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It only took Jaylen Brown 24 minutes to put the NBA on notice

Jaylen Brown poured in 21 points in the opening half of the Boston Celtics ' preseason opener against the Memphis Grizzlies.

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“JB [Jaylen Brown] has always been a leader for us,” Baylor Scheierman told reporters at last week’s media day. “I mean, even when JT [Jayson Tatum] was, obviously, healthy, and I think, obviously, now that JT is going to be out, he's definitely taking that load on even more.”

Man, was he right.

Brown wasted no time sending his teammates, and the league, a message in the Boston Celtics’ preseason opener against the Memphis Grizzlies -- the Celtics aren’t backing down from this season.