It is difficult to imagine a 6-7 basketball player hunkering down over a chess board, but Jaylen Brown enjoys one game as much as the other. Never mind that chess is rigid and defined compared to the free-flowing motion that is hoops. All that matters to the Georgia native is the thought process. Not his own. His opponent's.
Checkmate is the end game, but that is not Brown's favorite part. He loves seeing his opponent's actions and reactions, especially as they morph from one phase of the game to the next. How does his matchup like to start?