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Brown shared that he wants to emulate Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali, and Kobe Bryant.
A familiar face for Celtics fans is on the cover of the latest edition of Men’s Health magazine.
Celtics star Jaylen Brown donned the cover of Men’s Health‘s Winter 2024 issue. Brown, who was shirtless on the cover, spoke with Men’s Health fitness director and certified trainer Ebenezer Samuel for the cover story, which was titled “Jaylen Brown vs. the NBA, Nike, and the World.”
In the story, Brown shared some of his offseason workouts with Samuel. He also shared some basketball-related thoughts, who his heroes are, and disclosed new information about his relationship with Nike.
Here are four things we learned about Brown from the Men’s Health profile, which can be read here.
Mavericks coach Jason Kidd created some headlines between Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals in June, calling Brown the Celtics’ best player. Kidd’s comment was viewed as a tactic to possibly create a divide by some with the Celtics getting a strong victory in Game 1 en route to their Finals win.
At the time, Brown said he had “no reaction” to Kidd’s comment. After winning Finals MVP, Brown was asked about Kidd’s comment again by Samuel.
“If you ask him, I think he meant exactly what he was saying,” Brown replied. “I think he honestly believed that was just his opinion.”
Brown had a strong performance in Boston’s five-game victory over Dallas. He scored 20.8 points per game to go with 5.4 rebounds, five assists, and 1.6 steals per game in the series. But his greatest impact arguably came on the defensive end, where he was the Celtics’ primary defender on Luka Doncic. The Mavericks star shot just 40.9 percent from the field and 25 percent from…