Jaylen Brown is having the best season of his career. He's averaging a career-high 27.3 points per game while shooting very efficiently from both 3-point range (43.0%) and inside the arc (57.9%). Along with the scoring Brown is averaging 5.8 rebounds per game and a career-high 3.5 assists per game.
On the daily Locked On Celtics Podcast, host John Karalis breaks down Jaylen Brown's recent success and explains how he's improved so much.
John Karalis: If you remember back to my criticism of Jaylen Brown, straight-line drives with no real plan. It's like a pitcher in baseball with a 100-mile an hour fastball that doesn't move. If you can't effectively switch speeds or if you're just throwing 100-mile an hour straight they're going to be able to time you. For a lot of Jaylen Brown's earlier career, he would just use his athleticism, turn on the jets, drive and jump and hope for something good. I've written that breakdown probably two or three times, I've mentioned on this podcast. I can't tell you how many times now.
Now, Jaylen Brown is measured. He knows what he wants to do. He recognizes how he's being defended and he plays into it. Are you expecting him to pass? He'll ball fake and get you to move and then he'll hit that fadeaway. He can hit that mid range jumper. He's in the top five, I think, in the NBA in shooting from the mid-range. He can go by you his, handle is good enough where he can get by you if you want to play up. What started this whole rambling thing from me is he'll head and shoulder fake, he'll hesitate and he'll make you he'll trigger a response. It's like a venus flytrap. Once it feels a certain thing. It's gonna snap. Once he makes a move, the defender goes for it, and then Jaylen says, nope that wasn't it, buddy, I'm gone.
Jaylen Brown is completely in his bag and it's getting to a point now where against bad defenses or bad defensive effort you kind of have no shot.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3spVBpR2RT4agdG2hYKrir?si=MeWJeL6uS_qDTgT92YxGkw
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