Brown's efficiency could reach new heights playing alongside LeBron with Sixers
Marc Jackson and Danny Pommells discuss how LeBron James will impact Jaylen Brown's play with the Sixers next season.
Brown's efficiency could reach new heights playing alongside LeBron with Sixers originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
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Amy, thank you.
Jaylen Brown was the leading scorer in the Eastern Conference last season.
Now he joins a team with big time scorers all over the place, including LeBron James, who is such a commanding presence everywhere he goes.
But this isn't Brown's first rodeo.
He knows how to fit in with other elite players.
He did it in Boston alongside Jason Tatum, and they won a championship together.
So Mark Jackson, my question to you, how do you think playing alongside LeBron will impact Jaylen Brown specifically?
Efficiency.
Last year when he was the man of the Boston Celtics, the man, I'm talking about Jaylen Brown, he was under 50% from the field goal.
But you take when you got LeBron, who's gonna command so much attention, who I see running the point a little bit, the game will become easier.
Too much talent on the floor to be doubled.
He don't have to force as many opportunities, so it's gonna flow to him naturally.
Look for Jaylen Brown efficiency to go through the roof.
Yeah, nothing like an elite wing to really get the job done, and there's no way Jaylen Brown isn't gonna take it personally that the Celtics traded him- Whoo to their rivals at that.
After making five all-star teams in 10 seasons with Boston, Brown is not the type to duck any kind of smoke, that is for sure.
And you gotta imagine he has a point to prove, a little bit of a chip on his shoulder.
So what do you think these Cel- Sixers Celtics games are gonna be like this season?
See, I don't know, Danny, but if you from the Philadelphia area, you heard of 16 and Susquehanna.
If you from New York, you heard of Rucker Park.
So look for Maxi, V.J., Joel, and LeBron to sit out every Boston game 'cause all you're gonna see is Tatum and Brown playing one-on-one.
That's like Rucker Park and 16 Susque, let them go at it.
Listen, must-see TV.
Those guys, them other four superstars, don't wanna be on the court.
They wanna be sitting courtside with popcorn, watching that two rivalry go at it.
'Cause now it's not just about Boston and Sixers, it is about Tatum and Brown.
People don't wanna say this, but it is.
Mm-hmm.
Maybe not for the players themselves, but for everybody watching the game.
They done created this thing, and we're here to watch that drama.
And these two are tied together- Yes for the foreseeable future with the Sixers squad.
Yeah.
'Cause if Jaylen Brown wasn't here, there's no way LeBron was coming, right?
Exactly.
We don't even get to this point.
Exactly.
I think one domino created the next.
With that being said, this is gonna be a rivalry we wanna see, but just look at all these pieces here, and they're here representing the Philadelphia 76ers.
So who cares about Boston?
We care about them even less.
He just so happens to be wearing green.
It's just a coincidence.
Not Boston green, though.
Do not, do not hold this against him.
It's called summer green.
There you go.
He is Mark Jackson.
Back to you, Amy
