{"id":2039531,"date":"2026-07-12T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2039531"},"modified":"2026-07-12T09:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:00:23","slug":"celtics-joe-mazzulla-on-life-after-jaylen-brown-there-needs-to-be-a-grieving-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2039531","title":{"rendered":"Celtics\u2019 Joe Mazzulla on life after Jaylen Brown: \u2018There needs to be a grieving process\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LAS VEGAS \u2014 As Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum sat in the front row of UNLV\u2019s Cox Pavilion Friday night, a graphic on the video screen inside the arena showed a list of accomplishments he and Jaylen Brown produced over their nine seasons as teammates.<\/p>\n

For a matter of seconds, Brown \u2014 or at least a graphic of him \u2014 was literally hanging over the Celtics. For the rest of their time in Las Vegas, his presence has only metaphorically loomed over the team. The shock of their recent trade, which sent Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George and draft capital, should take a while to disappear.<\/p>\n

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As Derrick White and Jordan Walsh went through a workout on one of the Cox Pavilion courts Saturday morning, head coach Joe Mazzulla detailed the respect he has for Brown, what Boston will miss most about him and the need to create a new path forward without him. After 10 highly successful seasons with Brown, Boston will take on a different look with Paul George, Mitchell Robinson and Mike Conley now on the roster.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere needs to be a grieving process for losing not just a player in Jaylen, but a person in Jaylen,\u201d Mazzulla said in an interview with The Athletic<\/em>. \u201cThere needs to be a grieving process that this guy, what he has done on the court and what he\u2019s done in the community and what he\u2019s done for the city of Boston, there should be a grieving process. But the \u2026 gray area is throughout that loss, you\u2019re also gaining.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Why did the Celtics trade Jaylen Brown?<\/div>\n
Jay King and Jeshua Kidd<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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