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Earlier this year, Jaylen Brown found himself in a minor feud with Stephen A. Smith. After the two made a couple of jabs at each other, the Boston Celtics star is open to clearing the air.
This ordeal started back in May when Smith went on "First Take" and claimed a source told him Brown isn't marketable or well-liked. Brown ended up reposting the clip on X, formerly known as Twitter, asking the longtime analyst to name the source.
A few months later, Brown decided to jab back at Smith after the Celtics won the NBA championship title. During the championship parade, he wore a shirt that said "state your source."
On Thursday, Jaylen Brown was a guest on the hit YouTube program "Hot Ones." Among the things that were brought up was his attire for the Celtics parade. Brown admitted that he typically doesn't do interviews, but is open to the idea of having a sit down with Smith.
"Going forward. I look forward to, like clearing up some misconceptions and addressing some things in the past," Brown said. "So maybe me and Stephen A. will have a sit down at some point and hash things out." [2:20]
Later this week, Brown and the Celtics will begin the title defense with a pair of preseason games in Abu Dhabi against the Denver Nuggets.
Jaylen Brown opens up on Boston Celtics' "killer whale" offense
Later on in his "Hot Ones" interview, Jaylen Brown got to talking about Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla. It was there that he touched on the interesting analogy he came up with for the team's offense.
Brown admitted that Mazzulla dubbed Boston's offensive attack the "killer whale offense." He came up with this phrase because all five players operate as one unit.
"One of the things he's coined we our offense the killer whale offense," Brown said. "We study how killer whales attack as a unit, and then we built our offense kind of off killer whales."
A big reason why the Celtics went on to win the championship was because of the dominant starting five. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum led the charge, but all five players came together to produce a championship team. The selflessness on offense was a major catalyst in the team's ability to win at the highest level.
Despite spreading out the offense, Brown's production didn't take much of a dip in 2024. In the regular season, he averaged 23.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists. Brown continued this stellar play through the playoffs, eventually going on to win Finals MVP.
