Celtics' Jaylen Brown Makes Stance Clear On NBA's 65-Game Awards Rule

Celtics' Jaylen Brown Makes Stance Clear On NBA's 65-Game Awards Rule originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Boston Celtics wing Jaylen Brown has been one of the most durable superstars in the NBA during his career.

So if anyone's in position to discuss the merits of the NBA's 65-game minimum requirement for postseason awards, it's Brown. And that's precisely what JB did on a recent Twitch stream. Jaylen Brown on his live stream talks about the 65 game criteria and calls fans out about for changing their opinions on it 👀 “Everyone was in support it, because guys were load managing, now all of a sudden people don’t want it anymore” pic.

twitter. com/98ntmaR023 — 𝓖𝓪𝓫𝓮 🍀 (@gabe_blessed) March 25, 2026 Brown pointed out that fans were mostly in support of the rule when it first came out as a way to fight against load management. Therefore, if those same fans are now against the rule, there's some hypocrisy or goal post-moving going on.

Brown admitted that he thinks the threshold should be 62 games instead of 65, but that he's "not mad" about the rule at all. Jaylen best point was that guys shouldn't be rewarded for playing half of the season and seeing their averages bloated, which is what was happening before the onset of the rule. The contrary was (that) in the past ...