Carmelo Anthony thinks Jaylen Brown reached the point where the old Celtics setup just wasn’t the right fit anymore.
On his podcast, 7 PM In Brooklyn, Anthony said Brown and Jayson Tatum were both trying to lead in their own way, and he framed Brown’s move forward as a necessary step rather than a breakup to dwell on. He tied that idea to Tyrese Maxey, saying Brown needed a different kind of running mate as his game changed.
“I think it’s two men that just…we both alphas, bro. Like, I want my own sht. It’s Maxey sht, but what I’m saying is, now, where he’s at in his career.”
Anthony also gave the Brown-Tatum pairing its flowers, pointing to everything the two accomplished together in Boston.
“We done made this work. We done showed y’all this one-two punch with JT and JB for a long time.
Four All-Stars, a championship, Finals MVP, Eastern Conference MVP, like we done accomplished a lot of sh*t together. The best duo probably during that time period.”
Carmelo Anthony says he don’t think we can keep putting that much on the Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum beef no more:
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“I think it’s two men, man, that just listen, man. We both like I said, we both alphas, bro. Like I want my own sh*t…. It’s Maxey sh*t but what I’m saying is now… pic.twitter.com/rQKtPldW9y
Then came the clearest part of his argument: Brown’s game has moved into a new phase, and Anthony believes that changes the kind of teammate he needs beside him.
“Now it comes a point where my game is starting to expand and change. I can’t be around a JT type of player. I need to be around a Maxey type of player.”
The conversation comes after Tuesday night’s primetime matchup, when the Celtics rolled past the 76ers, 123-101. Philadelphia now turns to Thursday’s game against the Toronto Raptors as it tries to get back on track.
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