I think the Media is part to blame for the fans reaction to Jaylen Brown. If you go back to the tape of Jaylen getting drafted, the ESPN analyzers went on and on about Danny trading the pick. They made it seem like a given that a trade was imminent. A backlash resulted when no trade happened. Jaylen is going to be a great player, he has nearly identical stats in the first year of college as Pierce.
Bro whether you agreed with me in the past or not about all my predictions that actually turned out to be true so far, you get my TP for this reply.
I've stated over n over how not to fall into the media trap. I never expected any fireworks, never expected a draft day trade that would land us a Jimmy Butler or Paul George, Demarcus Cousins and I never thought Danny would be dumb enough to make a trade with Philly and reward them even more for tanking the season. Why give them Dunn for Noel or Okafor while we can draft Jaylen Brown as our future Paul Pierce type player we need ?
Jaylen Brown is that player this team was lacking. Now let me tell you that in a few years when we have two all stars on the team and we need that one player to get us over the top, Jaylen Brown will be part of that next big three. Who the other two will be is the question but we do have 3 more drafts with either high lottery picks an an unprotected to find them.
I love this pick and I strongly feel this year was a very important year for the rebuild. We just made our future even brighter by not trading away a valuable pick for a guy who's got maybe a 4 year window. I want ten years of greatness not 4.