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The Bond Between Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum Continues to Strengthen

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Jaylen Brown has a story. He’s going to tell it. Wait … no he’s not. “I can’t throw JT under the bus like that,” Brown said. JT is Jayson Tatum, Brown’s teammate. The story predates that, to high school, when Tatum and Brown were teenagers, chopping it up at an Under Armour camp. Roommates, back when the NBA was little more than a dream.

“He’s always been cool,” Tatum said.

Said Brown, “He was solid. I didn’t have any problems with JT.”

On Tuesday, Boston will attempt to take a commanding 2-0 lead over Toronto in the Eastern Conference semifinals.