5th, 7:25am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-05T07:25:11-07:00">October 5th, 7:25am</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Celtics may have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/how-joe-mazzulla-nba-finals-prediction-came-true-celtics">won their 18th championship in June</a> but for most of the players on the team, it was the first championship of their careers. That included Finals MVP Jaylen Brown, who recalls the specific moment the team cohesively rallied to reach the title.</p><p>Brown said the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHuWxAXD5Pk" rel="noopener">team’s championship moment</a> was born in Game 3 of the 2024 NBA Finals, one that Boston won 106-99 to take a 3-0 lead.</p><p>“Definitely in the Finals Game 3. We were in Dallas, we were up 2-0 and they were storming back, the Mavericks,” Brown said on the Hot Ones show via the First We Feast YouTube channel. “They got hot. Kyrie starts going crazy, like one minute left, I hit a shot that kind of halted their momentum and kind of helped us carry out and get the win. That was this year and I think that helped us ultimately get the championship.”</p><p>Per Brown’s statement, Dallas guard Kyrie Irving <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-kyrie-irving-bazooka-metaphor-game-3">ended Game 3 with a game-high 35 points</a> but could not pull his team to victory, even with Luka Doncic adding 27 points. The Celtics’ duo of Brown and Jayson Tatum combined for 61 points with both going over 30.</p><p>The win Brown referenced was the first game of the series in Dallas, thus preventing the Mavericks from establishing any sort of momentum at home to even up the series. The Celtics would go on to lose Game 4 but wrap up the season a few nights later to win 4-1.</p><h2><b>Celtics begin 2024-2025 season with preseason win over Nuggets</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jaylen-Brown_899d78.jpg"><figcaption>Peter Casey-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Throughout their decorated franchise history, the Celtics have not won back-to-back titles since repeating as champions in 1968 and 1969. Over 50 years later, the team that won the 2024 NBA Finals will attempt to achieve the feat in 2025 after keeping most of its core together.</p><p>In their quest to win consecutive championships, the Celtics got off on the right foot by topping the Denver Nuggets in the 2024-2025 NBA preseason opener on Oct. 4. The game was played in the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi and despite it being a preseason matchup went down to the wire with a final score of 107-103.</p><p>Payton Pritchard led the way for the defending champions with 21 points off the bench while Tatum led the starters with 12 points. Nikola Jokic guided the way for Denver with 14 points and eight rebounds while Russell Westbrook added 12 points off the bench in his unofficial Nuggets debut.</p><p>Both teams will officially start the regular season on Oct. 24 when Boston travels to Washington D.C. to face the Wizards and Denver host the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Jaylen Brown vocal on big turning point in NBA Championship win

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-luka-doncic-kyrie-irving-tough-guard');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaylen Brown reveals what makes Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving so tough to guard');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Celtics-news-Jaylen-Brown-reveals-what-makes-Luka-Doncic-Kyrie-Irving-so-tough-to-guard.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaylen Brown reveals what makes Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving so tough to guard</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-04T20:26:00-07:00">October 4th, 8:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-04T20:26:00-07:00">October 4th, 8:26pm</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jaylen Brown claimed the Finals MVP award, largely due to his impressive defense on Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. His all-around performance played a key role in the Boston Celtics’ five-game dominance over the Dallas Mavericks.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-makes-bold-nba-predictions-under-fire-hot-ones">Brown appeared on the popular show Hot Ones</a> with Sean Evans, where <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHuWxAXD5Pk" rel="noopener">he offered an insightful comparison</a> about guarding the Mavericks’ dynamic duo of Doncic and Irving. He likened it to listening to music.</p><h2><b>Jaylen Brown likening defense to music</b></h2><p>“There’s a rhythm and a cadence to how people play. Certain guys play to a certain beat, a certain cadence, a certain style. if you know their style, you can time what they’re going to do next because you know their rhythm and the BPM they play at,” said the Celtics star.</p><p>Drawing from firsthand experience, Jaylen Brown led the Boston Celtics past <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-missing-piece-luka-doncic-kyrie-irving">Doncic, Irving, and the Mavericks</a>. While Doncic still posted impressive numbers—averaging 29.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 5.6 assists on 47.2% shooting—his efforts fell short. The Mavericks managed to break 100 points in only one of the five Finals games.</p><p>“Luka (Doncic) has a unique rhythm. It’s almost so slow that it’s hard to time. Kyrie has a unique rhythm as well, very one-of-one. His moves and cadences are very hard to time. He’s got a lot of counters, he can pivot off both feet, he can shoot with both hands, and he can drive in both directions, which makes his rhythm a lot harder to track,” Brown continued.</p><p>It’s a unique approach to describing defense, but it highlights why Dallas’ offense is so difficult to contain. With players as distinct as Doncic and Irving, defending requires not just skill but also a great deal of patience and anticipation to keep them in check without committing fouls.</p><p>“Some guys only go right, some guys only go left, and some guys have two moves that they go to. So, I look at basketball as poetry in motion, which is music. Everybody is playing their own song. Everybody samples from different artists. If you want to stop them you gotta study their rhythm, you gotta learn when their beat is about to drop.”</p><h2><b>Brown and the Celtics stifling Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Mavericks-Luka-Doncic-and-Kyrie-Irving-on-the-floor-during-the-playoffs.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Brown was crucial in restricting Kyrie Irving’s impact, limiting him to 19.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 5.0 assists while shooting 41.4%. This marked a huge decline for Irving, who had been a potent scorer throughout both the regular season and Playoffs.</p><p>The Celtics overall effectively contained the Mavericks’ stars, particularly during the three games in Boston. They held Irving to just over 14 points per game while making Doncic earn every point, limiting his ability to execute his unusual passes to open shooters despite him still averaging 30 points per game.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-joe-mazzulla-killer-whale-offense-seals">Boston is known for their high-powered offense</a> that led the league in offensive rating and ranked second in team scoring, leaned on their stifling defense to hold the Mavericks to just 99.2 points per game, well below their regular season average of 117.9 PPG.</p><p>With Dallas’ dynamic duo unable to perform effectively together, Boston successfully neutralized the formidable Mavericks offense, winning the Larry O’Brien trophy. Jaylen Brown earned the 2024 NBA Finals MVP award, despite Jayson Tatum posting better statistics, as many believe Brown’s defensive contributions were the key difference.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaylen Brown reveals what makes Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving so tough to guard

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-reveal-boston-must-fight-2024-25-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaylen Brown reveals what Celtics must ‘fight’ ahead of 2024-25 season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0832.jpeg"></figure><h1>Jaylen Brown reveals what Celtics must ‘fight’ ahead of 2024-25 season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-04T17:57:06-07:00">October 4th, 5:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-04T17:57:06-07:00">October 4th, 5:57pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David Yapkowitz is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>This season, the Boston Celtics are hoping to become the first team since the 2017 and 2018 Golden State Warriors <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-feelings-possible-title-repeat-after-2024">to repeat as NBA championships</a>. But in order to do so, they have be focused with the right mentality. During a recent episode of the show, ‘Hot Ones’ from First We Feast, Celtics star Jaylen Brown spoke about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHuWxAXD5Pk" rel="noopener">what the team needs to do</a> to repeat.</p><p>“I think the pressure and the expectation level needs to be raised,” Brown said. “I think right now, human nature kind of sinks in once you win and it makes you kind of relax. . .so we gotta fight that.”</p><p>While other teams such as the New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers certainly got better over the offseason, the Celtics still look like the early favorite in the Eastern Conference. Even looking at the Western Conference, the Celtics just seem a level above the rest of the league.</p><p>They had a tremendous offseason, agreeing to long-term contract extensions with Jayson Tatum and Derrick White while re-signing their own key free agents like Sam Hauser, Luke Kornet and Xavier Tillman. They even picked up a potential steal of a player in Lonnie Walker IV.</p><p>The Celtics had reached the NBA Finals in 2022 but lost to the Golden State Warriors in six games.</p><h2>Jaylen Brown on a mission this season for Celtics</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Celtics-superstar-Jaylen-Brown.jpg"><figcaption>Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>If there is one player on the roster though who will be ready to defend the team’s title, it’s Jaylen Brown. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-jaylen-brown-out-for-blood-nba-title-team-usa-snub">Brown revealed that he is out for blood</a> following an offseason in which he felt like he was snubbed from the Olympic roster.</p><p>Brown was named the Finals MVP following the Celtics’ victory over the Dallas Mavericks in five games and he’s coming off his third career All-Star selection. He is signed long-term as well after inking his own contract extension during the 2023 offseason.</p><p>Brown appeared in 70 games last season, at a little over 33 minutes per game. He averaged 23.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals with splits of 49.9 percent shooting from the field, 35.4 percent shooting from the three-point line and 70.3 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>During the Celtics’ playoff run, Brown put up 23.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.2 steals with splits of 51.6 percent shooting from the field, 32.7 percent shooting from the three-point line and 66 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>The Celtics begin their title defense on Oct. 22 at home against the Knicks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaylen Brown reveals what Celtics must ‘fight’ ahead of 2024-25 season

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Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There’s no doubt that Boston Celtics head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-celtics-derrick-white-called-joe-mazzulla-a-sicko-after-wild-game-3-finish">Joe Mazzulla loves basketball, prompting players to call him a “sicko”</a> for how he goes about his job. Jaylen Brown was recently on the Hot Ones show, where he talked about Mazzulla and how they’re <a href="https://x.com/danield1214/status/1841865419918872592?s=46&amp;t=4r6zr4OnPB62QXf6qjobPw" rel="noopener">running an offense</a> similar to that of a larger mammal.</p><p>“One of the things he’s coined is that we call our offense the ‘Killer Whale’ offense,” Brown said. “We attack seals, because killer whales, how they hunt seals. We study how killer whales attack as a unit. And we kinda built our offense off [that]. Joe definitely has a lot of crazy stuff but it’s a method to his madness, and obviously, it works.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown revealed the Celtics are running a “Killer Whale Offense” on “Hot Ones.” Joe Mazzulla, of course, coined the phrase 🐳</p><p>“We attack seals. We study how killer whales attack as a unit. And we kinda built our offense off [that].”</p><p>(Via <a href="https://twitter.com/firstwefeast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@firstwefeast</a> on YT) <a href="https://t.co/8Ao0hABaw7">pic.twitter.com/8Ao0hABaw7</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1841865419918872592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It’s not certain what that offense entails, but it sounds like something that other teams should take into account when playing the Celtics.</p><h2>Jaylen Brown motivated for new season with Celtics</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jaylen-Brown.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Jaylen Brown is coming into this season with the Celtics with <a href="https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nba/boston-celtics/jaylen-brown-motivated-olympics-celtics-media-day/651110/?os=vbkn42...&amp;ref=app%22" rel="noopener">added motivation</a>. During Media Day, Brown spoke about being excited about coming back as they look to win another championship.</p><p>“I’m ready to go. I’m excited about being back,” Brown said. “The past is the past, but I’m ready to get after it, lead our guys, build some team chemistry, not skip any steps, and just set the tone for another year again. I’m extremely motivated for obvious reasons, and I’m ready to get after it.”</p><p>Brown feels as if he was snubbed a few times last season and during the summer. He felt like he should’ve made the All-Defensive and All-NBA teams. Also, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-jaylen-brown-team-usa-conspiracy-theory">Brown was not called for the Olympics</a>, even after Kawhi Leonard dropped out.</p><p>“I would be lying if I say I didn’t,” Brown said. “As a competitor, you’re always looking for any key identifiers that could help you be motivated, stay motivated, and add to that chip on your shoulder. I’m that type of guy already. I’m always looking for something. But when things don’t go your way or when those voices get louder, it makes you wake up even more to drive and be better.</p><p>“So I’m excited to get back going with the guys. I’m excited to start the new year. Even though I did all that traveling, this is probably — I say it every year — this is the hardest I probably ever worked.”</p><p>There’s no doubt that Brown is motivated, and he may have a better season than he had last year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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