Boston Celtics: How Jaylen Brown rose to stardom for the Cs

Jaylen Brown improved his shooting efficiency

Coming into the league Jaylen Brown was unable to produce the same jumper two times in a row. His shot mechanics were off, it was almost painful to watch him shoot, especially because in college over 50% of his shots were 3 pointers.

At UC Berkeley, he shot 29% from beyond the arc, with virtually no shot creation skill off the dribble. However, he improved in his first years in the league, shooting 36% on over 3 attempts per game from the perimeter.

The real improvement came in year four–the same year his stats blew up–when he posted an all-star worthy season. In his fourth season in the league, he shot a career-high 38% from triple, on a career-high 6 attempts per game.

Now in Year 5, Brown is an efficiency guru, being one of the most efficient players league-wide, shooting 52% from the field, 42% from 3, and a whopping 53% from midrange, and 75% at the rim.

Brown has been the embodiment of productivity and has shown no signs of turning back.

Jaylen’s improvement has been in all areas shooting, up by size-able margins at every spot on the floor.

However there is a running idea that Brown is only as good as he has been because of the team around him, raising the question: if the spacing on Boston is so great, that has to be the reason, right?

Wrong.