A few years before Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown played his first minutes in the NBA, one of Brown’s favorite players, Hall-of-Fame guard Tracy McGrady, tweeted a mantra for the future star to live by:
“@FCHWPO Remember Humble And Hungry..”
As Brown takes the court for his first All-Star appearance tonight — almost seven years after that message — he’s showing his old mentor he hasn’t forgotten the advice.
The young Celtics star inscribed the words “Hungry & Humble” on his red and blue All-Star Weekend shoes, both an homage to McGrady and a promise for the future.