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@eddycantu5354
November 11, 2026 at 11:04 am
Trust me he saw and felt that they’re not on the same team anymore especially if you’re fake beefing with him.
@jasonvoorhees310
November 11, 2026 at 11:09 am
Tatum and George showed JB what team ball looks like.😂
@crizstaphamarley4770
November 11, 2026 at 11:30 am
Let see them win a championship
@jasonvoorhees310
November 11, 2026 at 11:43 am
@crizstaphamarley4770how about this. Lets be fair. Jaylen brown carried the Celtics to the playoffs with a first round exit. While being in the MVP discussion. If Tatum carries them to the playoffs past the first round, this justifies why the Celtics chose Tatum over brown. So lets see that first. And Tatum is already in early MVP talk. Definitely 3rd. Curry and Doncic are playing on another level.
@hustlegrind2shine
November 11, 2026 at 11:44 am
@crizstaphamarley4770 how ur talking abt Philly cuz out of any team they’re the championship or bust. Y’all just pick and show when games matter and when it doesn’t especially when ur fav player or team losses. Straight bums
@MG-jr3vg
November 11, 2026 at 11:48 am
Tatum never winning a MVP promise that, possibly never a title again either …. Time will tell
@hustlegrind2shine
November 11, 2026 at 11:56 am
@MG-jr3vg it was media voted press 1 or press 2. Will you be happy if u lost like that with better stats while being doubled, meaning brown got the open looks make it make sense
@andersj91
November 11, 2026 at 11:10 am
He’s not anywhere near one of the best two way players lol
Citing ws as a player stat lol
@mroberson8888
November 11, 2026 at 11:14 am
Come on now, Jaylen is a great player. He has had some incredible games. He just needs to stay out of mess, and play basketball. He is just in his head to much. When he just plays instead of thinking to much, he absolutely is one of the best two way players. If you don’t think that, then maybe you just dont like him😂
@PREZIDENTIAL
November 11, 2026 at 11:30 am
@mroberson8888 he never been an elite 2 way I don’t understand where that notion came from. Dude never made an all defense team or been in dpoy talks EVER!
@benjaminbremer8427
November 11, 2026 at 11:40 am
He lead the 2024 playoffs in defensive win shares, was the conference and finals mvp, and was top 5 in MVP voting last season..Stop it lol.. people who hate JB are media sheep who dont like him because he spoke up against Nike.
@hustlegrind2shine
November 11, 2026 at 11:43 am
@benjaminbremer8427 We had Jrue holiday Derrick White Jaylen Brown Jayson Tatum, Kristaps, Al horford plus our bench as a collective they all did great
@asid448
November 11, 2026 at 11:47 am
JB as the best 2-way player in the NBA is HIS claim! He’s a top 20 player in the NBA…With high usage, he turns the ball over, and makes bad decisions way too often to be top 5 or 10 IMO.
@prodwestworldwaves
November 11, 2026 at 11:18 am
pg showed everyone he’s still him. all that washed talk was way too soon
@brandoni241
November 11, 2026 at 12:17 pm
No it isn’t. He did this last season too. PG will have a great game or two, and then it will be followed by subpar performances. He’s done it his whole career. Wait until playoffs where PG doesn’t show up in a series…
@TheUno93
November 11, 2026 at 12:31 pm
The juice helped PG get back
@prodwestworldwaves
November 11, 2026 at 1:07 pm
@brandoni241 guess we will find out
@CMane
November 11, 2026 at 11:29 am
Is he in his head right now.
He seems mentally occupied….
@AMcCal-n7o
November 11, 2026 at 11:31 am
😂😂😂 yall takin pg over brown is crazy
@erikpuka2627
November 11, 2026 at 12:50 pm
Pg is a way better player. Jb needs to learn to hit corner 3s and turn into Jae Crowder if he wants to help someone. He a handsome Luol Deng
@AMcCal-n7o
November 11, 2026 at 5:33 pm
@erikpuka2627pg is more talented he’s not better then jb rn
@MG-jr3vg
November 11, 2026 at 11:35 am
Jb let all his fans down yesterday….. the debate is now in Tatums favor 😂
@hustlegrind2shine
November 11, 2026 at 11:39 am
It’s always Been Tatum y’all just delusional ppl
@JGM00784PR
November 11, 2026 at 12:32 pm
ECF mvp and Finals MVP 🤣 jt gonna dtay mad till he wins all of that 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@hustlegrind2shine
November 11, 2026 at 12:36 pm
@JGM00784PR Tatum had better stats both series while being doubled teamed lol. And the fmvp was media voted press 1 or 2. Goofy that’s the equivalent of ur co worker being employee of the year of ur work and to add salt to the wound, it’s was voted it’s not executive that gave him the award it was whoever had the bigger fan base. Lol brown fans are a joke Brown whole career has been getting 1v1 or open looks of his better teammates. When you ask him to carry he give u negatives. -27 last night. -57 last playoffs that’s. Iggy type fmvp I see
@TrollRiich
November 11, 2026 at 12:58 pm
The debate is in Paul George’s favor lol 😂😂😂😂
@hustlegrind2shine
November 11, 2026 at 1:01 pm
@TrollRiicheven worst tf so Pg13 is better than Brown rn lol
@Yadiraset
November 11, 2026 at 11:38 am
PG surprised me. I’m glad to be wrong about this dude.
@JohnnyD2211
November 11, 2026 at 11:38 am
Jayson Tatum and Brown are our idiots. They should try to milk the rivalry make it seem like they’re enemies. It’ll make good for TV ratings go up. Everybody’s happy. What’s so hard to understand about that.
@hustlegrind2shine
November 11, 2026 at 11:42 am
Tf u talking abt how many times did Tatum try to stop this lots off times he said there’s no beef brown answered. He said he was shocked brown was traded to Philly not traded but trade to Philly. Brown answered 🧢. Should I got back to the podcast after blowing a 3-1 lead with 5 games to try to get one win by himself as the main guy and he went -57. Then said that was his favourite szn. Stfu with the lies. Brown started something he can’t finish
@eleven11Reasons
November 11, 2026 at 12:13 pm
That victory stat is wild as it is surprising
@LargeDude2023
November 11, 2026 at 12:13 pm
Why does Jason Tatum like dunking on Lebron ? 🙄
@sylvestercargill3239
November 11, 2026 at 1:24 pm
Who wouldn’t, LeBron gets all the attention and merchandise sales, and JT squad who was second in the conference before the game don’t get much coverage. I want dunk on that guy too if I was JT
@Mason.Dixon.Made717
November 11, 2026 at 12:15 pm
This wasn’t any Tatum…it was about money
@nagille6731
November 11, 2026 at 2:56 pm
But it was Tatum,,13 points brown
@itsvictoroyedeji
November 11, 2026 at 12:20 pm
The only comparison I have to the JB/JT situation was the Terrell Owens / Donovan McNabb situation in Philly. TO said he went to bat for McNabb to get paid and defended him, but when it came time for TO to get paid McNabb didn’t defend him. So TO was hot and they fell out as a result. It appears JB has those same TO feelings about JT, and JB was standing on business on how he felt. It just backfired yesterday because not only did JB not play well, but the player that replaced him (PG) had a great game against his former team. Only good thing for this is that Philly and Boston renewed their hate rivalry and they’re going yo play each other at least 3 more times this year.
@rockabye_baby187
November 11, 2026 at 3:11 pm
Nah. This was more like the Shaq and Penny conflict. With McNabb and TO it was something Owens started it from on the field in a game. Tatum and Brown issue was clearly offseason or off the court.
@LoVeOvErHaTe5
November 11, 2026 at 3:12 pm
The T.O. and McNabb beef was incredibly real. I was at Rumors Nightclub in Hawaii when the Pro Bowl used to be held in Honolulu. I tried to get them to talk to each other, being a tipsy nuisance. I also asked Allen Iverson to help me get them to talk. However, A.I. didn’t want any part of it, and T.O. told me, “Fck that 🥷🏿.” So yeah they definitely didn’t fck with one another. I believe T.O. and J.B. sides of the story. 😂
@rockabye_baby187
November 11, 2026 at 3:26 pm
That issue to me between Owens and McNabb waa more about Andy and TO McNabb just didnt help keep the sides working with one another. Owens wanted a new deal in SF. Management told him we will not give or consider it at that time. Whats your next move as Owens? Prove your worth by getting as many targets as possible to boost my value, use that as leverage for the contract I shouldve got in SF but they traded me to an even stricter GM in Reid. Thrash and Pinkston were handpicked by Andy. They bombed making it to the SB in the Championship Game losses. Reid drafts Mitchell from UCLA and also trades for TO but used more l*ke how SF used Deion to finish off their own shortxomings to Dallas losing 2 straight NFCChampionship Game at home & away. They didnt even offer Sanders a deal after they won that offseason. Why? They never intended to. They know Sanders wanted top dollar for his services. 35m a record at that point. If you give Prime that in SF. A second after you sign it, other players agents wouldve called the GM. So Andy to me did the same move it only just to get past that one game and ironically didnt need him. When they lost that game Owens also lost leverage toward a record deal for a WR he was never going to get from Andy who absolutely knew Owens wanted a new deal before they accepted the trade. How do we know that? He expected Jeff and Donovan to side with them toward a new deal vs the organization and next we heard the infamous company man dis he spoke out against McNabb when talks with TO and Reid went south fast. So both Sanders and Owens both did the same thing in response. Joined their rival the Cowboys. Got the deals they both wanted.
@NousagiBrat
November 11, 2026 at 12:27 pm
Analysts still think that they know how Stevens operate lmao.
Stevens doesnt let his players affect his roster management.
@stackntax1308
November 11, 2026 at 12:28 pm
If you watched the game his night was over once he got that 4th foul at the beginning of the 3rd
@aduad
November 11, 2026 at 1:06 pm
I mean you can play basketball without fouling…Tatum and PG managed to do that…so yea Brown didn’t show up play
@stackntax1308
November 11, 2026 at 1:09 pm
@aduad one was a great play by Derrick white taking a charge off a turnover and the other was a accidental bump into pg after he missed a jumper
@JGM00784PR
November 11, 2026 at 12:31 pm
CELTICS SHOWED EVERYTHING LAST NIGHT 😂😂😂😂 THEY SHOWED WHO THEY GONNA DOUBLE TEAMED (Maxey) AND LIVE & DIE WITH THE 3’s SEE THAM IN THE ECF 🗣️
@TerrySpires
November 11, 2026 at 12:33 pm
Jb waiting until he visits Boston
@waltdogg253
November 11, 2026 at 5:47 pm
No excuses, he said lace up your sneakers and let play ball. The ball hit the floor and he tuck his tail. He knew this game was coming this was the game to show up and he didnt. It dont matter now, aint nobody waiting til January to see you show up
@Taybul41
November 11, 2026 at 12:35 pm
Let’s revisit this in May
@VanishedPWIEricsin
November 11, 2026 at 12:45 pm
It’s sad players don’t got that killer instinct anymore
@ZayGhd97
November 11, 2026 at 1:03 pm
I think he May be sizing em up and playin chess mind you Tatum can’t stay healthy and jaylen brown might be taking certain lessons from bron and playing chess frfr
@waltdogg253
November 11, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Nah i cant let that slide when he was been running his mouth. Tatum aint said nun crazy about JB. JB should’ve showed up, all that talkiin just to wet the bed
@CloutSmoke93
November 11, 2026 at 2:09 pm
All those wins and only 1 🏆 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@unconscioususa8903
November 11, 2026 at 3:03 pm
Stephen” Jeffries “ smith.
@marcos-44-y1o
November 11, 2026 at 4:04 pm
who,seriously listens to these ppl
@neonskyrain4024
November 11, 2026 at 7:22 pm
JB is the best player for the Celtics last night.