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Jaylen Brown has made a career off proving his doubters wrong. Some fans of the Boston Celtics fans booed him on draft night a decade ago, and then he eventually won them over by helping the Green Team reach the playoffs in every season of his 10-year tenure. During that span he also captured NBA Finals MVP en route to a championship in 2024, yet it wasn’t enough to keep him in green and white for good.<\/p>\n
In early July, the Celtics traded Brown to the rival Philadelphia 76ers as part of a blockbuster deal that stunned the NBA world. The five-time All-Star reportedly never asked for a move, so he wasn’t thrilled that the Celtics sent him packing after a strong season in which he finished sixth in MVP voting. Brown reiterated how he felt slighted by the Celtics on his Twitch stream<\/a> on Monday night and said it’s made his hunger for a championship stronger than ever.<\/p>\n “I want to win more than I ever have, and maybe it’s for obvious reasons,” he said in front of a virtual audience of thousands. “I feel like I\u2019ve been a little bit disrespected in this process from people that I thought valued me and everything I brought to the team and the city…So, I want to win more than anything.”<\/p>\n Heading into the 2025-26 campaign, many thought the Celtics would fail with Brown at the helm and fellow Celtics star Jayson Tatum injured for several months. However, Brown averaged a career-high 28.7 points per game and Boston ended up in second place in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n This success story didn’t have a happy ending for the Celtics, though. They were eliminated in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs by Brown’s new team: the Sixers. How much that series influenced Boston’s decision to part ways with Brown is hard to quantify.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n Regardless, the ex-Celtic finds himself back in championship contention with Philly, as the Sixers roster homegrown stars in Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey and added four-time NBA champion and future Hall of Famer LeBron James into the fold via a two-year, $8 million contract.<\/p>\n “I’m looking forward to that journey, that approach, the leadership, that sacrifice, and whatever it’s going to take,” Brown described of chasing wins with the 76ers.<\/p>\n Listen to “Havlicek Stole the Pod” on:<\/p>\n Blue Wire:\u00a0https:\/\/tiny.ee\/CdKp<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n iTunes:\u00a0https:\/\/tiny.ee\/RK47<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n