Don’t look now, but we’re having a Jaylen Brownassaince.
If basketball was played on a spreadsheet, it’d be easy to think this was just a slightly average-to-below-average season for Brown, complete with a diminished scoring average due to the arrival of Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis but increased overall efficiency.
Brown is shooting par in all major statistical categories while taking around two fewer shots per game. Nothing to write home about… unless you actually watch Celtics games.
Brown has uncorked his two-way upside in a real way since the All-Star break, brazenly taking on the toughest defensive assignments night in and night out.