Given Team USA’s recent seventh place finish in this Summer’s FIBA World Championship games, you’d figure Boston Celtics’ fourth-year swingman Jaylen Brown doesn’t need any extra motivation heading into the 2019-20 NBA season.
However, the man potentially responsible for giving the 22-year-old another life-changing contract may have fueled a fire with his most recent comments. In an interview with WBUR’s Shira Springer, when discussing Brown’s question of whether last season’s Celtics were as talented as Beantown’s 1986 championship roster, President of Basketball Operations, Danny Ainge, pulled back on the reigns just a tad bit.