Stephen A. Smith claims victory after Jaylen Brown’s controversial Olympic snub
NY Post
Stephen A. Smith has entered the chat.
The ESPN personality weighed in on the buzz surrounding Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s cryptic social media posts in wake of his teammate, guard Derrick White, being named to the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s National Team, which will compete at the Paris Olympics starting July 26.
“Do y’all believe me now? Yo (Brown), do I need to reveal my sources now? Is it not obvious now? How in the hell is a $300M man — now a champion and an NBA Finals MVP— who’s clearly a top-two player on the @celtics and a Top-15 player in the world, NOT chosen for Team-USA?” Smith wrote in a post on X, including Brown’s curious posts. “B/c his teammate NOT named [Jayson] Tatum is selected before him? Come on y’all!!!”
There is a lot to unpack in Smith’s post.
After the news that White will replace Clippers star Kawhi Leonard on the Olympic roster, Brown posted a few emojis with a monocle on X — and he called out Nike, who designed the 2024 Olympic uniforms, in another post that read: “This what we doing?”
The 27-year-old Brown, who is not a Nike athlete, did not elaborate further after that.
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