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Celtics star Jaylen Brown tests positive for COVID-19

Star wing Jaylen Brown has tested positive for COVID-19, the Celtics announced Friday. Brown is asymptomatic and quarantining after receiving the positive test, the team added.

When asked if he was vaccinated at the start of training camp, Brown didn’t say if he was or wasn’t vaccinated. Brown, who is a vice president for the NBPA, did say though that the NBA and the NBPA have done a “great job” on getting vaccinated.

“The WNBA is 99% vaccinated and I think the NBA is over 90%,” Brown said in September. “I think the NBA and the [players] union have done a great job.