The matchup that everyone has been waiting for is coming soon, as the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics will face off against each other on Nov. 10. That means Jaylen Brown will be going up against his former team for the first time, but there's more energy around the matchup between him and Jayson Tatum.
A few weeks ago, Brown let the media know that there wasn't any beef between him and Tatum, but there was some lamb chops and gravy. Fast forward to a day before the matchup, and Brown says that he and Tatum still haven't talked, apparently because there's nothing to talk about.
“There's nothing to talk about. He's on his side, I'm on my side. We're playing basketball. Both of us are trying to win. So there's nothing to talk about. Check the ball up,” Brown said after their win against the Chicago Bulls.
There's no doubt that all eyes will be on those two when the ball goes up, and it'll be interesting to see if anything transpires. For Tatum, it seems like he's willing to have a conversation with Brown, but it doesn't look like that's being reciprocated at the moment.
Article Continues Below“For me, I understand being in an entertainment business,” Tatum said. “Me personally, I'm not much of an off-the-court entertainer type of guy. And for me, I don't have any animosity or beef or ill will towards him. And I think the frustrating part is, since he's not on our with the Celtics anymore, the narrative or the conversations haven't been enough about what we accomplished. All the games we won, winning the championship, how we've grown together.”
The narratives have definitely spun since Brown was traded, but they'd been spinning when they were on the Celtics together as well.