Tyrese Maxey is already laying the groundwork for Jaylen Brown’s next chapter in Philadelphia, and it has nothing to do with points, assists, or shot selection.
The 76ers guard recently said he wants to help Brown plug into the city the same way Brown did in Boston, where the veteran wing built a reputation for his work away from the floor. Maxey made it clear he’s ready to be a connector.
“I said to him, ‘Look, anything that you want to do, just let me know'… We're gonna get it done… I think the city's gonna be glad to have him,” said Maxey, per Erin Grugan of Liberty Ballers on X, formerly Twitter.
That kind of support matters because Brown arrives in Philadelphia with a track record of using his platform loudly and consistently. He has never been afraid to speak on social issues, and he has put both his money and time behind causes that matter to him. According to the source report, that approach is expected to continue now that he’s in a 76ers uniform.
Philadelphia’s offseason took a sharp turn from bleak to headline-grabbing. The team was staring at a rough summer after being swept by the New York Knicks in last year’s NBA playoffs, but the chain of events that followed changed everything. Boston’s surprising decision to trade Brown put the 76ers in position to land LeBron James in free agency, and James chose Philadelphia over his former teams, the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers.
Now the 76ers are looking ahead to the release of their 2026-27 schedule later this week with a very different outlook than they had a few months ago. The team sees itself as a legitimate title contender, even if the fit between James, Maxey, Brown and Joel Embiid still raises questions.
For now, though, the big picture is simple: Philadelphia has become one of the league’s most intriguing teams, and the process of figuring it all out is just getting started.
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