Boston Celtics teammates Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are considered one of the best duos in the NBA right now, and fans can thank Brown for making this teammate pairing a reality.
As the teammates are in their seventh season together, they’ve gotten to know each other extremely well on and off the court. In fact, Brown and Tatum even knew each other before they got to the league as they were roommates at different camps growing up.
Since Brown knew Tatum before he was a rookie, former Celtics executive Danny Ainge decided to ask Brown for his opinion of Tatum while they were considering who to draft in the first round of the 2017 NBA draft. Brown’s high praise for the prospect played a big part in the Celtics selecting Tatum. The rest is history.
“I had a lot of experience with him, and I played with him on the same team so there was a lot of respect,” Brown said on Thursday. “I said, ‘I think it’s a great choice.’ Fast forward from there, we’ve been winning ever since.”