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But in this ongoing spat with ESPN\u2019s Stephen A. Smith? <\/span><\/p>\n

Put me squarely on Team Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n

Would it be wiser for the Celtics\u2019 All-Star not to engage the worldwide leader\u2019s resident provocateur?<\/a> Sure. But again, that\u2019s not Brown\u2019s way. Like it or not, he speaks his mind. At morning shootarounds, at postgame podiums, on personal Twitch streams, when Brown has the microphone, he makes his opinions known. <\/span><\/p>\n

Often, like his fine-worthy rants about officiating<\/a>, it\u2019s too much, and those rants don\u2019t garner him much sympathy when he complains about other topics. But when it comes to dueling the headline-chasing \u201cjournalist\u201d Smith, Brown made plenty of valid points. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The crux of the tete-a-tete goes back to Brown\u2019s \u201cfavorite\u201d season comment, but the natural (read: lazy) offshoot that came immediately from Smith targets the partnership of Brown and his fellow All-Star teammate, Jayson Tatum. And when Brown rightfully fired back about Smith connecting dots that used Tatum\u2019s absence from Brown\u2019s livestream as evidence they can\u2019t work together, Smith responded again with vague threats to \u201creport\u201d more facts to make Brown look bad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brown was right to call that out, even if Smith, who long ago traded journalistic chops for entertainment ones, only revels in the notoriety.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The relationship between Celtics stars Jaylen Brown (left) and Jayson Tatum always leads to lengthy discussion. <\/span>Danielle Parhizkaran\/Globe Staff<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The Brown\/Tatum relationship is obviously a complicated one<\/a>, but it\u2019s also a championship one. Their personas are very clearly different \u2014 with Tatum more reserved and quiet off the court, busy raising two children; while Brown stays busy with his own off-the-court work, reflected in recently being named one of five finalists for the NBA\u2019s Social Justice Champion Award<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

On the court, Tatum was the clear alpha on that 2023-24 title-winning team \u2026 but Brown was named Finals MVP. Tatum has since spoken of how winning a second title, with<\/i> a Finals MVP, drives him. Brown has made it patently obvious how much he enjoyed being the alpha Celtic in Tatum\u2019s absence. <\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, as much as they are different, they are similarly competitive, each in his own way. It\u2019s OK to want what the other has, as long as they both still want a trophy<\/a>. Which they do.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brown just seems to rankle people for the way he expresses his competitiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s go back to the comments that fuel this chapter of his Stephen A. feud, which came soon after the Celtics were bounced out of the first round of the playoffs by losing their third straight at home in Game 7 against the 76ers<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, we blew a 3-1 lead, and yeah \u2014 we lost in the first round. We didn\u2019t win a championship,\u201d said Brown. \u201cBut the amount of growth, the expectations that these same [critics] have for us, is why this was my favorite year, because I got to see it in practice \u2026 The expectations for this team was to fail. The expectation was the team [would] be nothing, just to give in and to quit. And this team did the exact opposite. We fought every single day. We fought for everything.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not making no excuses. Obviously, the result \u2014 we\u2019re not satisfied with the result \u2026 But to fight and maneuver through adversity and grow and galvanize with a bunch of guys and have that mind-set and approach, this was my favorite year. I wouldn\u2019t say by far. By far would be a stretch, because obviously winning the championship is great, but I\u2019m telling y\u2019all, this was my favorite season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The comments landed with a thud, hinged on that word \u201cfavorite.\u201d Pick your retread story line: It meant that he values his own success over the team, that he can\u2019t share the spotlight, that he wants out of Boston. To my ears, while the word choice was inelegant<\/a>, it said none of those things. Rather, Brown made a very defendable point about what the Celtics accomplished across the regular season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seriously, did you have them earning the No. 2 seed in the East when the season began, when Tatum was out with a torn Achilles tendon and the salary cap\u2019s second apron had forced the departures of Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, and Al Horford?<\/span><\/p>\n

Brown loves nothing better than proving doubters wrong. He thrives on it. That\u2019s what he loved about the season; not Tatum\u2019s absence, not the playoff flameout. Even pundits such as Smith should be able to hear that. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sure, Brown puts the target on his own back. But sometimes it\u2019s OK to leave the arrows in the quiver. This is one of those times.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tara Sullivan is a Globe columnist. She can be reached at tara.sullivan@globe.com<\/a>. Follow her @Globe_Tara<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n