Boston Celtics champion big man Kevin Garnett keeps tabs on the team he won a title with, and when he saw a major part of the Celtics’ future in a slump as a rookie, he made a call to motivate a younger Jaylen Brown.
Speaking to NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg in a recent interview, the freshly-minted first-time All-Star related how KG left a message about Brown’s body language on the bench looked, and what he ought to do about it. “I can’t say all the words because there was a lot of curse words in it,” shared the Cal-Berkeley product. “Like, ‘Pick your (expletive) head up, right now.’”
It evidently helped motivate Brown, who took it to heart, along with the respect he continues to have for the Big Ticket’s game.
“I can’t say all the words because there was a lot of curse words in it … Like, ‘Pick your M-Fing head up, right now.'”
— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) March 4, 2021
Jaylen Brown has come a long way since his rookie year. And KG provided some tough love at the start of his journey to All-Star.https://t.co/rlRVxN1GkI pic.twitter.com/HBDyjwrQGP
Watch the clip embedded above to hear Brown’s account of that message yourself — we can almost hear KG shouting from here.
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