Is Jaylen Brown Right to Be Upset about His Team USA Olympics Snub? | The Rich Eisen Show
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Rich Eisen reacts to USA Basketball’s controversial move to replace Kawhi Leonard with Derrick White instead of his Celtics teammate Jaylen Brown.
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I’m so sick of hearing about “marketability” when it comes to Olympic basketball. Who cares which player is more popular, just put the best team on the floor
Politics is business, business is politics. Not saying that’s the way it should be, but money makes the world turn
Yeah Derick White is more marketable than Jaylen Brown. I also find it amusing how instead of congratulating his teammates, Jaylen is bitching on twitter. Seems like they made the right choice, don’t need that selfishness on the roster. Everyone is sacrificing, don’t need his inflated ego on the court.
All the NBA cares about is economics and marketability. Don't be silly.
@@supermanblackeditionTHERE IS NO WAY YOU CHOOSE 3 CELTICS FOR A 12 MAN ROSTER AND NOT CHOOSE, JAYLEN BROWN. 🤡🤡
Jalen can keep tweeting that while he watches team USA from his couch
Kawhi Leonard had ZERO business being on that team over Jaylen Brown considering his injury history! Second, you can't have three Celtics on there and leave Brown off when he's better than both Holiday and White. Third, the fact that he was FMVP makes this even more egregious 🤦🏾♂️.
You can't fault him for being upset as this decision seems personal and not about what's BEST for USA basketball!
not an nba fan at all but if it comes on espn i listen. How can a dude be this good with so many accomplishments didn't get the nod made no sense to me from the outside either
Doesnt matter. Jrue Holiday is essential for Team USA and is the debatable best perimeter defender in the world. Jaylen is none of those things
@@willisstillhere8846you're missing the point, regardless of that Brown would've been great in place of Kawhi or even Dwhite you bringing up Jrue has nothing to do with the conversation because Jrue didn't take JBs place
Its all about the swoosh
Despite Grant Hill trying to "white"-wash what transpired, there is ZERO way that this decision is not meant as a punishment, against Jalen Brown, specifically, in exactly the same way that Michael Jordan, another Nike connection, shamefully f'ked Isiaih Thomas out of his hard-earned rightful spot on the Dream Team.
Nothing makes sense on this US team but Brown has a NBA ring and that's a marvelous accomplishment.
And finals mvp
@@Tragic_Magic23Let’s hope he uses this snub to help Boston repeat.
USA “Nike” Basketball ruled out Kyrie and JB because they don’t support Nike
PIN THIS COMMENT! L
Sad
What does Nike do that adidas doesn’t didn’t they cancel Kanye of his Jew comments
Fact
If Jaylen Brown has an 'Ego" problem, he wouldnt give room for tatum on the same team.
Not true Tatum never better than brown
Should we talk about Jaylen Brown critizing Phil Knight over his comments about Kyrie Irving and pulling his Nike contract (Kyrie)? Hell do we think anyone can stay in front of Kyrie in the Olympics?
Only the entire team USA.
@@urikamoment🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️😂🤣😂 That’s funny, because Antman, the best defender on the USA team without a Healthy Kawhi, couldn’t shut Kyrie down.
JB, JT, Jrue, white and horford had to combine together to shut him down
@@PD-qu8dqJrue is a better defender than Anthony Edwards… Jayson Tatum as well. Also, this team doesn’t need more one on one playmakers lmao. I mean what, are you really gonna argue that Kyrie should get the ball over Steph, KD, Embiid, or Lebron?
@@PD-qu8dq Nah, all it took was a few "Kyrie Sucks" chants to do that. If you think anyone was combining efforts on Kyrie and always singling Luka, you know less ball than my 3 year old nephew.
Brown should have been on the team that’s it.
It’s not a ego thing, it’s a blind leading the blind thing, JB stands on principle he speaks his mind and holds nothing back and WE love that no matter what Nike think 🚮
JB and Caitlin Clark should do a Big 3 game during the Olympics, That would be the ultimate get back.
@@PD-qu8dq 💯
Yeah because adidas is not as bad as Nike
Grant Hill sounds as ridiculous as the women’s team lady explain why Caitlin Clark isn’t on the team. Lol
This is why the mainstream media continues to fail its audience. As far as player archetype, Leonard, Brown and White are all considered two way players. What does Derrick White offer that Jaylen Brown does not? I'd argue Jaylen is closer to a Kawhi level player than DW and he has the finals MVP to prove it. So if Kawhi was a fit and Derrick White is a fit, why didn't a single reporter press Grant Hill to explain exactly why Jaylen is NOT a fit? They just let him spew a complete non-answer with no push back. Hell, there is more evidence to support the NIKE conspiracy theory than Hill's "basketball fit" argument. Something isn't so just because Grant Hill said it.
As for SAS and his sources. He SHOULD reveal his source because his source is a coward who PLANTED a negative narrative about JB in the media. You think this guy doesn't expect someone like SAS to spill some hearsay garbage on a player to compromise their standing in the league while remaining completely anonymous? Anonymity is for whistleblowers, not sleazy insiders who want to slander people with impunity. If you're going to take a shot at someone, put your name on it.
Amen to this entire comment 💯
Derrick White doesn't need the ball in his hands to make an impact and he can make an impact in small role (aka not getting a lot of shots and touches). That's what he brings to the table. Can Brown and Leonard do what White does? Yeah. The problem however is that at this stage of their career you have to get them shots and/or touches in order for them to do those things. Otherwise you would have a similar situation with Ingram at the World Cup last year.
How is Jaylen Brown NOT on the team? Rich Eisen is hating.....
So Grant Hill said that Jaylen Brown isn’t a great fit on the Celtics ?
This is an unbearable segment.
Totally agree!!!
Rich is slightly tainted by association by being a champion of Stephen A.
Naw Rich has an issue with JB because he stuck up for Kyrie and remember Rich called out Kyrie for that Anti Semetic movie. SAS has no point and is an ego maniac.
Everything is politics. Your job your school your hobbies everything
So true
So you support cancel culture when it is someone you want cancelled. Gotcha.
Kawhi didn’t bow out on his own. Team USA execs plus the GM(?) for the clippers asked him not to participate after watching a practice and having concerns for his knee. Idk how you guys don’t know that-it was reported as soon as it was announced all over twitter 😂😂
Media missing the point like always . JBs values and views towards the league and social political views is why the NBA/Nike are trying to avoid.
I thought the point was to put out the best team out there.
If that’s not the case, then the decision makers should be let go
@brianbautista6499 exactly! It's really hitting me that they're actually trying to tear him down because he doesn't play "their game". They all know exactly why he wasn't selected and it has nothing to do with what they're saying here smn
This was in the works for over a month though - during one of the Finals games in Dallas, Woj said that Derrick White would replace Kawhi Leonard if he could not go. SAS took a shot at Leonard and said "Congratulations for making Team USA Derrick White!"
Jaylen* Brown
They’ve been misspelling a lot of names lately lol it’s so lazy
Nike is hosting or sponsoring the Olympics and only 3 players aren't Nike -- Steph, Anthony Edwards and Kawhi...hmmmm
Yup brand sponsors didn't matter in the selection process. Right? We agree that this is about what the team needs and the fit.
Neither is Joel he wears sketchers.
Grant got up there lying lol
Brown already got his huge contract + the ring and FMVP. Being left off is going to make this guy a killer next season, just more fuel for the fire.
20 years ago the 2004 team was a bunch of rookies and guys that didn’t make sense. That was not the best team put out
If I remember, Shaq and Kobe weren’t even on the team
A big reason for that is because a lot of the stars at that time backed out for multiple different reasons
@@corpyhogan4433 it was the year they felt that any random group of USA players would just win the gold. Got greedy after 1992, 1996, and 2000 success.
A lot of the top players bowed out due to travel concerns (first Olympics after 9/11) and plus at that point NBA players didn’t really see winning Olympic gold as being that important. The irony is that the 04 US team losing is what led NBA players to value winning gold more.
I guess it’s cool when SAS takes cheap jabs.
Its clearly because of his outspoken progressive views
No, the NBA and it's sponsors do not care about that. In fact, they encourage it but it's easy for people to make this mistake.
What they want it for everyone to be on the same side when it comes to business. Brown isn't afraid to criticize Nike publicly and that is a huge no-no. All anyone there cares about is money and anyone that can be an issue on the financial side cannot be trusted. That's how corporations work.
@@stickman1742 what do you mean no? Thats exactly what Im saying, speaking out about corporations and systemic inequalities stems from his progressive views
Factz!
@@nolanwoods4173not a single company in America today has an issue with "progressive" views. Conservative views are what is getting attacked for decades now.
Doesn’t matter if his views stem from being progressive or not, clearly this guy is telling you the nba ONLY cares about the bottom line.
So if the progressive views didn’t effect the bottom line it’s no problem…
However speaking out against Nike clearly effects the bottom line.
You're answering the wrong question. Tell me any other conference MVP (although Jaylen might have been the first) and Finals MVP who wasn't asked to play for the Olympic team. He shouldn't even have been a possible alternate. He should have been placed solidly on the team. This is a really bad call and bad look. Oh, and he just won the ESPY award.
It's an outspoken black guy that's against apartheid .you Guys would not understand.
Rich is pro-Apartheid
Mate he takes money from adidas who cancelled Kanye
We stand with JB
Does Rich Eisen get paid by Democrat party to parrot their talking points..?
The Olympic team wasn't formed based strictly on talent. Personality and mental toughness is just as important, which is why so many old guys made the team. Team USA's roster is built as a TEAM rather than 12 individuals.
Jaylen Brown would not have been a good fit for the team. Taking it a step further, he would have been toxic.
Nah I’m with Jaylen on this one, dude continues to get disrespected. He’s got an ego? No more than embiid who shouldn’t even be on the team. And I love Anthony Edwards don’t get me wrong, but if Jaylen Brown has an ego than Ant has the biggest ego of all time😂 If you’re gonna make excuses for JB not making the team at least try a little harder to make sense😅
Real basketball fans know who the Celtics were getting when they traded for White.
As a Sixers fan I was UPSET. Still am 😅
I think the last year has really highlighted how biased a lot of these shows and commentators are. Obviously Rich has connections with some of the guys in the industry, so he won't stand with Brown. But it's very clear that brown was snubbed for his views. "Ego", "marketability", stop it lmao you got the likes of Derrick white on the team
jaylen Brown looking to get his French Citizenship real quick.
Either player, I'm cool with honestly.... My issue is WTF is Hali doing on this team????
Embiid needs to go.
I'm not buying what Grant Hill is selling because if it's about "team" as he says, then why have Kawhi in the first place and then replace him with a smaller guard?!?! Everyone on the team has at one time been an all-star except White and that makes everything else Hill says irrelevant.
Leonard was more or less an experiment. They could've outright said no to Leonard if they wanted to because of those injury concerns. White was their contingency pick in case Leonard bowed out due to injury. White was the one that they wanted anyway. They just decided to give Leonard a chance first.
imagine getting conference finals MVP and Finals MVP and the league is like, gotta try harder next time bruh
Imagine also that he wouldn’t be a good fit with two of his fellow teammates who are on Team USA and all three just won the chip. LOL
Should’ve already been on the team over Hali. Don’t give me that nonsense about we need two point guards when Curry Ant and Lebron can all handle the ball
Its all ridged what a joke the nba is
Dude has a responsibility TO STAKEHOLDERS (too) and has to put a team that everyone can agree on. He knows damn well that we understand the situation but he has to play his role (look at his non verbal communication).
Normally we would have had the same sentences about the president and committee being in constant in conversation with the HC throughout the process to have the right pieces just like they tell us before every Team USA competitions.
Nike is the issue
Everything that Grant Hill said he was looking for in a player is exactly what Jaylen Brown is.Its so disrespectful for Hill to say basically JB wouldn't help them win thats crazy
Not exactly. Can Brown do those things? Absolutely. However just like with Kawhi, JB was going to need shot attempts and touches to get him to do that. Neither one would've been happy if they didn't get a lot of touches (similar to Ingram with the world cup team last year). At least with Leonard you would've been able to get away with not playing him much. You don't have any of these problems with White.
Can y'all spell his name right atleast?
*JAYLEN*
FFS get his name right. It’s not hard.
He knows he’s a Israelite and they hate him
He ain’t no israelite!
Yes, Jaylen Brown is right to be upset. Of course, USA Basketball is mistaken. Still, how he responded speaks volumes. Taking to social media is not a team play move. The American public can express their disapproval for his snub, on his behalf. Now he takes away excitement for the team and all the good vibes they have already generated. He puts both White and Tatum in an awkward position. I support his inclusion but his stance isn't making him any fans with the powers-that-be.
How you know JB ain’t talk to them before the tweet? They may stand with JB privately
Only they would know. But it’s a PR nightmare for anyone on the team to side with JB publicly. He put them on the spot. And we’re talking about this thing instead of cheering for the team. Peace!
Leaving the Finals MVP out will prove to be a huge mistake.
The people defending Derrick White are only saying “Hey he’s a pretty good player,” “Y’all don’t know how good Derrick White is,” etc. they’re completely sidestepping the issue. The immediate issue is, Jaylen Brown is significantly better than Derrick White. The broader issue is, is Derrick White among the dozen or so best that the United States has to offer? If you actually genuinely are dumb enough to think so, then you must acknowledge America has a *massive* basketball problem.
Buds they didnt replace kawhi. Happy with stars they added 12th man
It's not about defending White over Brown or other available NBA players. It's about fit, which they've said from the start. And I think White fits far better with this squad than Brown or Leonard. They don't need more scoring, they need a distributor and elite defender. Brown would've fit the latter but not the former.
He is not significantly better. Stop it. The man benefits from a weak league..weak era..of OVERRATED players..top the bottom in the league. The man can barely dribble. He averaged..what..20 points in a FINALS and THAT is the MVP!?!?! He was not dominate…and they have to give the MVP to someone.
@@marcelmarshall4240 You talking like defense doesn't matter. U should keep ur mouth shut. Jaylen Brown should be in the mf:in team.
@@marcelmarshall4240he’s overrated if u think he’s one of the best players in the the league.
Let’s cut the BS. Nike pick the Olympic team.
Stephen A. Fetchit is no better than Stephen in Django Unchained
TJ JEFFERSON….. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
THANK YOU FOR FINALLY GROWING SOME 🏀’s and PUSHING BACK!!!! I was wondering why are you always silent over there! You’re RIGHT ABOUT STEVE A SMITH AND YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT Jaylen Brown! He’s worth over 300 million and a finals MVP! How is Steve A Smith fake a** taking a victory lap?! And Chris fake too! Jalen Brown supposed to be ya man’s. 🙄
JAYLEN BROWN> Derrick White. 😂
And Derrick White > Tyrese Haliburton
Stephen starting unnecessary shyt. I'd be madd to Jaylin BUT 1. ITS A WHOLE TEAM OF ALIST SHOOTERS! 2. THEY DONT NEED 1 MORE 1ST TEAM SLASHER SHOOTER STARTING. 3. WHO GON PLAY DEFENSE AND DO DIRTY WORK, LOOSE BALLS..ETC 4. KYRIE CAN SAY THE SAME THING 😮
Brown isn't needed. Should he be mad? Of course but White is legitimately a better fit! Brown isn't the type of player to just play a role. He's the finals MVP and would no doubt come in with his chest out running his mouth! Tell me I'm wrong! That's who he has been his entire career!
As a knicks fan,.. in what world do you pick white over J Brown?! Make it make sense!
He has the right to be upset about his name being misspelled on the video. I mean, he is the NBA Finals MVP.
If it motivates him to go ultra terminator mode and take it out on the league next season, I'm all for it. Is he RIGHT that it was anything more than a basketball decsion? No, of course not. Frankly, if I'm Grant Hill, I'm giving him a call and saying, "Hey JB, ixnay on the Nikay--I'm making the calls here."
the fact Grant Hill is scrutinized for not being able to put together a team that's not clear cut, speaks volumes for today's NBA players. During the original dream team, the roster was obvious to blind ppl, unless you're detroit fan
Weird that having an ego is an issue coming from Stephen A Smith? Smiths ego is bigger than JBs.
His ego? Cmon. Most super stars have massive egos, that's a given. It's because he's been outspoken against Nike and Israel, and the Olympic people just dont want to do deal with all that. Plain and simple.
Yeah! Take that, South Sudan!
I can't believe they picked Flagg over Bronny
Does this really need to be a question? This reeks of corporations wanting to muzzle a player who they feel "doesn't play ball "with them...Its pathetic and it show we are in need of new leadership
No matter Hill , Stephen A etc..@Jaylen Brown belongs to Team USA Olympic.
The only thing I’ll give you…is that it involves a teammate. Jaylen is 90% right. And TJ is just saying Isiah is an all timer, even though he didn’t make an Olympic team.
derrick white being a role player who won't moan is such a bs excuse, what are we doing here? The team has 10+ all stars and almost all of them future hall of famer but brown is the one who will cry and be egoistic?
Steven A is a company guy. Also I’m certain Brown and White talked about this before Brown pushed send. And respect to JB for having the guts to point it out. If That’s why he’s not marketable than more power to him. Too many cowards running around here.
Any player that just won the MVP in both the Conf Finals and NBA Championship on a talented team would feel slighted here. He was terrific guarding arguably the most talented and dangerous offensive player of the playoffs. It was he that time after time made the biggest plays for the Celtics when things were tight.
After last's season's loss in the finals Brown was determined he was not going into this off-season without the Celts winning the NBA Championship.
And what do you know he somehow accomplished that without wearing Nike' sneakers!
These takes are horrible. Jaylen has every right to call it out if he wants. How is it juvenile?
Stephen A is wrong for the way he approached the situation. Need to be careful about situations like this. Imagine if it was YOU?
The statement is nonsensical when you could have a damn near like-for-like replacement for Kawhi in JB..
Derrick white was definitely the best choice here
Nike sponsoring this show? Cos these clowns ain't showing JB the proper respect.
Interesting how they had 3 Celtics on there already
Team USA/Nike crooked af. Kyrie calls out Nike child labor. JB backs him. Now both blacklisted. Dame and Donovan too for repping Addidas.
I’ll never understand why fans want to hate on analysts like SAS for simply relaying what their sources are saying. ITS NOT THEIR THOUGHTS/OPINIONS ITS WHAT SOURCES ARE TELLING THEM. Starting to wonder if some of y’all are slow or just don’t understand the concept of reporting intel via anonymous sources
Also hilarious bc the past 1-2 years SAS has been reporting things from his sources (NBA and NFL) and every time he’s met with an initial wave of hate…just to be proved right a few months later (this time was much quicker, regardless of if the “cause” stated by the sources were correct or not, is JB on the team? Alright then). Y’all don’t have to like him but ya better learn to check your biases impact on your ability to be impartial/objective 😂😂
When you Rolling with Stephen A. Your credibility is None. Bad take on this days of saying nothing are over
love that "power to the peeps" protest pic.
Team USA dropped the ball I would fire 🔥 Grant Hill and anyone else who had there hands in on it for not picking J Brown
I think Grant Hill is nonsense. They need to find another manager for team USA. Grant Hill is bringing politics into this USA basketball.
Hopefully this is a short lived story, better now before the Olympics.
Not to be this guy - it’s Jaylen*
Be that guy. These idiots know how to spell Embiid with two Is, they can spell Jaylen.
How is ego a problem when the most marketable player ever and the goat is the king of egos in MJ
Kawhi should be serving prison time for all the stealing he’s done since leaving the Spurs
@Jaylen Brown continues to be yourself. Stay strong, positive, ❤❤❤
J-A-Y-L-E-N
Yo rich and team did you guys catch that audio issue that guy on all the socials platforms is trying to tell you
When it’s all said and done, we’ve never seen a nba finals during and since the 92 team, NOT represent the United States…. All I’m saying… that kyrie co sign by brown did not age well and WILL NOT
Brown should go play 4 another country during the Olympics & win the Gold against US😢😮
Jaylen brown best player on best team ! Totally unbelievable that he not on us team! Who ever picked this team and left him off should get fired! Usa going to get bad karma from this!
The NBA is full of prima ballerina energy.
Love this podcast but how did they not know the Kyrie situation....they didn't research what Brown did in like 2020...and GRANT Hill wanted a team role guy....kawhi is a star..not a team role guy...u replaced a star with a team role guy that's a guard....they have plenty of guards...they need BROWN especially if KD is gonna be hurt still
I can see Brown being upset about not being on the Olympic team but the guy who got picked instead is his teammate. So you can be upset but why express that publicly? That's crapping on your teammate because you're saying "I'm a better player than him" to the whole world. How is that not going to potentially cause locker room issues? Your team just won the NBA title and you're risking blowing the chance for a repeat. Stew in private and don't let this all fall on the Celtics. 20 years from now when the documentary about the 2024 Celtics covers their fall from grace this is the sort of thing that could be cited as a the beginning of the end. The Tweet to have sent is a congratulations to White.
You could say that, but I doubt there's anything to worry about. JB has always expressed his issues with authority publicly and that's why they don't really want him around much afraid of what he might say. The Celtics players know this as well and they all know the setup of the team. They all say that Tatum and Brown are the 2 core players that everything is built around. That's why they are so good, everyone is talented and knows their role. They all know that Brown is being snubbed and wouldn't disagree.
The positive side is that Brown uses these things to fuel himself to keep getting better. I've been extremely impressed with how he improves every year. That takes a lot of hard work and dedication that a lot of rich athletes don't have. Both Tatum and Brown know that the most important things for them is getting more rings and everyone on the team knows they need each other for that. They're very good at having an us against the world attitude so the more people try to talk them down, the more likely that will come back even stronger. I'd say the more anti-Celtic talk out there, the more likely they will win.
It's simple...nike..kyrie..jb..nike was upset at jb and used this as punishment smh
please do not call this team a dream team coz it disrespects the Dream Team
It feels like Boston somehow has 6 starters.
You can’t replace Kawhi with Derrick white if you have a Kawhi 2.0 not playing
You can’t replace Kawhi with Derrick white because brown isn’t “marketable” and then! Insert Derrick white 😂😂😂😂😂 NEITHER excuse is valid and Grant hills excuse is bogus…..just tell the truth
Jalen Brown has his own mind. He doesn't and shouldn't care what anyone says or think. Bro does his own thing
Who is Jalen Brown? You mean Jaylen Brown?
NBA is always full of politics and always catering to people/companies that makes them money including China. So it's no surprise since JB is quite vocal on issues and him being different including his religion , which is the same as Kyrie. So there is politics and a lil racism. NBA and Team USA didn't handle this well. He definitely deserves to be in the team and was an equivalent or even a better replacement to Kawhi. Kawhi was never a role player, he's a star player so Derrick White should not be the replacement.
"Now then, is there anybody missing from the Celtics on this Olympic team that might've maybe taken a spot?"
"Ah, Payton Pritchard..."
🤣
one of the very few times I will criticize this great show- I am sick and tired of conflict and discord being highlighted here, congratulations to Mr White for his selection, can we hold this discussion till after the Olympics please? this whole segment left a bad taste in my mouth,