Jaylen Brown wasted no time firing back at Anthony Edwards after the Minnesota Timberwolves star took a shot at his hairline in an Adidas commercial.
Brown, the 2024 NBA Finals MVP and a new Philadelphia 76ers wing, turned the joke around while streaming live on Twitch with Sixers teammate VJ Edgecombe on Friday. “{Adidas} needs to get my boy some condoms,” Brown said, drawing a strong reaction from Edgecombe.
The line was aimed at Edwards’ well-known off-court situation. Edwards had four babies with four different women in the span of only a year, and he has also been involved in multiple child support cases. Brown is far from the first person to bring that up in a roast, but he made sure his response landed.
Edwards’ jab came in an Adidas commercial in September, when he poked fun at the hairlines of both Brown and LeBron James. Brown’s comeback made clear he didn’t let that one slide.
“VJ do you have a hand in this, cause you with adidas…you need to give my boy some condoms.”
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) October 10, 2026
Jaylen Brown responded to Anthony Edwards’ commercial for the AE 3s 😅
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The NBA would rather keep Edwards’ off-court life out of the spotlight, especially with the league looking at him as one of the likeliest successors to LeBron James as its face. Still, the attention keeps following him. Edwards did not seek custody of all of his children, despite providing financial assistance, and he married longtime girlfriend Shannon Jackson in July.
Brown, a fellow Georgia native, clearly wasn’t interested in playing nice. And if these two cross paths when Philadelphia and Minnesota meet in January, the exchange may not stay confined to Twitch.
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