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“Neither one of them had a better month than I had.”<\/h2>\n
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Jaylen Brown didn\u2019t agree with the NBA\u2019s decision to name Knicks guard Jalen Brunson the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for December, to say the least. <\/p>\n

The Celtics\u2019 star expressed displeasure over the NBA\u2019s announcement of Brunson and Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander winning the Eastern and Western Conference Player of the Month awards on Friday. Shortly after the league\u2019s announcement, Brown wrote \u201cSmh\u201d in a social media post<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Brown continued to harp over the snub in a stream he did on his Twitch<\/a> channel late Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo disrespect, no diss to any of those guys, Shai or Brunson, but neither one of them had a better month than I had,\u201d Brown said. \u201cIt\u2019s all good. Those are great players. So, my whole thing is what\u2019s the rubric, what\u2019s the criteria behind [picking the award]? <\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do they select this? Somebody in the back just picking their favorites? What\u2019s the rubric? Ain\u2019t no rubric. I\u2019ve been telling this to the NBA Players\u2019 Association, and obviously, this is controversial and people keep telling me, \u2018Maybe if you get your mouth closed, maybe you\u2019ll win some awards.\u2019 That\u2019s exactly why I\u2019m going to keep talking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown later added that he didn\u2019t care too much about the snub, but he would\u2019ve appreciated the honor. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat would\u2019ve been my first [Player of the Month award]. I felt like I deserved it,\u201d Brown said. \u201cBut it\u2019s all good. We\u2019re just going to keep working.\u201d <\/p>\n

Brunson had an impressive month of December, averaging 30.6 points, 7.1 assists, 3.3 rebounds, and a combined one block and steal per game. He also helped the Knicks post a 10-4 record, winning the NBA Cup.<\/p>\n

But Brown was slightly superior to Brunson in most individual stats for the month. Brown\u2019s 31.7 points per game led the league in the month of December, while he added 6.4 rebounds, 5.4 assists, and a combined 1.8 blocks and steals per game. He was also a more efficient scorer than Brunson, shooting 53.8 percent from the field and 42.6 percent from distance.<\/p>\n

Brown\u2019s play also helped the Celtics surge up the Eastern Conference standings in December. Boston went 9-3 in the month and now only trails New York by 1.5 games for the No. 2 seed. <\/p>\n

On top of that, Brown also tied a pretty impressive franchise mark during December. He scored 30-plus points in nine straight games, joining Larry Bird as the only other player in Celtics history to score at least 30 points in that many consecutive games. <\/p>\n

Another Celtics legend came to the defense of Brown on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd can we put Jalen Brown in the MVP Talk this is just ridiculous how did he not get POTM More Celtic hate but we use to it,\u201d Paul Pierce wrote in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As Brown might be ready to turn the page on the Player of the Month snub, he seemed more bothered by something else during his Twitch stream on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said we were supposed to tank, that we was supposed to be this, we was supposed to be that. Keep that same energy,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe\u2019re No. 3 in the East. How did we go from tanking to being third in the East and moving up? I don\u2019t see the same energy. That\u2019s the only problem that I have. We should be hearing more talk about what\u2019s going on right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I just want y\u2019all to remember, they said we was going to win 30 games this year. Y\u2019all gotta keep that in mind when I come with the energy, because they was being disrespectful and then they just wanna turn the page as if they weren\u2019t being disrespectful.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Celtics have been one of the NBA\u2019s top surprises this season, holding a 21-12 record ahead of Saturday\u2019s matchup against the Clippers. Of course, Boston is doing this without Jayson Tatum and after saying goodbye to several key players from its 2024 championship team over the offseason, causing its preseason win total over\/under to be set at 41.5. <\/p>\n

As the Celtics are on pace to surpass that mark, Brown only sees the team getting improving.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to keep winning games,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to keep getting better. We\u2019re going to keep being humble. We\u2019re going to keep working on the details.\u201d<\/p>\n

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