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Kris Pursiainen: Mike Brown gives himself a C-, or D+, so far this series when asked about how Knicks have attacked Wembanyama. Added he could easily be failing, but he's passing – and that it's at a great school like Harvard or MIT. Then said he has to say USC, too, or "they get mad"

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Jaylen Brown: "Stephen A, here's my proposal. Why don't we have a live audience debate, traditional media versus us athletes? And let's do a live debate in front of a live streamed audience at a mutual location like a Harvard or MIT and let's talk about it. Let's see who come out on top. Should be easy. Should be a piece of cake. Mainstream traditional media versus the athlete. Let's set it up. Harvard, MIT, live and let's see who come out on top. You know where to find me. We know where to contact my team. Let's set up a live debate at a mutual location and let's talk about it. Traditional versus untraditional. Mainstream media versus the dumb jock. Let's see who come out on top."

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You’re a great example. And you’ve given lectures, y’all, at Harvard. Isn’t that something? And at MIT. So, when you retire, do you think you’ll become a professor? Jaylen Brown: Maybe, perhaps. I don’t know. We’ll see. I feel like I love to teach. It’s kind of in my family line. My mom teaches, and my grandmother did, too.

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Kevin Durant: According to The Great Kevin Durant’s legacy formula that was created in the best labs at MIT, Emmanuel is the worst linebacker of all time. You sure you wanna listen to this guy about greatness?

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According to a new study by MIT researchers, there's one member who consistently boosts their team's performance: the data analyst. The new study, which was published this month in the Journal of Sports Economics, quantifies the influence of basketball analytics investment on team performance. The study's authors looked in particular at professional basketball and compared the investment in data analytics on each NBA team with the team's record of wins over 12 seasons. They found that indeed, teams that hired more analytics staff, and invested more in data analysis in general, tended to win more games.

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A year ago, Celtics star Jaylen Brown declared he wanted to create a “Black Wall Street” in Boston after inking what was then the richest contract in NBA history. Now he is taking the first step with the launch of Boston XChange (BXC), a nonprofit initiative to generate $5 billion in generational wealth in communities of color. The NBA Finals MVP has tapped local partners from MIT to the City of Boston to help shape his vision to support entrepreneurs in the so-called creative economy.

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Cameron Tabatabaie: Jaylen Brown says he was doing a robotics lesson with his students here at MIT when his extension deal was finalized

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Brian Robb: Jaylen Brown is signing his supermax extension contract right now in front of the students from his Bridge program here at MIT.

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Adam Himmelsbach: Per source, Jaylen Brown requested that instead of a formal press conference at Auerbach Center, his extension will be announced at his 7uice Bridge Program, a collab with MIT for minority high school students.

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Raman excelled at two things, according to Hagerstrom: teaching the game without overwhelming her players and being extremely detailed while being willing to adjust. Both strengths, she thinks, will serve her well on the Grizzlies’ staff. “If she was so skilled and capable of doing what she did with the type of talent we had at Wellesley and the type of talent she had at MIT … it’s like, oh my gosh, what is she going to be capable of doing with these guys if they’ll give her an opportunity to work with them?” Hagerstrom said. Raman also respected the Grizzlies’ commitment to diversity and inclusion. Jenkins hired the team’s first female assistant in Niele Ivey and has a coaching staff from various backgrounds.

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Adrian Wojnarowski: The Grizzlies hired MIT women’s coach Sonia Raman as an assistant coach, team says.

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Chris Mannix: Grizzlies have hired MIT women’s basketball coach Sonia Raman as an assistant coach. pic.twitter.com/nD4GiipMGl

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As the coronavirus crisis forces all sports leagues to re-evaluate how they can once again host thousands of fans at stadiums across the country, at least one prominent data scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says there are steps teams can take that will make arenas "as safe as public parks." Professor Alex Pentland, the head of the Human Dynamic Lab at MIT, released a white paper this week suggesting companies can use digital tools to help create safer environments -- and told ESPN there are applications to sports as well.

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Brown is working with another prominent African American designer to further his fashion pursuits. “Chris Bevins, he’s an MIT fellow, he helped me think through some of the thoughts that I had,” Brown said. “We got closer as we engaged in our MIT fellowship. He’s been helping me out, he has a line as well. And he also is a pillar in the fashion community.”

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