It can’t be denied any longer. After another breakout performance from Jaylen Brown, on a national stage nonetheless, the Boston Celtics can stake their claim to having not only a legitimate “Big 3”, but the best basketball trio of any team in the entire association.
If you check out the landscape of the league, it is filled with a bunch of dynamic duos. LeBron James and Anthony Davis are the most gaudy stat-stuffers, but the Lakers are in free-fall. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are leading the Clippers up the standings, but that Los Angeles franchise relies heavily on a bench unit that includes perennial sixth man of the year candidate Lou Williams and potential Boston Celtics 2020 free agent target Montrezl Harrell.