Asked what his immediate thoughts were following the loss to the Nets, it was clear that the Georgia native was perturbed by how his teammates played in the game. "What's my initial takeaway?" asked Brown in response to the query via CLNS Media. "Come ready to play or don't come at all."

The 2025-26 Boston Celtics don't have a surplus of talent, so they have to make up for that deficit in other ways.