Back in late October, while speaking on NBC Sports Boston during Media Day, Celtics star Jaylen Brown clairvoyantly offered a glimpse into the future.
Brown said he would place emphasis on finding different ways to lead, which would sometimes require sacrifice from a scoring standpoint. If that meant a teammate like Payton Pritchard would shoulder the scoring load on a given night, Brown was more than OK with it.
“A night we playing don’t mean to disrespect them but the Detroit Pistons who have struggled over the last year or two, we are going to play through Payton let him go for 30,” Brown said.