Jaylen Brown officially signed his contract extension with the Celtics on Wednesday, and then he talked to the media about where his newfoud wealth will go, dealing with the pressure of the contract, how the negotiation went, and Boston’s championship odd. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal talks about all that, and has some fun with Jaylen about missing teammates’ calls on FaceTime.
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His signing conference and interview with Forsberg made me like JB even more. Seems like a great person.
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Was watching the interview live and I loved your question!
We will see in time how much of that 304M is really going back to the community vs. just going to his agent, crew and his pockets. its a good message so far but it also doesnt solve how the contract hampers the celtics roster building moving forward. and can't you get less money AND give back to your community? again, i point to KP as an example. The giveback to the community here has to be major. i'd be curious about that black wall street. while i'm happy that this type of money went to JB instead of someone else since JB is actually a person who cares, i have to see 1st if it really translates. There are people out there who have done much more (read tangible) for their community for much less. Now that JB has alot more, has the platform, has the connections… let's see how much he can do.
If you’re factoring in “helping the community” as a reason to give him 35% of the cap then you’ve lost the plot. Devers just signed an even bigger deal and never did anything regarding “community investment” come up even once. NBA culture is just tedious and exhausting, these guys are so desperate to be recognized as “not just an athlete” when the vast majority of the fans whose money lubricates the entire system really just want you to focus on winning man.
The only people that opinion matters on Jaylen deserving the money are Wyc, and Brad
No one needs Jaylen to stay with Celtics more than John himself because then he would have to change the Theme Song🎶 🤣🤣
Really happy for Jaylen a good basketball player and just a better person happy for him and the Celtics
JB is top 5 and not 5,4,3 or 2
Cha-ching! Jaylen Brown strikes it rich. 🤑💲☘️
JB not know Rob or Grant even tried FaceTiming him only enhances the meme lol
STEAM = science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics 👍
Gonna miss your regularly till September. Jaylen is a great community spirit! I actually think that, JB received his contract was not just about his playing, but also about how he represents the Celtics! Boston is about that, at least within the corporate. understanding.
Well, that first answer is almost exactly what I expected. I think it will be interesting to see what he does.
The "deserve" comments are an utter inanity. DESERVE? First off, we saw JUST YESTERDAY, J. Herbert get more money than Mahomes. Did he DESERVE it? (Does any human being truly DESERVE to make 5000X the average adult global income? Hilarious) Clearly, Herbert is not a better player (and I could argue, a much-less accomplished athlete than JB, for example) than Mahomes… he just happens to be getting an extension at a time that warrants him getting THE MOST. Sports contracts have been this way for decades–it's the cost of doing business, period. And every time a truly fantastic number comes along (remember A-Rod's Texas contract?) we go NUTS, talk about how "absurd" it is (folks, sports have been absurd for a long time. Hollywood is still MORE absurd BTW), and how it will break the world. Uh huh. And a year from now, another QB will get more than Herbert. And when Mahomes feels like it, he'll be able to say, "Um, I think I need my contract reworked, cuz I'm the best–might sit out camp." And so it goes. People obsessing over some (in their heads) metric of where Jaylen RANKS vs. what he's "accomplished" vs. "Game 7!!!" and a million other, frankly irrelevant things is (when, as John says, in 3 years, no one will even NOTICE this contract)… well, within the scope of a lot of sports discussion these days: not so smaht.
Jaylen is more of the LeBron billionaire who opens one school in 20 years kind of philanthropist
Jaylen's activism, like like Lebron, is 80% image driven. Think about it. He already makes $30M. What's the biggest thing he's done to date? Renovate a basketball court? And that just happened. And I guarantee(like billionaire LeBron's ONE school in 20 years) that even included corporate investment.
What planet are we on? A guy who doesn't even get asked to play on rhe Olympic team.
every video is better and better
If Jaylen, Jayson and Kris can put some muscle on this off- season to help improve thier paint scoring and rebounding further then we may have an old-school beast team on our hands. Unfortunately i dint think they will become that without a new coach unless Mazzula changes his way we are basically a crap shot team chucking 3's.
These 3 guys have the potential to average 30 rebounds and 80 points between them.
Make no mistake
Tatum and Brown and Porzingis is our Big3
Timelord Horford
Porzingis
Tatum
Brown
White Brogdon
Thats the 7 well see with next minutes going to
Pritchard Walsh and ive forgotten the name of the Indiana dude
Again though what scares me is that Mazzulla will play KP as a C.
A line up with shot blocking ability of Rob, Kris and the Js with the hustle of White could be very good defensively though.
Timelord Kristaps Tatum Brown White
Surely thats the best shot blocking starting 5 in the leauge? Who woulf be better?
If he really wants to do good with his money that’s great to hear. It’s impressive that he has made those thoughts public because it’s clear he wants to do it. Good luck to JB hope it happens.
Please let me know if I am missing something. Reggie Lewis died 30 years ago today. Why isn't today's episode focused on him? Have you done a Reggie Lewis episode elsewhere for today? It is a tragedy Celtics fans should never forget. It is a day of lament for Celtics fans.
Looking back at the comments, it's interesting how the same people who didn't want JB to get the supermax are the now the same ones telling him what he should do with HIS money.
Ticket prices going up and I’m lowkey fed up with the Roman circus personally lol y’all should read a book or spend quality time with your if’s before you tune in to the next nba game
This is Business……The Government get a cut…..Jaylen don't have to buy Nobody Anything….to bad he couldn't do it in Silence….because people be looking at him like a 🎯