{"id":38002,"date":"2025-07-31T23:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/38002\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T23:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:28:07","slug":"jaylen-brown-takes-spot-among-eastern-conferences-best-as-new-role-awaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/38002\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaylen Brown takes spot among Eastern Conference’s best as new role awaits"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston Celtics are preparing to start the 2025-26 campaign without superstar Jayson Tatum, who could miss most, if not all, of the season due to a torn Achilles.<\/p>\n

However, Tatum’s injury will give Jaylen Brown the opportunity to prove he’s worth the supermax contract extension that the Celtics gave him in July 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Entering his 10th season, Brown will operate as Boston’s No. 1 option for the first time in his career. After a slight dip in production during the 2024-25 season, Shaun Powell of NBA.com<\/a> ranked Brown as the eighth-best player in the Eastern Conference heading into 2025-26.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cStill, for a No. 2 option, Brown rates among the very best \u2014 and he’d be No. 1 on several teams that don’t employ, among others, Tatum,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe’ll see soon enough what Brown is capable of doing in that role, with Tatum sidelined perhaps the entire season.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0NBA writer urges Celtics to address center depth amid rocky offseason<\/a><\/p>\n

Ranking ahead of the likes of Karl-Anthony Towns and Trae Young in the top 10, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Brown record a career high in shot attempts on a retooling Celtics roster. He averaged 17.7 field-goal attempts last season, along with 22.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.2 steals across 34.3 minutes per game in 63 regular-season outings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Boston will rely on Brown and Derrick White to keep the team in playoff contention after trading both Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday in cost-cutting moves this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brown has the tools and opportunity to surpass his No. 8 ranking, and the four-time All-Star will be tasked with carrying Boston’s offense as the team navigates a season with Tatum’s return still in question.<\/p>\n

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