ESPN character Stephen A. Smith has now entered the dialog revolving round Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s Olympic staff snub.
Basketball followers had been curious as to why Brown, the NBA Finals MVP, didn’t make Team USA initially. But that dialog escalated when Derrick White, Brown’s Celtics teammate, was the alternative for Kawhi Leonard, who withdrew from the staff.
Brown posted cryptic tweets on Wednesday, the place he posted three emojis with monocles and one other the place he tagged Nike, which makes the Olympic jerseys, and wrote “this what we doing?”
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Brown isn’t a Nike athlete, as he signed a take care of adidas in 2016 when he was drafted by the Celtics.
Smith, then, replied to what Brown had tweeted.
“Do y’all consider me now?” he tweeted. “Yo (Brown), do I have to reveal my sources now? Is it not apparent now? How within the hell is a $300M man – now a champion and an NBA Finals MVP – who’s clearly a top-two participant on the @celtics and a Top-15 participant on the earth, NOT chosen for Team-USA? B/c his teammate NOT named [Jayson] Tatum is chosen earlier than him? Come on y’all!!!”
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The half the place Smith stated, “do I have to reveal my sources now?” stems from a earlier section on “First Take” this 12 months, the place Smith advised Brown wasn’t as marketable as different NBA stars due to his “I’m higher than you angle.”
Brown caught wind of that on May 26, and he posted on X over a clip of Smith the place he stated, “State your supply.”
From there, Brown constantly introduced up “state your supply,” together with when the Celtics gained the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks.
Brown posted on Instagram after profitable the Finals and Finals MVP, the place he once more captioned it, “State your supply” whereas tagging Smith.
Jaylen Brown reacts in the course of the Celtics victory parade following their NBA Finals win at TD Garden on June 21, 2024, in Boston. (Maddie Malhotra/Getty Images)
Then, because the Celtics celebrated their victory in Boston throughout a parade, Brown was noticed sporting a “state your supply” T-shirt.
But, now that Brown isn’t part of the USA Basketball squad touring to Paris, Smith believes he’s having an “I instructed you so” second.
USA Basketball managing director Grant Hill addressed Brown’s tweet to Nike on Wednesday, the place he deflected.
“For portion of my profession, I wore Fila,” Hill instructed reporters. “That was speculated to be a joke. We’re pleased with our companions, clearly.… This is about placing collectively a staff.”
Stephen A. Smith in the course of the NBA Finals sport between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks on June 14, 2024. (Jim Cowsert/NBAE through Getty Images)
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Despite Brown’s cryptic tweets, Team USA is ready for the Paris Olympics, with their group play starting on July 28 towards Serbia. They will play a number of extra exhibition contests to heat up for his or her quest for gold, with the following one on July 15 towards Australia in Abu Dhabi.
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