A few days ago, Jaylen Brown talked about how he is studying Paul Pierce’s game. Watching how he gets to his spot. Learning how to play at a slower pace. Brown and Pierce have very different skill sets, and yet, there are some similarities between them.
One of them is that, despite not being the best player on their team, they were the Finals MVP in the only Finals they won—thanks to high scoring volume and defending the opponent’s best player. JB made a statement during the last Finals with his defense on Luka Donu010diu0107, and back in 2008, PP had one of the best individual defensive performances against Kobe Bryant (not to mention going up against LeBron James earlier in the playoffs).