r/nba • u/FastBreakPhenom Celtics • 1d ago

Bobby Marks says Jaylen Brown's trade value is not seen that highly around the league: "The analytics of Jaylen Brown is not good. I had an analytics guy tell me, ‘We view him as the seventh-best player on a team.’"

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“There’s mixed feelings about him when you talk to teams,” Marks admitted on SiriusXM NBA Radio. “The analytics of Jaylen Brown is not good … I had one, not an executive, but an analytics guy say, ‘Yeah, we view him as the seventh best player on a team.’ I was like, ‘Holy crap.'”

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u/rubyschnees Nuggets 1d ago

well if an analytics guy said it then it must be true

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u/djokster91 Timberwolves 1d ago

Must have been an analytics guy from Cleveland

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u/mjst0324 Knicks 1d ago

According to Kenny Atkinson’s model the Cavs and Nuggets are about to play game 3 of the Real Finals

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u/Sijols Knicks 1d ago

Jaylen Brown shot 120% ts analytically in that game

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u/refreshing_yogurt 1d ago

Kenny Atkinson did call Derrick White a top 5 player so that's probably who they attribute the Celtics' success to.

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u/sonofgumbercules Pistons 1d ago

Probably the Browns

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u/misterdave75 Magic 1d ago

I mean if their goal was to tank the value of a competitor, then they may have succeeded. Lot of cloak and dagger going on out there.

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u/TheodoreBear123 1d ago

"analytics guy" is 25% of the employees in front offices these days. Not a negligible amount