{"id":2076159,"date":"2026-08-04T01:52:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T22:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2076159"},"modified":"2026-08-04T01:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T22:52:42","slug":"jaylen-brown-on-playing-with-lebron-james-what-an-opportunity-that-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2076159","title":{"rendered":"Jaylen Brown on playing with LeBron James: \u2018What an opportunity that is\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Article_ContentContainer__jBNW3 article-content-container bodytext1\">\n<p>Jaylen Brown is excited for the next chapter of his NBA career for one obvious reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYo, we got \u2018Bron, and what an opportunity that is,\u201d Brown said Monday on a Twitch livestream, during which the All-NBA forward provided his first public remarks on LeBron James\u2019 decision to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers this offseason.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper article-treatment\">\n<div class=\"ad-slug-container\">\n<p class=\"ad-slug\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mid1\" data-position=\"mid1\" class=\"ad place-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLike, obviously, everybody (is) gonna say whatever they want to say, and it\u2019s gonna be a bunch of media this whole entire season,\u201d Brown added. \u201cBut like, for me, like, what an opportunity (it) is to learn. I love learning, so to have the opportunity to learn from one of, if not the greatest player of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before James joined the team in late July, Brown was the Sixers\u2019 highest-profile acquisition this offseason. In a July 6 deal that sent shockwaves through the NBA, Philadelphia traded Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-rounders to the Boston Celtics for Brown, a five-time All-Star who will turn 30 in October.<\/p>\n<div data-ath-video-stream=\"Y9RReVCQAyurqYZ\">\n<div class=\"VideoHost_Root__QeM_i\">\n<div class=\"VideoHost_VideoWidth__XjNKI VideoHost_Portrait__XBaJC\">\n<div class=\"VideoTitleFrame_Root__AGckL\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"VideoTitleFrame_Title__npf3B\">Where does the Jaylen Brown trade rank in NBA history?<\/div>\n<div class=\"VideoTitleFrame_Authors__jxyYV\">The Athletic NBA Staff and Jeshua Kidd<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"VideoTitleFrame_VideoWrapper__Xgp47\">{&#8220;@context&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/schema.org&#8221;,&#8221;@type&#8221;:&#8221;VideoObject&#8221;,&#8221;@id&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/video\/Y9RReVCQAyurqYZ\/&#8221;,&#8221;url&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/video\/Y9RReVCQAyurqYZ\/&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Where does the Jaylen Brown trade rank in NBA history?&#8221;,&#8221;description&#8221;:&#8221;We asked our NBA staff to where they thought the Celtics trading Jaylen Brown to the 76ers ranked in all of NBA history. &#8220;,&#8221;uploadDate&#8221;:&#8221;2026-07-22T00:40:36.857Z&#8221;,&#8221;duration&#8221;:&#8221;PT47S&#8221;,&#8221;thumbnailUrl&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/cdn-media.theathletic.com\/video-stream\/auto-thumbnail\/Y9RReVCQAyurqYZ\/oJ9TyxRpn6iV.0000000.jpg&#8221;,&#8221;contentUrl&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/video.nyt.com\/athletic\/private\/video-stream-sources\/oJ9TyxRpn6iV.mp4&#8243;,&#8221;transcript&#8221;:&#8221;We asked our reporters, where does the Jalen Brown trade rank in NBA history. 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The black joint, I ain\u2019t gonna lie, like even though we used to play against the Sixers, when they used to wear these joints, I\u2019m like, \u2018Yo, this joint is tough.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Philadelphia, Brown will team with James, Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid and VJ Edgecombe to form one of the NBA\u2019s most talented starting lineups and attempt to snap the Sixers\u2019 43-year NBA title drought. The 76ers went 45-37 last season, earning the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference. 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