Can Jaylen Brown be No.1 option on a title contender⁉️ + Boston Celtics’ future 👀 | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Monica McNutt and Marcus Morris Sr. react to the Boston Celtics Game 6 loss to the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs and if Jaylen Brown can be a no.1 option on a title contender.
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JB is Kyrie to JTs LeBron. Kyrie was a terrible leader on the Celts which is why he never became top dawg. JB doesn’t have the limitation in his character and can be No.1 on a “contender”
rhetorical question – NO
Why is Tatum is considered a number 1 option when brown plays better than him in the biggest moments
That's why Kobe had to split with Shaq. That's what he gonna have to do.
Boston was 1-3 with Tatum plays against the Knick with brown but brown was 1-1 against the knicks with Tatum playing so why all the pressure brown when tatami on had one game good game plus he was the reason lost
To Be Fair This Is The Reigning Finals MVP lets Calm down
Partially torn meniscus isn’t a big deal I guess to SAS…
JT didn’t do it without Brown either.
Jalen brown for cooper Flagg
Brown and Tatum will be back. Brown will lead boston to at least the 4th-5th seed in the east next season without tatum.
Who's to say JT is still going to be JT when he returns. I've only seen 2 stars remain stars after an Achilles!! KD and Dominique.
Not even the 2nd best player in the celtics. That's Derrick White.
Jalen is the best second option
J.B. CAN be a Batman, but he needs a good Robin too. Just like any other Batman. Asl L.J. or the Joker…. I say let him have a good team around him in 2025/26 and show how far he can go.
GET RID OF MOLLY ALREADY DUDE. ALSO AWFUL PLASTIC SURGERYS LOL
When you get payed better then 95% of the world, nothing is unfair lol
So if tatum played in game 6….and brown didnt….tatum would have had 66/23/20…..with the way the rest of the celtics played in game 6.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 how bout this…. its not fair ..bcuz u said tatum got hurt ..as in HE LEFT THE GAME. ..NO. TATUM STAYED IN VS MIAMI AND RUINED OUR CHANCES JOGGING AROUND USELESS FOR 42 MINUTES against a miami zone that completely disreguarded tatum bcuz he couldnt even run…..if that dont mean nothin …then tatum only had 13 pts in that game.. .dont mention his injury ..and if u do…browns had a torn miniscus since march. Chumps
JB has proven time and time again that he cannot dribble and he is a turnover waiting to happen. He is a fantastic rep for injustice but he is not someone you can rely on in the playoffs. Look at the film! There is nothing fluid about his handles.
Id like to know when tatum " grabbed the bull by the horns " an showed he can be a #1 without brown? In the tatum brown era…only 1 time the celtcs didnt have brown for the playoffs….tatum lead us to a 4 1 rd 1 loss. Every other year with brown….finals…or conf finals …..theyve been in 2 finals… brown better in both…theyve won 1 championship….brown both mvps whilw tatum stunk shooting 42/28 all playoffs standing under the rim collecting free DEF rebounds. Playoff clip for career. Brown 49/36 tatum 44/35. Career Clip. Brown 48( 4th all time among the 15 celtics over 10000 pts.) Tatum 46. Brown without tatum 28 8 4. Tatum without brown 26 8 4. Lol brown gonna take a giant deuce on steven A an the 1000s of other casual little tatum fanboys that flip flop their energry between these 2 superstars. Lol its so easy to see brown is the better overall player ..he is more efficient and is tasked with guarding superstars….tatum cant even be put on the players brown guards
Yall at first take need to be smarter..when a superstar go down and the number 2 cant carry he his not that good ??? a SUPERSTAR is down you dont just miss that kind of talent a be ok.. when they are together and only then the team is a championship caliber team come on now.
Brown is a good player, but imagine him on the bucks instead of Giannis, the nuggets instead of Jokic, the warriors instead of curry or the mavs when Luka was there. Replace any of them w Brown and those teams would be horrible. Hes not a number 1 option on any type of serious team. The wizards or hornets maybe.
He is the number 1
I'm confused why JT is constantly elevated above JB. Both are incredibly talented and complement each other well.
He did play the end of the year with a torn meniscus
No way jb can be a number 1 option all year and into the playoffs he’s not that level I’m sorry
I’m sorry, but ever since we have heard the producer say, “you can say…” I just can’t believe most of what this show says anymore
KRISTAP PROZENGHIS SCOR3D 25 PTS IN 6 GAMES AGAINST THE KNICKS BUT STEPHEN A SMITH WANT TO FOCUS ON JAYLEN BROWN. THIS IS CLEAR EVIDENCE OF STEPH3N A SMITH BEINGA QUISLING JUDAS JOURNALIST. STEPHEN A SMITH IS JUST LIKE " WILLIAM O N3AL FROM "JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH"
talk about game and 2 tatum bcz of that you knicks won. stupid espn and analysts. always select cheezy topics that have nothing to do with reality.
He lost, Celtics lost big fella will be better nexr season!
Mainstream media make us dislike ljke people off losing to other great teams they are praising!
I don’t think he knows Jaylen brown was playing through a torn meniscus. In the postgame interviews the last month of the season and during the playoffs, he was giving weird, vague answers and saying he didn’t want to talk about his knee
JB locked up Luka Doncic last year in the finals and wind FMVP cuz he played on both sides especially great D!!
Mazzula also messed up this series
Jaylen Brown led celtics got blown out by the 2nd quarter. Down by 40 by the 3rd. Never lead in the game once. Worst game by the celtics all season.
The fmvp scored 20 on 20 shots and had 7 turnovers in an elimination game. Terrible.
Overrated and overpaid.
JT and JB plays off each other. Neither one can carry a team by himself. Safe to say they both are between 1.5 – 2 respectively
Jaylen can't be the best player on a great team bc of past playoff moments not getting more rings. But Stephen A also says Ant should be considered face of the league before he gets one ring or even a finals appearance? Ant's team got smoked in conf finals last year too but he doesn't factor that like JB
Still can't believe Jayson tore his Achilles same exact time 30 8
It really just depends on if his torn meniscus was legit. He's looking more like a solid 2nd option that can sometimes play like a first option.
TORN MENISCUS
Say JB was 6'9/6'10 or taller with his average handles and ball handling then perhaps he could be a 1st option on a bonafide ChP contender, he has bully ball tendencies and would be able to dominate in the paint.
But at his size once teams zero in on him and attack him on the permemeter pressuring or doubling, he tends to cough the ball up.
I liken him to a less offensively talented Donvan Mitchell.
If I was a GM trying to build a franchise around a non-big it wouldn't be someone like JB.
He's an All Star calibre player but not in that All-NBA First Team group,.
Second/Third Team yes but not a First Teamer.
JB playing injured you idiyot
Shannon left the show and Stephen A is left with dumber and higher as co-host.
He can but he's flawed, he's a walking turnover.
Stephen a Smith jb he is the reason they won last season.. now they lost and lost JT now you blame jb