{"id":99385,"date":"2024-10-04T13:51:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T17:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=99385"},"modified":"2024-10-04T13:51:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T17:51:21","slug":"celtics-jaylen-brown-explains-how-orchestrate-elite-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/04\/celtics-jaylen-brown-explains-how-orchestrate-elite-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics\u2019 Jaylen Brown Explains How To Orchestrate Elite Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Celtics wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brownja02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaylen Brown<\/a> just had the best playoff run of his career. Coming away with the Eastern Conference Finals MVP, NBA Finals MVP, and the Larry O\u2019Brien Trophy, there isn\u2019t much he can complain about aside from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/08\/olympics-grant-hill-jaylen-brown-future-team-usa-eligibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">his Olympic snub<\/a>. However, Brown was left off of both the 2023-24 All-NBA and All-Defensive teams.<\/p>\n<p>For a top player, one who genuinely excels at both ends no less, it was a slap in the face. Frankly, him missing the cut for an All-Defensive team might be the biggest travesty. Though the Celtics have multiple units that thrive defensively, Brown was a commanding presence at that end. Night in and night out, he took the responsibility of guarding the other team\u2019s best player.<\/p>\n<p>It would be inaccurate to say he was a shutdown corner, so to speak. It\u2019s not as if he was holding stars to single digits. Nonetheless, they had a lot of difficulty scoring on him.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jaylen Brown - Underrated Defender (23\/24 Defensive Highlights)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i4iJLotof4o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This week, the Celtics begin their preseason, taking on the Denver Nuggets. Interestingly, this is the matchup many expected in the 2024 NBA Finals. Instead, Boston took on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/doncilu01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luka Doncic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a>, and the Dallas Mavericks. During a recent appearance on <em>Hot Ones<\/em>, Brown explained what guarding Doncic and Irving is like.<\/p>\n<h2>Celtics\u2019 Jaylen Brown Explains How To Orchestrate Elite Defense<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cBeing an elite defender, you gotta study guys\u2019 rhythm,\u201d Brown explains. \u201cIt\u2019s a rhythm and cadence to how people play. So if you see certain guys, they play to a certain beat, to a certain cadence. They play a certain style. And if you know their style, you can time what they\u2019re going to do next because you know the rhythm and the BPM (beats per minute) that they kind of play at.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jaylen Brown compared guarding Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving to listening to music \ud83c\udfb6<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuka has a unique rhythm. It\u2019s almost so slow that it\u2019s hard to time. Kyrie has a unique rhythm \u2026 I look at basketball as [music]. Everybody is playing their song \u2026 If you want to stop them\u2026 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9OjYRLhYeX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/9OjYRLhYeX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danield1214\/status\/1841948086383608196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Luka has a unique rhythm. It\u2019s almost so slow that it\u2019s hard to time. Kyrie has a unique rhythm as well, very one of one. So his moves and how his cadence is is sometimes very, very hard to time. He has a lot of counter moves. Like he can go and pivot off both feet. He can shoot with both hands. He can drive both directions. Which makes his rhythm a lot harder to track.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSome guys only go right\u2026 only go left. Some guys have two moves that they go to. So I look at basketball as like poetry in motion, which is music. Everybody is playing their own song, you know? Everybody samples from different artists and they\u2019re playing their own song. If you want to stop them, you gotta study their rhythm. You gotta learn when their beat is about to drop.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Brown\u2019s symphonic simile is an ingenious way to explain playing defense at a high level. When any player is attempting to score, they have a blueprint for how they\u2019ll get buckets. Even seemingly unpredictable players have their preferences.<\/p>\n<h3>Music Lessons<\/h3>\n<p>Irving gives \u2018having the ball on a string\u2019 a new meaning.<\/p>\n<p>Basketballs are like an extension of his hand the way he seamlessly shifts the ball from side to side, between his legs, behind his back while weaving his across the hardwood. However, he also excels at changing his speeds on his way to the rim. Knowing when Irving is likely to shift gears could help defenders like Brown when it comes to guarding the eight-time All-Star.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic, as Brown notes, plays at his own pace. A big-bodied playmaker who isn\u2019t the typical athlete, Doncic relies on power and ball-handling to create separation rather than explosiveness or agility. With that being said, Doncic is particularly fond of a particular type of jumper.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Most Efficient Stepback Jumpshooters in &#8217;23-&#8217;24&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What stands out? <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aEajz6lSHM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/aEajz6lSHM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA University (@NBA_University) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA_University\/status\/1842187500674043963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Similar to reading Irving\u2019s body like a musical composition, looking for notations that signal he\u2019s about to accelerate or decelerate, knowing when Doncic is about to step back could help an elite defender slow him down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Celtics wing Jaylen Brown just had the best playoff run of his career. Coming away with the Eastern Conference Finals MVP, NBA Finals MVP, and the Larry O\u2019Brien Trophy, there isn\u2019t much he can complain about aside from his Olympic snub. However, Brown was left off of both the 2023-24 All-NBA and All-Defensive teams. 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