ESPN Tried Their Best To Create A Narrative That Jaylen Brown Has "Off The Court Issues" Only To Delete The Tweet In An Attempt To Pretend Like Nothing Happened

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Jaylen Brown made headlines over the weekend when he said enough was enough and called out Bobby Marks and ESPN for the whole "some analytics guy told me Jaylen would be the 7th best player on a team" bullshit. Even though Marks tried to spinzone that whole thing and say he wasn't the one who said it, he was the one who made the choice to "report" it and put it out there. He knows what happens when he does that. It's totally possible to be told something like that, realize how dumb it is, and then just keep it to yourself. But given Jaylen's continued beef with Stephen A and how vocal he is to call out places like ESPN for trying to create and push false narratives, Bobby Marks going out and saying that shit during a radio interview didn't feel like an accident. 

To further prove Jaylen Brown's overall point when it comes to ESPN, we had yet another example of it today on First Take from Vince Goodwill. He had an entire take/segment on today's show that talked about how NBA teams are reportedly worried about Jaylen Brown "off the court", suggesting that he is some sort of off court problem and that's why NBA teams are hesitant to trade for him.

Mind you, this could not be further from the truth. Jaylen Brown has never been in trouble, never had any off-court legal issues/drama, makes an extremely positive and influential impact in his community etc. His biggest offense is what, streaming? 

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREAMING?????

Meanwhile, we're seeing LaMelo Ball get traded. We're seeing Miles Bridges get traded. NBA teams don't care about those off-court issues, some of which are REALLY FUCKING BAD, but we're to believe that a player who hasn't done a goddamn thing off the court other than speak his mind on his stream and call out ESPN for their bullshit is some sort of "off court" problem? I mean holy shit.

It's a take so bad, ESPN did their best to try and scrub it from the internet

Unfortunately for them, the internet sees everything

Do people maybe now see Jaylen Brown's entire point when it comes to ESPN/narratives etc? You don't have to like Jaylen Brown as a basketball player. You can think he doesn't warrant his contract or that the Celts would be better off trading him. That's fine. I would disagree, but that's the beauty of everyone being entitled to their own opinion.

That is NOT what this is. This is essentially a character assassination of someone who, since the day he entered the NBA, has been a model citizen off the court. A player who uses his platform to improve the lives of others. Yes, he streams. Yes, you may not agree with what he says on these streams. But that's it. That's hardly something that would classify as "off the court issues" that would prevent him from being traded should that be the avenue Brad Stevens chooses.

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And you may be saying, "Greenie, who cares what Vince Goodwill or First Take says"? And for the most part, you'd be right. But again, this is Jaylen Brown's point and the shit that he's continuing to fight against. ESPN puts people on these shows, they say all kinds of insane shit to create a narrative about a player, in this case something that has nothing to do with basketball, and yet Jaylen is somehow the bad guy for calling that bullshit out? 

Make that make sense.