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NBA Communications: Boston Celtics guard-forward Jaylen Brown has been fined $50,000 for public criticism of the officiating, it was announced today by James Jones, Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. Brown made his comments on a livestream on May 3 following the Celtics' 109-100 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series on May 2 at TD Garden.
Draymond Green: “The big question is: what’s next for this Boston team? Is it the end of the Jaylen Brown–Jayson Tatum era? I would say no. I don’t think it’s the end of their era. Look at the success they had this year with Jayson Tatum out most of the year, and then with Jayson Tatum coming back and them having success, ultimately getting ahead to a 3-1 lead. Obviously, they squandered the lead away, but you got right where you wanted to be.
Jaylen Brown has mentioned he’s a big fan of your game. Looking at it from the other side, what is it about Jaylen’s style of play that you respect the most? Lu Dort: [Smiling] Jaylen Brown for real? As a scorer, he’s “on go” every single time. He doesn’t shy away from any type of contact. He’s going downhill no matter what and that’s just the type of player he is—physical and aggressive. With guys like that, you have to tip your hat because he’s always going to make tough shots. The fact that he’s doing it on both ends—being aggressive offensively and defensively and taking on those tough matchups—I have a LOT of respect for that.
"Every good basketball player does this. What are y'all talking about? They clearly had an agenda," Brown said. "If Jaylen does this move, call the offensive foul and follow him every time. I don't know if it's because I pissed the refs off. I've been critical about them, and I called them out a bunch of times. So, they were like, 'You know what, I got you in the playoffs. Watch this.' [Because] that's exactly what they did. "It's clearly an agenda. Look at the same move. Some referees that if I had to choose, if I had to, like, say there's some referees that need to be investigated. We had three of them in the last three games."
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Jaylen Brown: “You know how many players do that? That is such the common basketball play. Every player does it. So why are you targeting me? It clearly had an agenda. Maybe because I had spoken, I was critical of the refs in the regular season. So, you know, how they responded: like, ‘We’re going to call every—we’re going to—you’re going to lead the playoffs in offensive fouls.’ That was the response from the officiating crew. You could clearly tell. And I actually spoke to some refs, and they said it was an agenda going into each game. So, anytime Jaylen brings his arm up, just from reputation, just call it. Paul George does the same thing. Jalen Brunson does the same thing. I can go down the list.”
Jaylen Brown: “He’s one of the best bigs in the world, if not the best when healthy, and he’s a former MVP. And he came back and changed the series because we was up 3–1 without him. He comes back, and we lose the next three. We lose the next three games once he kind of starts figuring it out. If we would have had a little bit more, if we could bang with him a little bit more personnel-wise and not give him so many easy baskets, it would have been a little different for us.
Jaylen Brown: “But he came and did what he was supposed to do. He dominated, and we lost. So, credit to the 76ers, credit to Joel Embiid. I still think he flopped entirely way too much. Some of y’all don’t even know what flopping is in the chat. Like, some of y’all clearly don’t know basketball. Y’all don’t know what flopping is. Flopping is exaggerating contact that’s already there. It’s not about drawing contact or drawing fouls. Nobody has a problem with drawing fouls. That’s a part of the game. Use your brains. That’s the thing about this basketball era where y’all have turned your brains off and just look at analytics. I have no idea what y’all talking about. Drawing fouls is fine.”
Jaylen Brown: “You know what I mean? This is my personal opinion on basketball. Some of y’all might disagree, but argue with your grandma. Flopping has ruined our game. Joel Embiid is a great player, one of the best bigs in basketball history. Flops. He knows it. This ain’t breaking news. That’s just my opinion. I’m not the only one that had that opinion. Some of y’all are going to be mad about that opinion. Some of y’all can kiss my ass.”
Jaylen Brown: “That’s how you know people be watching my stream. That’s how you know Joel Embiid was sitting there at home, eating chocolate chip cookies, watching my stream, and he was like, ‘You know what? When I come back, I’m going to show these guys.’ Because I ain’t never seen him that dominant. He was dominant from a physical standpoint, passing the ball. Obviously, he’s been more athletic in the past, but I give him credit. He came out, and he made a difference in this series. No question.”
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Jaylen Brown: “Honestly, this was the most fun season I’ve ever had in basketball, personally. The uncertainty of going into the season, the uncertainty of going into every game, having to fight for every win did something emotionally, I feel like, for all of us. We became more together. We had to fight, and we had to play with passion every single night. And we did.”
NBACentral: “This group was a special group. I’m so proud of this group and the way we played. I wish we trusted that style of play a little bit more, but I know the playoffs kind of shifted our rotations and what we wanted to do.” - Jaylen Brown
Jorge Sierra: Jaylen Brown passed Robert Parish and Patrick Ewing in playoff scoring last night. Joel Embiid moved ahead of Vince Carter.
“It’s hard to reflect on it right now, because it’s so fresh in the moment,” Jaylen Brown said. “But obviously, this organization is used to playing later into the season, and this is my first time having a first-round exit (when healthy). But this season, what the expectations were, and we came out, and we rose to meet that level of uncertainty with this group. There’s nothing more I could ask for. I had a great time with my teammates. We played hard. Felt like we left it all out there tonight, but we came up short.”
