Speaker 1: So you know how you can sometimes hear certain players
Speaker 1: not at all. They don't say a peek for years
Speaker 1: at a time, and then all of a sudden, the
Speaker 1: floodgates just open up and they just never stopped talking.
Speaker 1: It's like, Wow, you had a lot on your mind
Speaker 1: for a while, You've been wanting to spill the tea
Speaker 1: for years, and you've just been playing the good soldier.
Speaker 1: That folks is Jaylen Brown right now, Jalen Brown has
Speaker 1: had enough. There are multiple articles now being written about
Speaker 1: Jaylen Brown. He's decided to address literally everything everywhere, all
Speaker 1: at once with the Ringer. There was so much tea spilled.
Speaker 1: They talked about Boston Celtics getting Kyrie and having Kyrie leave.
Speaker 1: You had the emy Udoka stuff. I mean it was assive,
Speaker 1: it was sweeping. Logan Murdoch did a great job. They
Speaker 1: even talked about Kanye West and his relationship to Donda Sports.
Speaker 1: I mean, it was full on. Brown was completely unapologetic,
Speaker 1: direct as pretty much as much as you might expect
Speaker 1: him to be. He's never really spoken like this at
Speaker 1: length before. But the big takeaway is really just how
Speaker 1: much the Celtics and Jason Tatum flirting with Kevin Durant
Speaker 1: fuck with Jalen Brown's head. He's already someone who said
Speaker 1: in this article, I do not trust people. I do
Speaker 1: not trust organizations. I do not trust teams. And they
Speaker 1: they were shopping me, and then they said they weren't
Speaker 1: shopping me. And we all got quote unquote on the
Speaker 1: same page. But did we? But did we? Though, Like,
Speaker 1: I don't know if I believe them. When asked about
Speaker 1: his relationship with Jason Tatum, he was pretty blunt. It's
Speaker 1: not gonna please Celtics fans because apparently being dangled as
Speaker 1: trade bait for Kevin Rant would do that for you.
Speaker 1: He said, well, Katie and jt are friends, they were
Speaker 1: working out together and whatnot. So I wasn't sure what
Speaker 1: the energy was there. I wasn't sure what the direction
Speaker 1: of the organization was. You add that to the fact
Speaker 1: that Ema Udoka, the guy that he promoted to get
Speaker 1: hired in the first place because they were on Team
Speaker 1: USA together, and he gets fired, and you're like, boy,
Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on with this organization. So
Speaker 1: he jumps on this three way call with Jason Tatum
Speaker 1: and Brad Stevens, Like I said, They're like, hey, Jalen,
Speaker 1: you're part of our future. No, and he was like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm pretty suspicious of this. And Tatum was interviewed for
Speaker 1: the piece and he had this to say about Brown, Well,
Speaker 1: a lot of people fans are fascinated with our relationship
Speaker 1: and how that's developing grown over time. He's got fans
Speaker 1: within the Celtic fan base. I've got fans within the
Speaker 1: Celtics fan base, and I think our fans have more
Speaker 1: of a hard time coexisting than me and him do.
Speaker 1: We've never had an argument. I don't think we've ever
Speaker 1: had a real argument or a fight, nothing crazy like that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: kind of weird. I think that people are either team
Speaker 1: Tatum or team Brown. Kind of reminds me of a
Speaker 1: relationship between a passive, aggressive couple who just keeps everything
Speaker 1: inside until one day one of them wakes up this
Speaker 1: morning and is like, you know what, you never take
Speaker 1: out the fucking garbage? You know what? That really And
Speaker 1: then you're just like, wait, what is this about the
Speaker 1: garbage or is this about something else? It's healthy to
Speaker 1: let things out a little bit more than they have,
Speaker 1: I think. And it turns out it's not just the
Speaker 1: personal relationship with Jason Tatum that's damaged. It's his feelings
Speaker 1: for the entire organization that might not surprise anyone based
Speaker 1: on who the Celtics are known to be and who
Speaker 1: Jaylen Brown is known to be. Don't need to say
Speaker 1: more on that, but you know what I'm saying. The
Speaker 1: Celtics operate on different principles. He said. They look at
Speaker 1: it as a business where they tell you one thing
Speaker 1: and then behind closed doors they say another and they'll
Speaker 1: trade you off. They'll tell you we love you and
Speaker 1: they'll be having like, yeah, we're gonna trade him next week.
Speaker 1: Like where I'm from in the South, if you don't
Speaker 1: come through the front door, it's considered disrespectful. I feel
Speaker 1: a lot of times when you deal in these corporate spaces,
Speaker 1: everybody wants to come through the back door or come
Speaker 1: through at an angle. Yeah, Jalen Brown, I'm sorry to
Speaker 1: say that. When you are dealing with trade negotiations, if
Speaker 1: the trade falls through, they need to tell you they
Speaker 1: love you, like That's just how it goes. Otherwise, what
Speaker 1: is this relationship left? Very tenuous situation, so much to unpack,
Speaker 1: so much damage to undo. I think Jalen Brown might
Speaker 1: be Gucci on the Boston Celtics as a whole. I
Speaker 1: think he's sort of ready to move on. It feels
Speaker 1: like it doesn't sound like he wants to be a
Speaker 1: Celtics anymore. He's a free agent after next season. If
Speaker 1: you can read the energy, JB kind of feels like
Speaker 1: he has already broken up with the Celtics. Unless something changes,
Speaker 1: unless he gets a super Max contract, he's probably gone.
Speaker 1: This is what he said. I just enjoy the time
Speaker 1: that you have now. If it's your whole career with Boston,
Speaker 1: it's your whole career. If it's not, it's not. Some
Speaker 1: of the greatest players of all time haven't finished with
Speaker 1: their organization. Michael Jordan retired a wizard. As much as
Speaker 1: we feel like it, we like it here and enjoy
Speaker 1: being here. You see where life takes you, You see
Speaker 1: where the process goes. All you do is really focus
Speaker 1: on what's in front of you. To be honest, I'll
Speaker 1: just say we'll get there when we get there. Oh boy.
Speaker 1: He also said this to Logan, which I thought was
Speaker 1: even more interesting. Brown was asked if he wants to
Speaker 1: stay in Boston long term. Brown says, I don't know,
Speaker 1: as long as I'm needed it's not really up to me.
Speaker 1: We'll see how they feel about me over time and
Speaker 1: I feel about them over time. Hopefully whatever it is
Speaker 1: makes sense. But I'll stay where I'm wanted. I will
Speaker 1: stay where I'm needed, and this is the most important line,
Speaker 1: and I will stay where I'm treated. Correct Who boy,
Speaker 1: I don't know. Hey girl, I'm not saying we're breaking up,
Speaker 1: but you might want to get your own Netflix account.
Speaker 1: Like I'm not saying we're breaking up, but you might
Speaker 1: want to look at some new crock pots for yourself.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying we're breaking up, but you need to
Speaker 1: decide whether you're getting the couch or the mattress cuz
Speaker 1: we're breaking up. So, I don't know. Boston and Jaylen
Speaker 1: Brown are in a real predicament. If you know he's
Speaker 1: not happy and he doesn't want to sign an extension,
Speaker 1: which by the way, he's not gonna sign an extension
Speaker 1: because he's only eligible for one hundred and twenty five
Speaker 1: percent rays. If he makes all NBA, he's he's eligible
Speaker 1: for a much higher extension. But if he doesn't make
Speaker 1: all NBA, that's all you can offer him, and you
Speaker 1: have to wait until he hits free agency, and if
Speaker 1: he hits free agency, anything can happen. Then you add
Speaker 1: into the fact that the Boston Celtics right now don't
Speaker 1: look great with Joe Miszula if they get bounced early.
Speaker 1: Now you've got whispers uh that Atlanta is keeping an
Speaker 1: iron monitoring the Jalen Brown situation, which, by the way,
Speaker 1: Jalen Brown, as you notice, is from Atlanta. This thing
Speaker 1: could go sideways fast. Yes, The latest news, like I said,
Speaker 1: is the Atlanta Hawks are working to clear cap space
Speaker 1: aka John Collins with the clear intent of making a
Speaker 1: run at Jalen Brown. Things could change fast in Boston.