He left a profound impression.
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The Celtics selected another draft-and-stash player with the 23rd pick in Ante Zizic.
“Nico beat him pretty soundly, but Jaylen was super respectful about it”, said Bryan Quick, executive director of Brown’s middle school chess program. He is ready to rip someone’s head off.
Once we finally found the press entrance I was expecting some type of Draft Day scenario (because movies are always really realistic ya know) but I think that was going on behind closed doors.
“Underdog guy”, Mason said, “but when you need him he always makes a play for you”. But I believe all of these are fixable, especially the last two. It all sounded very dramatic, and If there’s juicy gossip going down I always want in.
“Rome wasn’t built in a day”.
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The reception from the fan base was a mixed bag of despair, frustration and furor.
Although he’s a talented scorer, that’s not the quality Brown sees himself contributing to the Celtics right away. Jaylen is quite aware of the response and has vowed to turn the haters into his biggest supporters. I said that this is the season to pull off a big move, that now is the time to make a push for the Eastern Conference throne.
“He shot the ball well in our workout and he shot the ball well all year”, said Stevens.
As I write this at 9 p.m., it wouldn’t surprise me at all if I hit block delete at 9:15 after a trade is announced. ESPN’s knowledgeable but easy-grading global expert Fran Fraschilla raved about him and said had mean streak.
“It’s amusing”, said the 2016 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, “because Boston kind of matches my personality – a tough passionate city – so I can’t wait”. He plays really hard. But since the draft, I have come to terms with our decisions.
His freshman year at Cal was unfulfilling, putting up somewhat disappointing numbers as his productivity tapered off during the spring. Yabsuele added that he would be open to playing in Europe a year or two to sharpen his game. Denzel Valentine would have been a much better selection. But these expectations, were short sighted, moronic and didn’t take into account everything that came into play on Thursday. The Red Sox trailed three times in the game, by scores of 3-0, 4-1, and 7-5 before clawing their way back each time and getting the best pitching performance yet by their closer Craig Kimbrel, who pitched two full innings of relief and got out of a bases-loaded, nobody out jam in the tenth to allow Bogaerts to win it in the bottom of the frame. Brown already has an National Basketball Association body and elite athleticism and is projected to be one of the players with the highest ceilings in the draft class. It might be weird to some that we would’ve been willing to give up Bradley and number 3, but not Crowder, but Jae is a great player that might be as good as Jimmy Butler anyway.
Grousbeck did assure fans that the front office knows what its doing despite fans having the freedom to react however they choose. “Ainge also loved the fact that he worked out against anyone and everyone – unlike all the other top guys”. Like, let’s see. Let’s wait a year, then boo me.
“Just by being passionate, just by being myself, wearing my heart on my sleeve and just going to war for this city every night”, Brown said of what Celtics fans can expect of him to global media via Cisco video chat after getting drafted on Thursday, June 23 (Friday, June 24, Manila time). “So, I wasn’t hiding, I wasn’t scared of anybody”. I chatted with him a bit when he came to work out.
Questions about his interests outside of basketball tend to roll off his Teflon coating. Would they get (insert player who I’ve never heard of before)? Brown finds the concerns to be comical. I can’t help but smile when people say things like that. There is a major criticism I have with Ainge’s plan though – a lack of consolidating assets. I love a good countdown, and this one rocked. But if the Sixers are still interested in a trade with the Celtics, they may now be able to draw a higher price for Noel.
“It’s something to think about, for sure. I’ve done my research”. Right now, I’m focusing on the season, focusing on the Summer League and my craft and things like that.
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Sign me up for an Okafor deal! The fast break will be his run of freedom, but the half court offense will be his training ground. “Another person who comes exceptionally highly regarded from the standpoint of work ethic, desire and team-ness”.
