Boston Celtics swingman Jaylen Brown was having the best season of his career prior to the suspension of play.
Brown was averaging 20.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists through 50 games, shooting nearly 50 percent from the field and over 38 percent from beyond the arc.
But as excellent as Brown has been on the hardwood, the organization is even more impressed by how he has conducted himself off the floor.
Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck spoke to WBZ-TV's Dan Roche about Brown's tremendous character and maturity, adding Brown has “educated” him on matters of racial injustice.
Via Justin Leger of NBC Sports Boston:
“Since day one when I met Jaylen, back in (2015), it was so obvious that he’s just special – a special person with special character,” Grousbeck told Roche. “He has educated me, to be perfectly honest. I’ve spent time talking with him and a couple other players in-depth over the last few days because I’ve realized I have a lot to learn, that I thought I knew and I didn’t know, just to be honest.
“And so, I’ve spent time listening to Jaylen, talking to Jaylen, trying to learn from Jaylen to be perfectly honest. I didn’t know that I would have, really, but the whole situation is shocking and surprising and stunning and disappointing and all of that. Jaylen might be a way for us to sort of move forward. He is a very, very good person with a very good conscience.”
Brown has been very active in the last week-plus as protests have spawned in tons of major American cities following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The 23-year-old initially spoke out on Twitter and later drove to Atlanta (Brown is from Marietta, GA) in order to organize and lead protesters.
Grousbeck is hardly the first person in management to applaud Brown for his personal attributes. Celtics head coach Brad Stevens also praised Brown earlier this week for his work off the court.
Needless to say, the Celtics are proud Brown represents them with such class and dignity.
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