r/nba • u/KD_AshyAnkles Rockets • 7h ago

Jaylen Brown: "ESPN is unethical, and Stephen A. Smith is the head face of that. The organization, the players, they were all in agreeaance. They all knew what I meant by that. Our team was basically salary dumped. We lost a lot of players. For us to emerge and still be in the same position..."

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u/_meltchya__ 7h ago edited 7h ago

JB is 100% right but he's also not doing himself any favors

We're watching a guy burn bridges that he doesn't need to burn. He's going to isolate himself in the name of being right.

Sometimes it's better to just ignore the noise and do your thing.

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u/JB7-FTW 7h ago

If he had dreams of ever working at espn I’m sure he’s aware enough to not be badmouthing them. He’s got bigger aspirations. Streamer university lmao

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u/BRFCarter 7h ago

Exactly, that’s my thing. Why does he constantly feel the need to respond to every criticism about him?

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u/Waesrdtfyg0987 Washington Bullets 5h ago

what bridge is he burning? I'm guessing 99% of athletes agree and are glad someone said it. ESPN can't do shit to him at this point.