{"id":637,"date":"2026-05-18T15:05:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=637"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:05:36","slug":"jaylen-brown-curses-out-stephen-a-smith-calls-on-espn-pundit-to-retire-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=637","title":{"rendered":"Jaylen Brown curses out Stephen A. Smith, calls on ESPN pundit to retire once again"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Celtics star Jaylen Brown continued his war of words with ESPN pundit Stephen A. Smith on Sunday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=635\">Will New Hampshire\u2019s \u2018bathroom bill\u2019 get vetoed for a fourth time? And then a fifth time?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>After urging Smith to \u201cbe quiet\u201d and \u201cretire\u201d earlier this month while on his Twitch live stream, Brown didn\u2019t mince words on his latest stream while taking Smith to task over his blunt criticism of the Celtics forward since Boston\u2019s 2025-26 season came to a close.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During Sunday\u2019s stream, Brown played a clip from ESPN\u2019s \u201cFirst Take\u201d on May 7, where Smith called out Brown for stating that the 2025-26 season was the favorite of his NBA career.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Note: Brown uses strong language in the video.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Celtics star Jaylen Brown goes OFF on Stephen A Smith for questioning why Jayson Tatum wasn\u2019t on his stream and making his own narratives about why the 2025-2026 Celtics season was JB\u2019s favorite \ud83d\ude33\ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat type of journalism is this?\u2026 F*CK Stephen A\u2026 My offer still wants. You\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/XAqaJ6YJYZ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Slime\ud83d\udc0d (@ItsKingSlime) May 18, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cMan, [expletive] Stephen A. Stephen A, Stephen B, Stephen C,\u201d Brown said after pausing the clip once Smith said that Brown needs to \u201cbe quiet.\u201d \u201cMy offer still stands. You want me to be quiet and stop streaming? Well, I want you to be quiet and get off these networks. Because you\u2019re not using your platform to do real journalism. You\u2019re using your platform to use clickbait.\u201d<\/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>Brown went through most of Smith\u2019s segment from that May 7 episode of \u201cFirst Take\u201d, where Smith said that Brown needed to stop talking on these streams \u2014 considering that the NBA fined Brown $50,000 earlier this month for criticizing officiating in the playoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUnless you\u2019re trying to get traded,\u201d Smith added of the possible reasoning for Brown\u2019s candid comments as of late.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brown pushed back further on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTell this [expletive] to retire, because he\u2019s the face of clickbait media,\u201d Brown said. \u201cAnd maybe with his retirement, we could spark a movement to get the rest of these [expletive] out of here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOr to also have some type of, forget journalistic integrity, actual integrity in order to hold themselves accountable to the [expletive] takes they put out with no basis, no bias, no information. Just narrative. Just for the sake of just pushing a weak narrative. Just purely out of that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Smith also suggested on his ESPN segment that fellow Celtics star Jayson Tatum was on \u201cFirst Take\u201d instead of Brown\u2019s Twitch stream due to his apparent frustration with Brown\u2019s recent comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As expected, Brown also pushed back against such an insinuation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat type of journalism is this?\u201d Brown asked. \u201cJayson Tatum hasn\u2019t been on my stream, and this is what we\u2019re talking about on First Take? What if [Tatum] just don\u2019t like being somewhere in an uncontrolled environment? Why are you doing journalism on me having guests on my stream? And this is a part of the reason why I started streaming. This is a part of the reason why people use the term \u2018clown,\u2019 and it synchronizes with someone like Stephen A. Smith. Because this is what you\u2019re using your platform for. What are you talking about?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=633\">Trump moves to dismiss $10 billion suit over leak of tax returns after reports of a resolution<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u200b\u201cThis is a narrative that he\u2019s creating. This isn\u2019t journalism,\u201d Brown continued. \u201cThis is him making his own opinion and [formulating] it about what I have to say, on his platform. And this is why, respectfully, a lot of people say, \u2018[expletive] Stephen A.\u2019 Because this is the type of stuff he does, and then he doesn\u2019t recognize it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Smith initially called out Brown over his Twitch remarks shortly after Boston\u2019s season ended \u2014 with Brown calling out NBA officiating, saying that Sixers star Joel Embiid flops too much, and stressing how much he enjoyed the 2025-26 season, even if it ended with a first-round exit at the hands of the Sixers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u200b\u201c[Flopping] is not why the Boston Celtics lost,\u201d Smith said earlier this month. \u201cThe Boston Celtics lost because they lived and died with the three, because they played dumb basketball down the stretch. \u2026 They just launched three after three after three and missed six or seven straight threes in the last two minutes [of Game 7].\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey blew this opportunity. They were up 3-1, and you lost. This is not the time to be talking about Joel Embiid flopping \u2014 damn sure not [the time] to do a show, a podcast show, or video show about it.\u201d\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brown later went on a Twitch stream to clarify and add context to some of his original comments \u2014 especially ones regarding his affinity for this past season.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>10 minutes of Jaylen Brown addressing his recent comments: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hate that our president of basketball operations even had to respond to this. Me and Brad have a great relationship. I love Boston. If it was up to me I could play in Boston for the next 10 years.&#8221;    <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We fought\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/CfF9ufxG1P<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Celtics on CLNS (@CelticsCLNS) May 7, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cI mean, we blew a 3-1 lead, and yeah \u2014 we lost in the first round. We didn\u2019t win a championship. But the amount of growth, the expectations that these same [critics] have for us, is why this was my favorite year, because I got to see it in practice. \u2026 The expectations were for this team was to fail,\u201d Brown said on May 6 about this past season. \u201cThe expectations was the team [would] be nothing, just to give in to and to quit. And this team did the exact opposite. We fought every single day. We fought for everything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m not making no excuses,\u201d Brown added. \u201cObviously, the result \u2014 we\u2019re not satisfied with the result. \u2026 But to fight and maneuver through adversity and grow and galvanize with a bunch of guys and have that mindset and approach, this was my favorite year. I wouldn\u2019t say by far. By far would be a stretch, because obviously, winning the championship is great, but I\u2019m telling y\u2019all, this was my favorite season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Given Brown\u2019s latest comments, don\u2019t be surprised if Smith continues these back-and-forth salvos of retorts on Monday morning when \u201cFirst Take\u201d airs once again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=631\">Game 47: Red Sox at Royals lineups and notes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brown continued his war of words with Smith on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-637","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 curses out Stephen A. 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