Jaylen Brown calls out Timberwolves broadcast for ‘hating’ on his hot start
Brown tweeted that it was a "hating a** broadcast lol"
Jaylen Brown cracked a smile when a reporter read a pair of his tweets back to him after Monday’s blowout win against the Clippers at TD Garden.
On Nov. 14, Brown tweeted that Nike had “weird energy” after the footwear and apparel company tweeted that there was nothing childish about the 59 points Giannis Antetokounmpo scored against Detroit.
Brown had called Antetokounmpo a child after the Bucks star elbowed him in the face, pretended to shake his hand, and jokingly pulled it back before Brown could reach it.
Then, before Monday’s game, Brown quote-tweeted a clip of the Timberwolves’ broadcast crew calling his hot start against Minnesota. He said it was a “hating a**” broadcast.” Brown opened the game with five threes in a row and the local Minnesota announcers had a lot to say.
After Brown’s first three, the broadcasters mentioned that Brown had not shot the ball well from 3-point range this season.
“If you look at his shot chart, Michael, it is not good,” an announcer said. “It’s a not a green shot chart at all. It’s a lot of red and a lot of white. White is league average, and red is under the league average.”
By his fourth three, one of the broadcasters said: “Unbelievable. You come into this game and I would go literally I would give him that shot.”
During last year’s playoffs, an anonymous source told ESPN Stephen A. Smith that Brown wasn’t as marketable as he could be because of his attitude.
Brown said that, among other things, has prompted him to push back against certain narratives on social media.
“I wouldn’t say it motivates me,” Brown said. “I’ve never said anything for the majority of my career. I let people kind of create the narrative for me. I never talk, I don’t smile. I just kind of let things be said.”
“But this year, especially with people saying and trying to create narratives that I’m not marketable and all different types of stuff, I feel like it’s fair for me to just say something in return,” Brown added. “It don’t bother me. I’m not really thinking about nothing. It don’t affect me. But, if I point something out, I’m just pointing it out, that’s it and I move on.”
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