Celtics forward Jaylen Brown finished second in the All-Star dunk contest and he’s open to participating again, according to Souichi Terada of Masslive.com. Brown said he had a “great time” during the event.
“If nobody else cares to do it, (expletive) it, I’ll do it again,” Brown said. “I don’t really care. People think like memes and stuff. But like I said, I think dunking is an art form. Obviously, I think I got more in the tank than what I displayed. I think I could perform better. I had a great time.”
We have more on the Celtics:
- Boston returned from the All-Star break with a fully healthy roster, Brian Robb of MassLive.com reports. Jaden Springer, who was acquired from Philadelphia at the trade deadline for a second round pick, had been sidelined with a right ankle impingement during the past two weeks. Big man Xavier Tillman, who was acquired from Memphis a day before the deadline, has been cleared to play for the first time since the trade. He has been recovering from left knee soreness for the past few weeks. Both saw playing time in the team’s victory over Chicago on Thursday.
- President of basketball operations Brad Stevens noted during a wide-ranging interview with Heavy.com’s Steve Bulpett that team building goes well beyond the player roster. “I feel very, very responsible for putting a team together that not only includes the players, but coaches, trainers, nutrition, analytics and everyone else that is on one page and represents the Celtics really well,” Stevens said. “We will be judged on how well we play and how many games we win and our competitive character that we exhibit through it. So just putting all of the right people in all of the right spots to do that is, I think, the No. 1 responsibility. Get the right people on the bus, and make sure that we’re all moving in one direction.”
- In his midseason evaluation of the Celtics’ strong first half, Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe details how much Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday have changed the way the team plays.
no jaylen brown please stay away from the dunk contest
Jaylen Brown lost a dunk contest that was rigged for him to win.
Jaylen Brown owes Dominque Wilkins an apology. For those of you not old enough to have seen Dominque Wilkins. Please pull up some highlights to see his trademark windmills. It’s not whatever it was that Jaylen re-created in the contest.
Xavier Tillman sr
Q the only senior to enter the league already a senior ?
Celtics are a top team. Imo they have not peaked yet. The thing I see though. Knicks healthy are a bad matchup for them. I know my Knicks are not ready yet. This team healthy can beat anyone. Playoffs are going to be fun again in NY. I still like Cavs too. Imo Celtics, Cavs, Knicks are all still getting better. So we’ll see who wants it.
Oh dear. Knicks aren’t beating a healthy Boston. Best hope NY don’t match up with Miami round 1. The new found Knicks confidence could disappear real quick.
Again, President Brad Stevens should be Executive of the Year.