This past month has been a huge adjustment for former Boston Celtics wing Jaylen Brown, as well as the team’s fanbase. For the first time in his 10-year career, Brown will be suiting up for another franchise, after he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers last month.
While the dust was still settling from the trade, Brown fired up one of his Twitch streams and shared an honest, vulnerable reaction to his shocking exit from Boston. Since then, JB hadn’t done any streams from his desk, just while he’s been skydiving.
Monday he was back in his apartment (presumably in Boston, since that’s where he was streaming from throughout the season) to chop it up with his viewers. If there’s one part of the steam that made it to your timeline, it was probably Brown putting a 76ers jersey on for the first time.
Can you imagine seeing this three months ago??
https://t.co/jYjKx3YnK8 pic.twitter.com/eJhi5avWga
— Sam LaFrance (@SamLaFranceNBA) August 4, 2026
Brown donning the black throwback Sixers uni was pretty offputting for all involved -- including him.
“I ain’t gonna lie, this is the first-ever jersey in the NBA besides the Boston jersey that I’ve even put on,” Brown said. “Just now, just right now here on chat. I just realized, this is my first time ever in 10 years I’ve been playing in the NBA, wearing another jersey for another team. It honestly feels weird, you know what I mean? But it looks fire.”
Fire isn’t the word I’d use, if we’re being honest. Maybe more dire.
Also, the standard issue 76ers jerseys are better than the throwbacks. Sorry if this offends.
As someone who enjoyed watching Brown represent the Celtics for the past decade, it’s nice to see that he seems to be in better spirits about the trade. Don’t get it twisted, once the ball is thrown up, we’ll have to cut the sentimental stuff out.
Jaylen Brown seems focussed or refocussed as he joins the 76ers
It sure sounds like that’s his plan. Even before he was traded, Brown consistently voiced that the outside noise was fueling his offseason work ethic. Back in June, he promised fans that a better version of him was coming, despite just having had an All-NBA level season.
His move to Philly seems to have added even more fuel to the fire.
“I’m more inspired to win than anything,” he added Monday. “I felt like I’ve been a little bit disrespected in this process, for whatever reason, from people that I thought valued me and everything that I brought to the team and the city. I found out quickly that may or may not be the case, so I want to win more than anything.”
Ironically, I don’t think there was ever any doubt as to whether or not winning was the top priority for the 2016 No. 3 overall pick, who said he’d go to war for the city on draft night. Well, no doubt until last season.
The 2025-26 Celtics were a fun ride that probably ended up right where it was meant to be -- a first-round exit. Once Jayson Tatum was set to miss a large chunk of the season with an Achilles tear, and the front office was forced to part ways with Al Horford, Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Holiday, and Luke Kornet, expectations shriveled up for Boston. Half the fanbase wanted to tank, the other half just wanted to see the season play out.
At this point, you could probably argue that either side had the right idea, but, I digress.
The Celtics proved a lot of people wrong. Brown proved a lot of people wrong and took tons of pride in doing so.
Maybe even too much pride. Once he began consistently naming last season as his favorite, despite winning an NBA Championship two years prior, some fans began to question whether winning was the top priority or if it was being the No. 1 option -- a burden Brown carried for the first time in his career with Tatum out.
Maybe the front office had those same questions, and it motivated them to avoid any potential power struggle by just moving on from JB. Those questions might’ve been valid. They might have not been.
Regardless, Brown is publicly erasing any doubt as he heads south on I-95 (or whatever route Apple Maps takes him on).
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