[Source](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/jaylen-brown-stats-2022-eastern-conference-finals-with-true-shooting)
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A player *can* have a bad series? Doesn’t mean they need to be traded. Doesn’t mean we can’t win with him. Doesn’t mean he’s a fraud. Doesn’t mean he’s not one of the best 2nd options in the league. Doesn’t mean he doesn’t know how to score against that team.
Should we trade Tatum since clearly we can’t win with him after he averaged 21 on 46% TS in the NBA finals?
Brown has his limitations and definitely can improve in several aspects but wanting to trade him for performance reasons is pretty ludicrous and a giant indicator that you didn’t watch much of the team over the past 7 months. The only roster move we really have to make is shoring up the 5 spot with Al’s age and Rob’s health.
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This is dumb. Tatum improved since last year drastically and barely played worse than brown in the finals while drawing traps. Brown regressed on defense and still has the same issues he’s had since getting drafted (dribbling, TO machine, playmaking, decision making).
Difference between last years series and this years has got to be that his left arm/wrist was messed up for games 1-6 on top of just having a poor series. Last night with JT getting injured and basically playing decoy, Jaylen was put in a terrible position as the lead ball handler which he isn’t fit for
Browns off ball defense was outrageous this entire playoff run especially this series. So many easy 3s and backcuts he gave up.
He sucks. Hope he’s not back
I wouldn’t be surprised if that fucking vase incident was the reason he couldn’t shoot
Its not his lack of scoring or drop in efficiency over a single series from this year to the last that bothers me. It’s his amazing ability to run into traffic, dribble the ball off his foot, look at and yell to a ref, and then not get back on defense that got to me all playoffs long.
Life is just cruel for a no.2. As a no.1 option even on a bad night you can shoot as kuch as you want until you get hot, and if you do people call you clutch and forget all the cranking in the first 3 quarters. As a no.2 you only get opportunities like that if no.1 is hurt and you better deliver or else people call you overrated/choke artist. Very little benefits of doubt and way less appreciation for success.