Jaylen Brown - Bubble Super Scorer

Jaylen Brown was already having a career year in 2020. He posted career bests across the board: 20.3 points (up from 13.0 in 2018-19), on 48.1% from the field, 38.2% from deep, and 72.4% from the line. His number elevated slightly in the playoffs: 21.8 points per game on more shot attempts, three pointers, and free throws. There are very few things Jaylen CANNOT do, so Brad Stevens and the Boston Celtics ask Brown to do a bit of everything. Without a true point guard on the floor, Jaylen is asked to initiate the offense. He finished as the C’s second leading scorer in the playoffs. He was routinely tasked with taking some of the tougher matchups defensively. Brown turns 24 later this year, but he has only missed the Eastern Conference Finals ONCE in his four years as a professional. It is a worrying thing to think about for the rest of the league, but Brown's best is yet to come.

Jaylen Brown is more than just a great basketball player. He’s also the youngest man ever elected as the Vice President of the National Basketball Player’s Association. He’s one of the most demonstrative players off the court. He drove 15 hours through the night to join a peaceful protest in his home state of Georgia. He literally leads from the front.
Linked is a phenomenal piece by ESPN that everyone should take the time to read (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29933515/nba-playoffs-celtics-jaylen-brown-player-moment)

The two best parts of Jaylen's offensive game are incredibly complimentary: he is a SPECIAL straight line driver and he has the ability to catch and shoot from deep at a great clip.
Nekias Duncan (follow him @NekiasNBA on Twitter) wrote an amateur (read: it wasn't amateur, it was really good) scouting report for the Eastern Conference Finals and said that the best way to defend Jaylen on the perimeter is with “hard, but controlled close-outs.”
Brown will burn you on an overly aggressive closeout - it is basically a blow by and a bucket. The best bet in containing him is to force him away from his two strengths BUT he is ever evolving, as evidenced by his improving in-between game. The video is structured so that it showcases that he is gaining greater comfort at taking what the defense gives him rather than just hard charging at the rim and either contorting himself to get a tough shot off or turning the ball over.

From 4:19 - 5:50, it’s mostly straight line drives. In one dribble, Jaylen just about gets to the rim from the three point line. He’s strong enough that he will absorb contact and finish with force, likely drawing an AND1. He’s slowly mastering raising the leg on his rack attacks so that it shields the ball (and his body) from defenders. Bam Adebayo already learned the hard way that Brown's knees are pretty formidable.

Here is the aforementioned article by Nekias:
https://www.basketballnews.com/stories/nba-rumors-miami-heat-boston-celtics-eastern-conference-finals-playoffs-breakdown-preview-how-stop-defend

If you want to see my first Jaylen Brown video, from his rookie year, here that is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPjSf6fOB3o&feature=youtu.be

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