Patriots LB Ja’Whaun Bentley lauds Boston Celtics for ignoring made-up rumors, praises team leaders

New England Patriots LB Ja'Whaun Bentley shouted out Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum for ignoring the rumors made up about the two Boston Celtics Supermax stars and shouted out Al Horford in a tribute to the defending NBA Champions.

“Congrats to the Celtics, man," Bentley said (h/t NESN). "Heck of a run. Seeing those guys fight through adversity, fight through all the naysayers and things like that, every week it was something different. People was trying to come up with different things, but they kept their head down and focused on the main task. They didn’t let none of the outside noise kind of affect what they was doing.

“The leadership with Al Horford, (Jayson Tatum), (Jaylen Brown), all those guys and the role players they had too, they dominated in their role, and I feel like that’s something every team, not just us, can take from and kind of implement into our game. Whether that’s watching how they do pregame, how they keeping their head down and just working, I thought it was all just beautiful. It’s always good to see teams that fight like that reap the benefits of that so congrats to them and coach (Joe) Mazzulla, too.”

Certainly, Bentley knows a thing or two about the media driving a wedge between two members of a franchise -- his Patriots head coach until now, Bill Belichick, and Tom Brady, were constantly linked to disagreements and disarray behind the scenes.

The Pats too won titles despite the noise.

Jaylen Brown still being accused of having issues with a Boston Celtics teammate

Those who lived off of forcing a narrative that there's a rift between Tatum and Brown are in shambles after Banner 18 was won, but they did recently have one last stand in the driving a wedge narrative: trying to put Brown and Derrick White against each other after the former voiced his displeasure with Nike snubbing him from Team USA.

Brown addressed it with White, though.

"I called Derrick right away," Brown said (h/t ESPN). "Just to make sure there's no confusion, my love for you and all of that. He knew that, and he did. You don't always gotta make everything public. Me and D-White are good."

Brown remains undefeated against the allegations. As he continues to overcome them and win hardware, it will only add to his burgeoning legacy in Boston.