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By Matthew Couden
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Jaylen Brown fired off a series of messages this weekend after a stunning comment made the rounds on the internet in which ESPN's NBA insider Bobby Marks shared a comment an analyst told him regarding Brown's trade value.
During an appearance on SiriusXM NBA Radio, Marks spoke about the "mixed feelings" about Brown around the league. He said one "analytics guy" told him they viewed Brown as the "seventh-best player on a team," suggesting he wasn't worth the sort of value the Celtics wanted in exchange for a trade.
Upon seeing the circulating social media post, which included just one part of Marks' comments about the analytics guy, Brown began ranting on X, posting four messages to call out the remark.
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"Analytics nowadays used to discredit and control narratives - Roll the ball out none of these guys better than me on both ends who does he work for," Brown said in one message responding to an X post about Marks' comment.
"Nobody has won more combined regular season and playoff games since I entered the league 10 years ago," Brown said in a second X message.
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In a third message, Brown wrote, "Analytics have / are ruining the game we playing AI hoops."
Marks responded on social media about the full context of his interview, indicating he himself wasn't "an analytics guy" and said he would want Brown on his team based on the "eye test."
"But what wasn’t posted was the 2m of saying I’m not an analytics person but an eye test guy. That I would want Jaylen Brown on my team. That you impact winning (191-80 in the last 4 years), is a top-10 player and would help any team looking to win a championship. That part of course didn’t make it. But that’s the media in 2026," Marks wrote.
Brown fired back by reposting Marks' comment and telling him to "State your source."
It's no secret that Brown had a strong season for the Boston Celtics, who were missing Jayson Tatum for all but 16 games as he recovered from his brutal ruptured right Achilles injury. The Celtics finished 56-26, second to only the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference, with Brown averaging 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 5.1 assists per game.
He was among the NBA MVP contenders due to leading Boston to a strong season, after much preseason speculation that the team would struggle amid Tatum's absence. He was named to the All-NBA Second Team for the second time in his career, with some suggesting he deserved a spot on the First Team.
Overall, Brown's resume shows he is much more valuable than "seventh-best" on any NBA team. Additionally, he's a five-time All-Star and helped the Celtics win the 2024 NBA championship, which resulted in him being named Finals MVP.
Marks' "analytics guy" comment and Brown's social media responses arrive amid ongoing rumors that the Celtics are still interested in trade offers for Brown, after failing to get Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks in a trade earlier this week.
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