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00:00There was a spirited debate this morning about Jalen Brown
00:03and, you know, what is going on with him, is he upset, is he not upset, is like
00:09he himself has talked about his new role
00:12you know, I think last week when you were in, or maybe it was off the air, we were talking about how
00:16for four straight games he didn't speak to the media, twice he was requested and said no, no, no, no
00:19now he has since spoken to the media, so it's not like he's on this like holdout or anything, but
00:24what do you make of just everything that's around Jalen Brown right now?
00:27I think there's a couple things that play into it, first of all, with them playing 500, he always wears the loss as tough
00:33like that's always been his thing and clearly it hasn't changed even after a championship
00:38I also think just his play and how, on both ends of the floor, how he's been playing is
00:42getting frustrating to him, shooting career lows from three and the field
00:46and I think a lot of that has to do with he doesn't think he's getting the same opportunity going because they mess with that sub-pattern
00:53because it's messing with his rhythm, and basketball players are just, they're creatures of habit, so
00:58when you mess with that rhythm, on top of this he's missed games in and out of the lineup with injuries, so
01:03when you mess with that rhythm, I think it's really, he thinks this is impacting his play throughout the year
01:07because he is shooting career lows, so I think that's part of it
01:11So he is, he's averaging, compared to last season, so it was two years ago where he was All-NBA second team
01:17which triggered the Supermax, last year, not an All-NBA player, but he like just missed
01:22and he was an All-Star and all that, he's playing more minutes this year, he's taking more shots
01:28and he's taking more threes, and his assists are up, because, you know, talking about being a playmaker
01:32so he's distributing the ball a little bit more, and his points per game is pretty much identical to what it was a year ago
01:38So like, maybe it is the losses that he's kind of wearing hard, but I feel like his overall play
01:44kind of on board with what it was last year, and yet he sounds different
01:48Part of it as well, and this is just like a speculation, is he really takes pride in setting the tone
01:54and I think that's because that is his time to insert himself into the game, right?
01:58You know Jason's gonna be the guy down the stretch
02:00Tatum, but Tatum won't do that, yeah, and that's not Tatum's strong suit either
02:03That's one thing I like about Jalen, is he can do it, Tatum won't do it
02:06He can do it, yeah, but now that they're getting back to that, like, that's Jalen's time to shine
02:11That's his time to set the table, whereas come the end of the game, right, you know it's gonna be Jason down the stretch