A So-Called 'Analytics Guy' Thinks Jaylen Brown Is a SEVENTH-BEST Player and It Will Make You Scream

Alright, Seattle, pull up a chair because I just heard something so utterly ridiculous, so mind-bogglingly stupid, that I had to immediately fire up the laptop. We're talking about Jaylen Brown here, a guy who two years ago was a Finals MVP, and is fresh off his best season as a pro. So how is it possible that an "analytics guy" out there thinks he's only the *seventh-best player* on a team? Yeah, I'm shaking my head too. This isn't just a bad take, it's an assessment so far off the mark it makes you wonder what planet some of these folks are on.

The Wild Ride of Jaylen Brown's Trade Value

The whole Jaylen Brown situation is a total mess, honestly. It's confusing how a team goes from building around a guy, adding pieces on the margins to support him, to suddenly fielding calls from everyone about trading him. It's truly hard to comprehend. On one hand, you have Brad Stevens, who's apparently asking for the whole world in a trade package, treating Brown like he's prime LeBron James. That makes sense when you consider Brown's recent performance. But then, on the flip side, you hear reports that other teams around the league aren't nearly as high on him. Sure, Portland seems really interested, but generally, it sounds like typical negotiating games, with teams trying to drive down his value through the media. Everyone probably expects to meet somewhere in the middle eventually.

Bobby Marks Just Dropped the Most

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Ridiculous Take of the Year But here's where things get absolutely bonkers. Bobby Marks, the ESPN insider and former Nets assistant GM, was on SiriusXM and relayed an evaluation that legitimately boggles the mind. Marks said, "The analytics of Jaylen Brown are not good ... there are some people out there that look at that more deeper than what the eye test says." Okay, I'm listening. But then Marks continued, "I had one, not an executive, but an analytics guy, say 'yea we view him as like a seventh-best player on a team.' I was like holy crap." Holy crap is right! That's literally the only sane reaction to such an insane statement.

Seriously, What Even IS That Evaluation?

Look, we can sit here and debate all day if Jaylen Brown is a number one, number two, or even a third option on a team. I'll listen to those discussions. But if anyone, anywhere, says Brown should be the *second player off the bench*, they do not belong in the NBA. Period. Full stop. This is among the worst assessments of talent I have ever heard, and it seriously makes me think that the person who said it works for a team that will never, ever truly become a winner. The only universe where Jaylen Brown is the seventh-best player on a team is if we're talking about an All-NBA ballot, and even then, he was voted sixth-best. Even if team evaluations differ from media ones, there's just no way he ranks that low. Honestly, this whole situation just gives Brown more fuel for his anti-analytics fire, and who can blame him after hearing something like that?

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