Brad Stevens says Jaylen Brown hasn't expressed frustrations with Celtics organization to him
Stevens was asked about Brown in the wake of cryptic comments made by one of the star's mentors, Basketball Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady.
The most productive season of Jaylen Brown’s NBA career came to an abrupt and stunning end in the first round of the playoffs this past weekend. His No. 2 seeded Boston Celtics blew a 3-1 lead to a No.
7 seeded Philadelphia 76ers franchise that had never come back from that postseason deficit. For the first time in five years, the Celtics, an Eastern Conference titan, have gone one-and-done in the playoffs, and Brown is clearly frustrated. Tracy McGrady, who notably has a close relationship with Brown, suggested this week on the “Cousins” podcast that Brown’s frustration “lies deeply within the organization.
” But Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens, Brown’s head coach the first five seasons of his tenure in Boston, said Wednesday that he and Brown spoke on Monday and that “none of that has been expressed” to Stevens. Brad Stevens on T-Mac's comments on Jaylen's frustrations with the organization: "I talked to Jaylen, Monday… It was nothing but positive. He has not expressed those frustrations to me.
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