The Dallas Mavericks head coach insists he was not 'trying to start something' by calling Brown the Boston Celtics' best player.
) calling Kidd out for trying to play mind games and drive a wedge between Brown and fellow Boston superstar Jayson Tatum. Kidd, Kidd was asked about Brown and yet again insisted he was not trying to "start something" between his opponent's best players. He pointed out the fact that Brown was coming off an Eastern Conference Finals MVP award and the overall impression he got that Brown was playing his best basketball at the right time.
"He was playing the best, I think, at the time," Kidd said. "Some took it as, I was trying to start something. But he had just won the Eastern Conference MVP, and then he actually ended up winning the MVP in the Finals. So I don't know if I was wrong. But as we know, media can sometimes take it as, I was trying to start something between Jayson and Jaylen. It wasn't that. I was just making a comment that Jaylen is playing at a high level. Holiday agreed.
"But Jaylen was. Jaylen was playing his best basketball at the right time and I made that comment. Some took it as I was trying to start something, but I wasn't."Regardless of the intention behind Kidd's comments, there is no bad blood between him and Brown. They appeared on the above podcast together because they. Both attended the University of California Berkley. The pair may have battled in ways on the court, but off it they seem to share similar values.
Ultimately Brown was, indeed, the Celtics' best player in that series, as is reflected by his Finals MVP award. Kidd and his Mavericks will get their first shot at revenge in January of 2025, when they host Boston for the first of two matchups next season.Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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