Jaylen Brown hasn’t been himself in recent weeks, at least not on the basketball court. After sustaining an injury against the Atlanta Hawks to start the month, Brown has struggled to impact games at a high level.
Before Friday’s game against the Sacramento Kings, Brown had participated in five games since returning from an ankle sprain. Putting up 19.6 points per game in that five-game span makes it easy to overlook the 25-year-old’s struggles, but shooting splits don’t lie. Brown was hitting just 24.3% of his perimeter attempts, despite jacking up 7.4 threes a night, while his field goal percentage was 40.2% on 18 attempts per night.
Here’s the thing: when Brown is on top form, it often seems like nothing is beyond his capabilities, but when he’s struggling, the holes in his game are far more transparent. Turnovers, a propensity to dribble himself into trouble, and slow decision-making are all fair criticisms of the Celtics star wing, but they only come to the…
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