Star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown is back on a basketball court
Brown, looking like he is most of the way back from his recent meniscus repair, wowed fans on the court at a recent charity game in China. Does this tell us something about how he will look on the court next season for the Celtics? Or is this far too small of a sample size and level of competition for his appearance to tell us much of anything?
The hosts of the CLNS Media "First to the Floor" podcast, Jake Issenberg, Ben Vallis, and Wayne Spooney, took some time on a recent episode of their show to talk it over. Check it out below!
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