Jaylen Brown provided an honest, reflective look after the Celtics were embarrassed by the Nets during their first home NBA Cup game.

Celtics trade idea involves $58 million star big man to help Jaylen Brown compete for championship originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Going into this season, the Boston Celtics knew they would struggle finding a center to give them quality minutes.

"The team kind of feeds off me, I know that, so I gotta be better. Joe [Mazzulla] is just holding me to a higher standard." The post Jaylen Brown, Joe Mazzulla explain Brown’s first-half benching appeared first on Boston.

Jaylen Brown finished strong as the Celtics shut the door Tuesday on the Nets, but the path to get there was different from normal. Brown played just 10 minutes in a surprise first half as the Celtics went without their star player for long stretches.

Jaylen Brown scored 33 points and had 13 rebounds, Payton Pritchard added 30 points and the Boston Celtics held off the Los Angeles Clippers for a 121-118 victory on Sunday

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Walsh, who has been sitting next to Brown on team flights to road contests so far this season, also addressed his change in seating arrangements.

Nic Claxton had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists for his first NBA triple-double and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Boston Celtics 113-105 on Friday night for their first victory in the NBA Cup in-se