Jaylen Brown’s initial “can someone please pinch me?” NBA moment came last Saturday night in an otherwise no-stakes exhibition between the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks.
During his game-high 25 minutes, Brown found himself guarding Carmelo Anthony, a nine-time All-Star (and fellow third overall draft pick) who led the league in scoring when Boston’s tantalizing youngster was only 15 years old.
“To be honest, I was like ‘Oh shit.’ That’s what was going through my head,” Brown told Bleacher Report on Tuesday. “It was like a movie. But I think that’s definitely the best scorer I’ve ever gone against, and I don’t even think he was trying. I really don’t.”
Anthony used Brown’s eagerness against him by unleashing a series of unreasonable pump fakes and rainbow jumpers. But the teenager’s mistakes weren’t only understandable, they worked to his long-term benefit.
As he does with most of his time on and off the court, Brown treated his first matchup against a future Hall of Famer as a learnin ...
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