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Jaylen Brown ranked sixth in MVP voting last season. Still, one anonymous NBA analytics staffer apparently views the Boston Celtics star as the seventh-best player on a given team. And Brown, who has been at the center of recent trade speculation, fired back at that notion Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Analytics nowadays used to discredit and control narratives \u2013 Roll the ball out none of these guys better than me on both ends who does he work for https:\/\/t.co\/ql3skXAutM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) June 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What initially set Brown off? During a recent radio interview, ESPN\u2019s Bobby Marks said front offices across the NBA have \u201cmixed feelings\u201d about Brown, and suggested that at least one analytics employee in the league doesn\u2019t even consider Brown a starting-caliber player.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had one \u2014 not an executive, but an analytics guy, say that, \u2018Yeah, we view him as like the seventh-best player on a team,\u2019\u201d Marks said.<\/p>\n

Brown\u2019s trade value has become a talking point since the Celtics front office recently explored moving him for Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>. Though the Celtics\u2019 pursuit of Antetokounmpo fell short, there\u2019s a belief they remain open to trading Brown. He hasn\u2019t responded to the trade chatter publicly, but he defended himself Saturday after seeing the quote from Marks.<\/p>\n

In a series of posts on the social media platform X, Brown shared part of his lengthy resume and pushed back against analytics\u2019 place in the NBA.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody has won more combined regular season and playoff games since I entered the league 10 years ago,\u201d Brown posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Brown averaged career highs of 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game last season while earning second-team All-NBA honors. The 2024 Finals MVP has already put together a decorated career before his 30th birthday, which arrives in October. As he pointed out, the Celtics have done nothing but win with him. The team has reached the playoffs in each of Brown\u2019s 10 seasons in Boston, advancing at least to the conference finals six times.<\/p>\n

Even so, Brown has acknowledged that analytics don\u2019t always favor his contributions. In January, he sounded pleased that the Celtics went away from some of their usual offensive practices after losing about half of their rotation, including the injured Jayson Tatum, before the 2025-26 season. Brown said that he was previously discouraged from taking midrange shots, but last season he received the green light to take \u201cwhatever shot you want.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe the way I play basketball doesn\u2019t jump off the charts analytically to some degree, some capacity,\u201d Brown said. \u201cSo I can see why people may think that maybe me being put in this (bigger) role, it wouldn\u2019t be successful, but it\u2019s more than meets the eye. So I\u2019ve just been playing my game. I play off rhythm. I play off feel. I play off what I see. And sometimes, that doesn\u2019t show up on the analytics.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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