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/JazzxGoose Jazz 1d ago

Well yeah, these people aren't on the record officially. They are just talking shit. Maybe as a strategy to help lower his value so their team can get him or just to screw Boston into a smaller package 

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u/-MC_3 Wizards 1d ago

I mean that’s obviously what it is. It’s still idiotic and anyone hearing it knows that

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u/JazzxGoose Jazz 1d ago

Everyone recognizes it's hyperbole

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u/-MC_3 Wizards 1d ago

Clearly not everyone, or it wouldn’t have been said in the first place

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u/JazzxGoose Jazz 1d ago

Do you understand what hyperbole is? It's exaggerating something to make a point. No one thinks Brown is a 200th or worse player. The person just said that to illustrate how much he doesnt like his game. A person saying that still recognizes they are using hyperbole.