window[‘TVEPlayer’] = “1705741332549379442”;
if( typeof window[‘NEILSENTRACE’] !== ‘undefined’ ){
window[‘NEILSENTRACE’].init();
} else {
console.log(“Neilsen not ready at player ready”);
}
// Fix for PRDT-3013
// Code will check for presence of brightcove player and attempt to autoplay if it isn’t playing
// due to an error in another player plugin
( () => {
try {
const CHECK_INTERVAL = 500; //check every .5 seconds
const CHECK_MAX_ITERATIONS = 120; //check for max 60 seconds
//checks that the video isn’t playing
const isVideoPlaying = ( player ) => {
return !!( 0 < player.currentTime() && !player.paused() && !player.ended() && 2 {
if ( !window[ 'videojs' ] || !window[ 'videojs' ].getPlayer( window[ 'TVEPlayer' ] ) ) {
if ( checkCount++ <= CHECK_MAX_ITERATIONS ) { //retry for 60 seconds
setTimeout( checkForPlayer, CHECK_INTERVAL );
}
} else {
//we found the player, now play it
const player = window[ 'videojs' ].getPlayer( window[ 'TVEPlayer' ] );
if ( player && !isVideoPlaying( player ) && 'muted' === player.autoplay() ) {
player.play();
}
}
};
checkForPlayer();
} catch ( e ) {
window.nesn_debug && console.warn( 'Error trying to force autoplay of video', e ); // eslint-disable-line no-console
}
} )();
Jaylen Brown had plenty of time to clean the champagne and confetti off his NBA Finals MVP trophy this offseason, and along with preparing for a title defense with the Boston Celtics in 2024-25, the 27-year-old tapped into his creative side and released a debut single in collaboration with A$AP Ferg — “Just Do It.”
Although the music video has raked up nearly half a million views on YouTube, Brown, who’s accustomed to on-court scrutiny, has now opened the door for music critics to insert their two cents — or former New England Patriots quarterbacks. Cam Newton, an on-the-record hip-hop aficionado, gave Brown’s studio work a chance and followed up the first listen with an honest review along with a piece of advice.
“Are you listening to this (expletive) in the club, bro?” Newton said on the “4th&1” podcast. “… This is no disrespect. This is just keeping it a big buck, bro. People ain’t consuming (Brown) in that type of regard. The best rapper I ever heard rap that was a athlete: Dame (Lillard). He’s a basketball player, bro. A lot of people can rap that are athletes. But we’re talking about numbers. They’re not gonna do no numbers, bro.”
Brown subliminally fired shots at Nike — the three-time All-Star’s arch-nemesis corporation — while presumably directing a few verbal strikes toward Los Angeles Clippers guard Kevin Porter Jr., the former partner of Brown’s current girlfriend Kysre Gondrezick. It wasn’t the first time we’ve seen an NBA player — which Newton mentioned — step foot into the hip-hop scene, however, stirring the pot with the NBA’s uniform and apparel producer (Nike) and Porter, who’s been arrested for allegedly attacking Gondrezick in a hotel room in 2020, is more than just a studio-experimenting project.
The Celtics are 42 days away from raising their record-setting 18th banner at TD Garden and opening up the season against the New York Knicks. Brown’s first swing at a music career might not produce a platinum track, but the soon-to-be nine-year veteran is poised to chase a second consecutive championship, which no team has accomplished since the Golden State Warriors (in 2017, ’18).