Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Makes Stance Clear On NBA’s 65-Game Awards Rule originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Boston Celtics wing Jaylen Brown has been one of the most durable superstars in the NBA during his career.
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So if anyone’s in position to discuss the merits of the NBA’s 65-game minimum requirement for postseason awards, it’s Brown.
And that’s precisely what JB did on a recent Twitch stream.
Brown pointed out that fans were mostly in support of the rule when it first came out as a way to fight against load management. Therefore, if those same fans are now against the rule, there’s some hypocrisy or goal post-moving going on.
Brown admitted that he thinks the threshold should be 62 games instead of 65, but that he’s “not mad” about the rule at all.
Jaylen best point was that guys shouldn’t be rewarded for playing half of the season and seeing their averages bloated, which is what was happening before the onset of the rule.
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The contrary was (that) in the past … guys would be playing 40-50 games and be up for All-NBA, and their numbers would be better versus somebody who played 68-72 games … You basically came to work half the time and got rewarded for it.”
Brown will appear in his 65th game of the season on Wednesday night.
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