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Can Jaylen Brown be No.1 option on a title contender⁉️ + Boston Celtics’ future 👀 | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Monica McNutt and Marcus Morris Sr. react to the Boston Celtics Game 6 loss to the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs and if Jaylen Brown can be a no.1 option on a title contender. ☑️ Subscribe to ESPN+: 📱 Get the…
@ralami6183
May 19, 2025 at 7:26 pm
Partially torn meniscus isn’t a big deal I guess to SAS…
@Jnoel608
May 19, 2025 at 7:28 pm
JT didn’t do it without Brown either.
@ajstiff6545
May 19, 2025 at 7:31 pm
Jalen brown for cooper Flagg
@PaulAzevedo-mi8nc
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 pm
Brown and Tatum will be back. Brown will lead boston to at least the 4th-5th seed in the east next season without tatum.
@TheLaehcim
May 19, 2025 at 7:51 pm
Who’s to say JT is still going to be JT when he returns. I’ve only seen 2 stars remain stars after an Achilles!! KD and Dominique.
@no8604
May 19, 2025 at 7:59 pm
Not even the 2nd best player in the celtics. That’s Derrick White.
@aa6973
May 19, 2025 at 8:02 pm
Jalen is the best second option
@enriquethayer9088
May 19, 2025 at 8:19 pm
J.B. CAN be a Batman, but he needs a good Robin too. Just like any other Batman. Asl L.J. or the Joker…. I say let him have a good team around him in 2025/26 and show how far he can go.
@lintlickers
May 19, 2025 at 8:21 pm
GET RID OF MOLLY ALREADY DUDE. ALSO AWFUL PLASTIC SURGERYS LOL
@610MXPR
May 19, 2025 at 8:24 pm
When you get payed better then 95% of the world, nothing is unfair lol
@tenelson3
May 19, 2025 at 8:57 pm
So if tatum played in game 6….and brown didnt….tatum would have had 66/23/20…..with the way the rest of the celtics played in game 6.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 how bout this…. its not fair ..bcuz u said tatum got hurt ..as in HE LEFT THE GAME. ..NO. TATUM STAYED IN VS MIAMI AND RUINED OUR CHANCES JOGGING AROUND USELESS FOR 42 MINUTES against a miami zone that completely disreguarded tatum bcuz he couldnt even run…..if that dont mean nothin …then tatum only had 13 pts in that game.. .dont mention his injury ..and if u do…browns had a torn miniscus since march. Chumps
@toddjohnson7523
May 19, 2025 at 9:10 pm
JB has proven time and time again that he cannot dribble and he is a turnover waiting to happen. He is a fantastic rep for injustice but he is not someone you can rely on in the playoffs. Look at the film! There is nothing fluid about his handles.
@tenelson3
May 19, 2025 at 9:16 pm
Id like to know when tatum ” grabbed the bull by the horns ” an showed he can be a #1 without brown? In the tatum brown era…only 1 time the celtcs didnt have brown for the playoffs….tatum lead us to a 4 1 rd 1 loss. Every other year with brown….finals…or conf finals …..theyve been in 2 finals… brown better in both…theyve won 1 championship….brown both mvps whilw tatum stunk shooting 42/28 all playoffs standing under the rim collecting free DEF rebounds. Playoff clip for career. Brown 49/36 tatum 44/35. Career Clip. Brown 48( 4th all time among the 15 celtics over 10000 pts.) Tatum 46. Brown without tatum 28 8 4. Tatum without brown 26 8 4. Lol brown gonna take a giant deuce on steven A an the 1000s of other casual little tatum fanboys that flip flop their energry between these 2 superstars. Lol its so easy to see brown is the better overall player ..he is more efficient and is tasked with guarding superstars….tatum cant even be put on the players brown guards
@infovor
May 19, 2025 at 9:16 pm
Yall at first take need to be smarter..when a superstar go down and the number 2 cant carry he his not that good ??? a SUPERSTAR is down you dont just miss that kind of talent a be ok.. when they are together and only then the team is a championship caliber team come on now.
@Musso8771
May 19, 2025 at 9:18 pm
Brown is a good player, but imagine him on the bucks instead of Giannis, the nuggets instead of Jokic, the warriors instead of curry or the mavs when Luka was there. Replace any of them w Brown and those teams would be horrible. Hes not a number 1 option on any type of serious team. The wizards or hornets maybe.
@drewberry5737
May 19, 2025 at 9:27 pm
He is the number 1
@kyb433
May 19, 2025 at 9:35 pm
I’m confused why JT is constantly elevated above JB. Both are incredibly talented and complement each other well.
@brianrawlings12
May 19, 2025 at 10:07 pm
He did play the end of the year with a torn meniscus
@davidsarway32
May 19, 2025 at 10:13 pm
No way jb can be a number 1 option all year and into the playoffs he’s not that level I’m sorry
@GrandMoffTC
May 19, 2025 at 10:22 pm
I’m sorry, but ever since we have heard the producer say, “you can say…” I just can’t believe most of what this show says anymore
@BAka232
May 19, 2025 at 10:37 pm
KRISTAP PROZENGHIS SCOR3D 25 PTS IN 6 GAMES AGAINST THE KNICKS BUT STEPHEN A SMITH WANT TO FOCUS ON JAYLEN BROWN. THIS IS CLEAR EVIDENCE OF STEPH3N A SMITH BEINGA QUISLING JUDAS JOURNALIST. STEPHEN A SMITH IS JUST LIKE ” WILLIAM O N3AL FROM “JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH”
@Techisstan
May 19, 2025 at 10:46 pm
talk about game and 2 tatum bcz of that you knicks won. stupid espn and analysts. always select cheezy topics that have nothing to do with reality.
@LamarWorld-m5t
May 19, 2025 at 10:57 pm
He lost, Celtics lost big fella will be better nexr season!
Mainstream media make us dislike ljke people off losing to other great teams they are praising!
@mikeroux2652
May 19, 2025 at 11:02 pm
I don’t think he knows Jaylen brown was playing through a torn meniscus. In the postgame interviews the last month of the season and during the playoffs, he was giving weird, vague answers and saying he didn’t want to talk about his knee
@ElBalonEsVidaShow
May 19, 2025 at 11:04 pm
JB locked up Luka Doncic last year in the finals and wind FMVP cuz he played on both sides especially great D!!
Mazzula also messed up this series