Jaylen Brown is the starting shooting guard for the Boston Celtics. This season, he has been on a tear, averaging about 30 points and grabbing 6 rebounds a game. The 6,6 guard can score from anywhere and guard positions 1 through 5. He has stepped up because the Celtics’ leading scorer, Jayson Tatum, tore his Achilles tendon in the playoffs last season.

Brown was drafted 3rd overall by the Celtics because of his athleticism and defense. He was a role player on a strong Celtics team. During the season, he played in 78 games and started 20 of them, averaging 6.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 0.8 assists, playing 17 minutes. He had a career-high of 20 points against the Magic. His skills off the bench earned him an All-NBA Rookie Second Team. In the following seasons Browns role on the team was more crucial; he was a full time starter and averaged 14.5 points a game. He also improved his shooting to 39% from three. He was a secondary scorer behind Kyrie Irving. Two seasons later, he was averaging 20 points and 6 rebounds a game; he was now a primary scorer for the Celtics.

The next season, he was still a secondary option behind Tatum, getting about 24 points a game. The following season, the Celtics made it to the finals against Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors. They lost in 6 games. Brown played well in the finals, including one game in which he had 34 points. Fastforward to the 2025-2026 season brown is having a breakout season alongside Payton Pritchard, and Derrick white. Brown posted 41 points in one game and hopes to continue this into the playoffs. From these performances, he is getting major MVP talk.