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Jae Crowder on rookie Jaylen Brown: 'He's everything that I wanted to be at that age'

WALTHAM, Mass. -- There's plenty of trouble that a 19-year-old freshly minted millionaire could find during a rare break from NBA training camp. But, on this weekend night, Boston Celtics rookie Jaylen Brown is sharing a piano bench with Jae Crowder's young daughter, Jada, fumbling his way through nursery rhymes.

"She was showing me a few things," Brown said Monday after Crowder posted some of the video to his Instagram Stories. "I’m still learning. I was playing the simple stuff like 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.'"

Brown has quickly endeared himself to Crowder -- and for reasons beyond being able to interact with his daughter.