Jaylen Brown was chosen this Monday as MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the NBA Finals won by the Boston Celtics against the Dallas Mavericks (4-1).
“It was a team effort, I share it with my brothers, with Jayson Tatum who was with me the entire way,” said an emotional Brown in the fieldside interview during the Celtics celebrations.
Boston won the eighteenth title in its history and once again became the winningest team in NBA history, surpassing the 17 titles of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Biography
27 years old and winner of the Eastern Final MVP this seasonBrown’s biography escapes the usual stereotypes of NBA stars.
His college-educated mother, Mechalle Brown, raised him aloneplacing a very important emphasis on both education and activism.
Jaylen could have played basketball at a very powerful university in the sports field, but he opted for Berkeley (University of California), one of the most important, prestigious and progressive educational centers in the United States.
That interest beyond the purely sporting has marked his life. For example, BRown has been one of the vice presidents of the NBA players union since 2019, In 2020 he drove 15 hours from Boston to his native Georgia to demonstrate in the protests after the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Police and has a foundation (The 7uice Foundation) also focused on fighting racism.
A lover of chess as well, Brown was drafted 3rd overall by the Celtics in 2016.. A year later, Jayson Tatum was also chosen in the same position by Boston.
The ‘Jays’ (with Tatum initially as leader and Brown as luxury squire) have led an absolutely competitive franchise every year: they reached the Eastern final together five times and, not counting this year, on one of They made it to the Finals.
But time and time again the ring resisted them with serious doubts about whether they were really prepared to succeed in the big moments.
The most painful season was 2021-2022, when they lost the title 4-2 to the Golden State Warriors despite having a 1-2 lead after three games.
Three-time All-Star, Brown signed the largest contract in NBA history in 2023 ($304 million for five seasons) and, after many years of enduring criticism and certain misgivings in the league, this Monday he finally vindicated himself. the big thing with the MVP of the Finals.
Jayle Brown, and Córdoba
Brown’s love for Córdoba goes back years, specifically from 2017. That summer some players went on a tour in which they traveled to some Spanish cities and the Celtics player went to the caliphal city. There he carried out a series of social and sports activitieshe was in El Arcángel where he put on the Córdoba shirt, played basketball on several street courts and visited the Mosque and the rest of the monuments in the place.
The Andalusian club itself took advantage of the snapshot to invite the star back to the city.: “Good choice of coat. We are waiting for you in Córdoba to repeat the visit you made us in 2017,” he wrote on his X account. The coat has time because it is from a brand that does not currently wear the club.
