Celtics star Jaylen Brown rips Stephen A Smith in heated livestream rant
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Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s season may be over, but his rivalry with ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith heated up over the weekend.
Brown was live and went after Smith once again after the sports expert told the NBA guard to “be quiet.” Smith had previously responded to Brown by accusing NBA referees of setting an “agenda” against him after the Philadelphia 76ers came back from a 3-1 deficit to win the series against the Celtics.
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Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown is on the court before game seven of the 2026 NBA Playoffs first round against the Philadelphia 76ers at TD Garden on May 2, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Winslow Townson/Imagn Images)
The five-time All-Star wrote to X earlier this month that he would “keep quiet” when Smith retires.
“Did he just say I should be quiet? Be quiet for who?” He said Sunday night. “Dude, f— Stephen A. Stephen A, Stephen B, Stephen C. My offer still stands. You’re asking me to be quiet and stop publishing, and I want you to be quiet and step away from these networks because you’re not using your platform to do real journalism. You’re using your platform to commit clickbait.”
“Tell this mom to retire, because at that point she’s becoming the face of the clickbait media, and maybe with her retirement we can ignite a movement to get the rest of these moms out of here — or some kind of… forget journalistic integrity, real honesty to hold themselves accountable to the bulls — what they put out there.”
Stephen A. Smith questioned whether NBA players felt safe in Memphis, and Grizzlies guard Ja Morant responded during an NBA event in 2024. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
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Brown analyzed a clip of Smith talking about the absence of Jayson Tatum on his broadcast, and suggested that this was the reason Smith was called a “clown”.
It’s safe to say that the Celtics had a better season than NBA fans expected. Boston entered this year without Tatum due to a ruptured Achilles tendon during last year’s playoffs.
However, Brown played in 71 games and averaged 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists. Brown said Smith failed to understand how leadership and team chemistry helped lift the Celtics to higher levels than expected.
The Celtics went 56-26 and won the Atlantic Division.
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown dribbles during the first quarter against the Philadelphia 76ers at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 30, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)
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Smith previously said Brown should “keep quiet” unless he forces the Celtics to trade him.
