Jaylen Brown Opens Up About His Relationship with Marcus Smart

Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart have forged a brother-like bond in their seven seasons together.

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Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart are in their seventh season as teammates. The former has seen the latter go from adapting to playing alongside primary ball handlers like Isaiah Thomas, Kyrie Irving, and Kemba Walker to becoming a more impactful offensive player once he finally got the chance to be the Celtics' floor general.

The latter, in his ninth NBA season, is the longest-tenured player on the team. Smart's seen Brown go from struggling to deal with averaging 17.2 minutes per game and mostly coming off the bench as a rookie to blossoming into a two-time All-Star, playing All-NBA-caliber basketball.

In a sit-down interview with Stadium's Shams Charania, Brown conveyed the following about his relationship with Smart.

"Me and Marcus, we've got like a brother-like relationship," expressed this year's Red Auerbach Award winner.

"Me and him have bumped heads millions of times. We’ve put each other in headlocks, arm wrestled to almost fist-fighting, all types of stuff. But all out of love. We learned. We’re passionate individuals. We learn from each other. We value each other. We’ve pushed each other over time. We’ve held each other accountable over time, and that just created that relationship now where Marcus has become a family figure in my family just because I know where I stand with that person, I know where he stands with me.

"We don’t always see eye-to-eye. But when you can look somebody (in the eye) and you could trust them and you know they’ll go to war for you, those are the type of people you want to keep around in your life. Marcus is one of those guys for sure. I know if I called him, if I needed him, he'll be there."

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