Jaylen Brown: Sometimes I wake up feeling like I’m a pawn meant to divert the attention from what’s actually going on
Jaylen Brown: “Sports is extremely political, whether people realize it or not. Our game, in a sense, is a means of entertainment. And it almost, at times, serves as a distraction from the other stuff that’s going on around in our country.
Sometimes I wake up feeling like I’m a pawn, because I’m just a means to divert the attention from what’s actually going on . There are conversations that we’re not having that we should be having right now. But it’s the Super Bowl, it’s All-Star Game.
We’re using that, and people aren’t talking about what’s going on in Minnesota, ICE, what’s going on around the world. But it’s a bigger conversation that needs to be had. ” YouTube This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: Jaylen Brown: Sometimes I wake up feeling like I’m a pawn meant to divert the attention from what’s actually going on