Watch an average of 9 LIVE Regular Season games per week of the NBA regular season plus the best of the NBA Playoffs, including every game of the NBA Conference Finals & NBA Finals LIVE on ESPN, available on Kayo.<\/a><\/p>\n Just like that, one of the NBA\u2019s most impressive duos was broken up. <\/p>\n But the circumstances around Brown\u2019s split from the Celtics, and his former champion teammate Jayson Tatum, have gone beyond business and into more murky waters. <\/p>\n It\u2019s been reported that Brown and Tatum have barely spoken since the trade, with speculation ramping up over an ugly falling out. <\/p>\n The rumours are remarkable when you consider everything the two achieved together during their time in Boston.<\/p>\n The duo were both No. 3 picks in the 2016 and 2017 NBA Drafts, won an NBA Championship together and helped the Celtics complete their rebuild following the Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett era.<\/p>\n But this past offseason saw Brown traded to Eastern Conference rivals Philadelphia while the duo was right in the prime of their careers. <\/p>\n Brown is 29 years old and Tatum is 28.<\/p>\n The move shocked many in and around the NBA, including former player Jeff Teague.<\/p>\n \u201cDamn can\u2019t believe that s**t went down\u2026 That\u2019s some bulls**t really,\u201d Teague said on the Club 520 Podcast.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/p>\n NBA TIERS: LeBron\u2019s new superteam reality, fallen giants and Aussie intrigue<\/a><\/p>\n Wild hype that built NBA\u2019s \u2018Kardashians\u2019… and how it all came crashing down<\/a><\/p>\n Aussie waived by Warriors; Durant fires back at Suns owner in social media clash<\/a><\/p>\n Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum helped lead the Boston Celtics to the 2024 NBA Championship, defeating the Dallas Mavericks in five games.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n As such, questions about what was happening behind the scenes at the Celtics have only grown. <\/p>\n According to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania, the franchise reached a point where they no longer believed they could win another championship with the pair.<\/p>\n \u201cWhether it was personal situations between the two players or whether it was just the on-court basketball fit, the Celtics had just made the determination that, moving forward, they can no longer win a championship, clearly, with Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum,\u201d Charania reported on ESPN following the trade.<\/p>\n Adding fuel to that fire was a report from ESPN\u2019s Malika Andrews, who claimed that Brown and Tatum are virtually on non-speaking terms. <\/p>\n \u201cI was in Philadelphia for media day,\u201d Andrews said on ESPN<\/a>. \u201cI asked Jaylen Brown whether or not he\u2019d spoken to Jayson Tatum since the exit, and he was a little bit murky, but the essence was: \u2018No, not really. <\/p>\n \u201cI went my way and he went his way.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Valkyries set for historic WNBA finals | 03:57<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792455256_141_poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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