Michael Chavis and Jaylen Brown first met on the parquet.
The Red Sox infielder and Celtics guard grew up in Georgia, attending high schools in Marietta that were just five miles apart. Brown was already a national sensation on the court for Wheeler High School (Class of 2015), while Chavis saw time off the bench at Sprayberry (Class of 2014).
When the two teams clashed, Chavis decided to play the hero – and his season ended because of it.
“They ran their entire offense around Jaylen, obviously, and we practiced for a week preparing for this game,” Chavis remembered on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show”.