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Boston Celtics: Comparing the careers of Jaylen Brown and Brandon Ingram

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In 2016, the NBA Draft saw the Los Angeles Lakers select at #2, while the Boston Celtics followed up with the #3 selection. How does history look back at these two draft picks?

Members of the 2016 draft class will soon be in the first season of their rookie-scale extensions whenever the 2020-21 off-season begins. That specific class wasn’t altogether a good one for the Boston Celtics, but it delivered in setting the current team up with one of its core members.

At the #3 selection, the C’s selected Jaylen Brown.