{"id":256185,"date":"2026-07-31T08:59:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T08:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/256185\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T08:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T08:59:48","slug":"great-news-jaylen-brown-will-reportedly-not-have-an-ego-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/256185\/","title":{"rendered":"Great News: Jaylen Brown Will Reportedly Not Have an Ego in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n \"Matt
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\"May<\/p>\n

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Shams reporting some Jaylen Brown and LeBron James tidbits:<\/p>\n

Shams:<\/p>\n

“Jaylen Brown wanted LeBron James there. He did his part to recruit him there\u2026one person around Jaylen Brown told me today he’s gonna approach this with no ego” pic.twitter.com\/sLyNXoZdNf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Oh No He Didn’t (@ohnohedidnt24) July 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026One person around Jalen Brown told me today, \u2018He\u2019s going to approach this with no ego.\u2019 But there are going to be a lot of people who want the ball in their hands next season, and that\u2019s why LeBron James making a decision, obviously in conversations with Nick Nurse and the Sixers, to be the guy that\u2019s gonna set the table for all of them, to try to put them in positions where they can score, and he can be the facilitator.\u201d<\/p>\n

Look, there can be no doubt: This is good news. This is definitely good. \u201cOne person around Jaylen Brown\u201d says Brown is not bringing an ego to this Sixers team. That\u2019s great. Nice. That\u2019s for the best. There are suddenly a lot of good players on the Sixers. A lot of guys who are accustomed to having high usage. Jaylen Brown sees that and, like a good, responsible, honorable teammate, has decided to not approach this new team with any ego. I\u2019m happy about that. This is good.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, for argument\u2019s sake, is it slightly worrisome that \u201cone person around Jaylen Brown\u201d had to bring this up? That this person felt the need to clear the air three months before the season is set to begin?<\/p>\n

Sure. I could see that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also \u2013 and this is just devil\u2019s advocate stuff, here \u2013 by announcing that Jaylen is not bringing his ego, is \u201cone person around Jaylen Brown\u201d inadvertently admitting the existence of said ego? An ego that he normally would be bringing to a basketball team? An ego that he knows could be problematic, which is why he\u2019s getting out in front of it by saying, actually, it will not be a problem, because it will not be present?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perhaps. Perhaps\u2026<\/p>\n

Following this train of thought, just for fun, of course, is it concerning to think about how you never, ever hear reports about the egos of normal, nice, good teammates? From beloved players, like Steph Curry, or even just marginal players you don\u2019t really think about much, like Buddy Hield, or Gradey Dick? That, come to think of it, off the top of my head, the only other players I\u2019ve ever heard mentioned in ego reports like this are Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green? Two of the most notorious dickheads in all of sports, one of whom actively torpedoed multiple teams in order to get traded, while the other one famously punched his own teammate in the face on camera during practice? Could all of this be seen as very bad?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maybe\u2026 If you read it a certain way\u2026 It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibility\u2026<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m not going to worry about that. I am going to choose to believe \u201cone person around Jaylen Brown.\u201d I\u2019m not going sit here ruminating on how Jaylen and people close to him are allegedly having conversations about his ego and whether or not it could be a problem, conversations so noteworthy that Shams ends up finding out about them. I\u2019m not going to think about how it seems like \u201cone person around Jaylen Brown\u201d basically just announced \u201cDon\u2019t worry everyone, he\u2019s not going to be an asshole,\u201d which is not comforting, because that\u2019s exactly what someone who is going to be an asshole would tell someone close to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is all good news. I\u2019m glad Jaylen will have no ego this year. It\u2019s great.<\/p>\n

\"Matt<\/p>\n

Matt Schultz is a comedy and sports writer from Philadelphia. He\u2019s written extensively for ClickHole, The Onion, and Conan O\u2019Brien\u2019s Team Coco. His work has been featured in Vulture, Deadspin, The A.V. Club, Paste Magazine, and other publications. Much of his sports journalism can be found on college basketball websites that don\u2019t exist anymore (PhilaHoops Heads rise up\u2026)
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