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On a gloomy Saturday afternoon in Boston, Jaylen Brown spent five uninterrupted hours with Celtics fans still digesting the team’s early playoff exit — and eager to support their favorite player’s sneaker launch.

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BOSTON — The rain came down in sheets. And, every couple of minutes, just when it seemed it had finally let up, another surge of torrential downpour would begin.

But the dozens and dozens of Celtics fans in attendance who lined Canal Street on a gloomy Saturday afternoon in Boston were unfazed, sporting a poncho or carrying an umbrella, and patiently waiting for the opportunity to meet Jaylen Brown.