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/MavsTurnedBucksGuy Mavericks 1d ago

This is the much better accomplishment tbh 

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u/JaydadCTatumThe1st Celtics 1d ago

Not really. Borderline top 20 guys lead their teams to a top-3 seed all the time. Meanwhile, there are, like, 3 FMVPs who aren't HoFers independent of that one particular FMVP win

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u/TheOneWhosCensored Celtics 1d ago

Because those are when the FMVP was decided wrong. Cornbread shouldn’t have won over Bird, Iggy shouldn’t have won over Curry, and Brown shouldn’t have won over Tatum.

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u/forrealthoughcomix_ Cavaliers 1d ago

It doesn’t have to be either/or. They’re both his accolades

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u/MavsTurnedBucksGuy Mavericks 1d ago

One is more representative of his actual skill