{"id":3585,"date":"2026-06-25T21:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2026-06-25T21:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:34:03","slug":"jaylen-brown-slams-espn-stephen-a-smith-in-latest-exchange-of-barbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3585","title":{"rendered":"Jaylen Brown slams ESPN, Stephen A. Smith in latest exchange of barbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Jaylen Brown continued to voice his issues with ESPN and Stephen A. Smith, commenting on both during a recent event in France on Wednesday in a video posted on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3583\">Two Boston city councilors pitched a plan to extend the Orange Line. The map they used was full of AI-generated mistakes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Brown said he took umbrage with the way ESPN covered his comments about this past Celtics season being his favorite out of 10 seasons in the NBA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe leader behind that was ESPN. ESPN is unethical,\u201d Brown said. \u201cStephen A. Smith is the head face of that, but the organization, the players, they were all in agreement, they knew what I meant by that. Our team was basically all salary dumps. We lost a lot of players.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The 27-second video is a clip of a longer interview at Cannes at Sport Beach. Brown had previously said throughout the season that this one was his favorite. However, after the Celtics blew a 3-1 series lead to the 76ers in the first round, Brown received pushback over the comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Smith and Brown have traded comments dating back to 2024, when Smith reported that an anonymous source said Brown\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m better than you\u201d attitude caused him to be disliked by some and affected his marketability.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span>The comments came in the aftermath of Brown being left off of the US men\u2019s basketball team for the Olympics despite leading the Celtics to a championship and winning Finals MVP that year. Three Celtics teammates, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, and Jrue Holiday, were picked over Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brown wore a t-shirt that read \u201cState Your Source\u201d to the Celtics\u2019 championship parade. Smith later interviewed Brown on ESPN; Brown said his issue was with the use of anonymous sources, not Smith in particular.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, Brown\u2019s view of the situation appears to have changed recently after Smith told Brown to \u201cbe quiet\u201d after his comments about the favorite season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brown said \u201c[expletive] Stephen A.\u201d during an episode of his Twitch stream. He also said that he\u2019ll be quiet when Smith resigns from ESPN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3581\">Representative Tom Kean, missing for months, is back home in New Jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJaylen Brown, be careful what you wish for,\u201d Smith said in response. \u201cDo you really want me to start reporting on that level?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCome on Stephen A, what are you, El Chapo?\u201d Brown later said on his Twitch steam. \u201cYou running the media cartel, my boy? Talking about \u2018be careful.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other media personalities, such as FS1\u2019s Nick Wright, called out Smith over the comments. Wright said that Smith should report the information he has instead of threatening Brown like a \u201cmob boss.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Smith recorded an episode of the \u201cStephen A. Smith show\u201d addressing the situation. He wasn\u2019t telling Brown to shut up and dribble, he said. He said his intention was to tell Brown that making such comments after the Celtics blew such a big lead against the 76ers was a bad idea. Smith did not mention Wright by name, but said whoever claimed he was acting like a mobster should be ashamed of themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Recently, after Celtics\u2019 bid to trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo fell through, Smith made more comments about Brown. Boston\u2019s trade package was centered around Brown and a pair of first round picks. Brown said the trade rumors were turning him into a monster by adding fuel to his fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOne of the things we\u2019re not going to do, bro, is not going to let you sit around and act like you\u2019re a victim,\u201d Smith said during a recent episode of First Take. \u201cWe ain\u2019t going to do that. We ain\u2019t going to let Jaylen Brown get away with that. I heard what he said about people doubting him, creating a monster. Who did that this year?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe watched you carry a relatively no-name Boston Celtics squad to a No. 2 seed and 56 wins. We saw you do that,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWe\u2019ve given you nothing but praise. Where is all of this noise coming from about people doubting you? No, bro. That\u2019s not what this is, because there is nothing about your game that anybody is saying.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brown finished sixth in the MVP voting and made his fifth All-Star team in six years. The trade rumors have persisted even after the Antetokounmpo trade fell through, with ESPN NBA insider Brian Windhorst saying that he expects teams to wage a bidding war to pry Brown away from the Celtics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3579\">Democratic leaders want the party to moderate. Its base has other ideas.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Celtics forward called ESPN unethical, and said Stephen A. Smith is the &#8220;head face of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jaylen Brown slams ESPN, Stephen A. 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