Boston Celtics stars Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum won't let the Dallas Mavericks 'drive a wedge' between them during the NBA Finals.
Jason Kidd couldn't figure out how to stop the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Now he's hoping they will get in their own way. The Mavericks coach seemed eager to sow dissension in the Boston locker room on Saturday when he singled out Jaylen Brown as the Celtics' best player — words transparently designed to irk Jayson Tatum, an actual NBA first-teamer who was sixth in the voting for the league's MVP.
Although Tatum's career numbers have been better, Brown is the highest-paid player in the league — a quirk of timing and age that gave him the first shot at a supermax contract extension that will earn him more than $300 million over five years. Brown also outplayed Tatum in the 2022 NBA Finals, was the MVP of this year's conference finals and outscored Tatum 22-16 in the Game 1 victory over Dallas on Thursday night.
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