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

Jaylen Brown improved his handles and shot creation

According to NBA Draft’s scouting reports, a part of Jaylen Brown’s game that was regarded as a weakness coming into the league was his inability to create his own shot.

To make matters worse, his handle was pretty loose, he had virtually no post moves, and his shooting numbers off the dribble were very lackluster.

If nothing else, he was projected to be a solid defender, with some catch and shoot ability, and while that was largely the case through his first three seasons, it is far from the truth now.

Brown has become an adept shot-creator, often uses his patented midrange crossover into a pull-up jumper, or crossover into a hesitation to get his defender off his feet for an easy lane to the jumper.

He is posting career-low assisted shot percentages, going from 50% of his two-pointers assisted to 45%, and 88% of his 3’s assisted to just 75%.

He also has improved his isolation scoring, going from a 35% scoring frequency in isolation to 45%, showing he can score on his own and he does not need to just be a catch and shoot player to be effective.

On the topic of catch and shoot, he is shooting a career-low in terms of catch and shoot frequency, going from over 26% of his 3’s being on catch and shoot jumpers, to just 20%.

You can just tell watching Brown play this year that he could definitely be a serviceable number one option on a team, something you could not have said in years prior.

One thing is for sure, the narrative that he needs Jayson Tatum to be an effective player is objectively false.