Jaylen Brown has been adding fuel to the fire of his simmering beef with Jayson Tatum, creating a bigger rift between him and his former team, the Boston Celtics, in the process. As one would recall, the Celtics traded Brown this offseason to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Paul George, two first-round picks, and two second-round picks.
Brown clearly has not taken too kindly to this decision from the Celtics, and he's using that as a chip on his shoulder — especially when he now plays for one of Boston's sworn rivals, the 76ers. He didn't even greet Tatum prior to tip-off even though the Celtics star went out of his way to dap him up.
But Brown did not have the best of games on Monday. In fact, Yahoo Sports' Kevin O'Connor put the 76ers forward on blast after he recorded just 13 points compared to Tatum's 21 and George's 36.
“Downright terrible game by Jaylen Brown. His worst game of the year in the biggest moment with Philly. Tries to manufacture a rivalry with Jayson Tatum and he fell flat on his face. All while getting outplayed not only by Tatum but Paul George – the player the Celtics preferred,” O'Connor wrote on his official X account.
Brown wasn't very involved in the 76ers' offense, as the onus to lead the team fell on Tyrese Maxey's shoulders. He only took nine shots on the night, which was rather low for someone who entered the night with 17.6 field-goal attempts per contest.
Article Continues BelowThe 76ers star was fixated on face guarding Tatum, especially to start the game, and it looked like his desire to show the Celtics what they were missing came back to bite him.
On January 21, 2027, Brown will get another opportunity at revenge, although this time, the game will be at his old stomping grounds of TD Garden.