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Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s season may be over, but his feud with ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith heated up over the weekend.
Brown was on his livestream and went after Smith once again after the sports pundit told the NBA guard to “shut up.” Smith previously responded to Brown accusing NBA referees of having an “agenda” against him after the Philadelphia 76ers came back from a 3-1 deficit to win the series against the Celtics.
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Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown stands on the court before Game 7 of the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on May 2, 2026. (Winslow Townson/Imagn Images)
The five-time All-Star wrote on X earlier this month that he would “stay quiet” once Smith retires.
“Did he just say I should keep quiet?” To keep silent for whom? he said Sunday evening. “Dude, damn Stephen A. Stephen A, Stephen B, Stephen C. My offer still stands. You want me to shut up and stop broadcasting, well, I want you to shut up and get off these networks because you’re not using your platform to do real journalism. You’re using your platform to use clickbait.
“Tell this mother, uh, to retire because he’s the face of the clickbait media at this point and maybe with his retirement we can start a movement to get the rest of these mothers out of here – or also have some sort of…forget journalistic integrity, actual integrity in order to hold ourselves accountable to the bulls—- the takes that they post.”
Stephen A. Smith questioned whether NBA players felt safe in Memphis, and Grizzlies guard Ja Morant responded at a 2024 NBA event. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
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Brown analyzed a clip of Smith talking about Brown not having Jayson Tatum on his stream and suggested that’s why Smith is called a “clown.”
It’s safe to say that the Celtics had a better season than NBA fans expected. Boston started the year without Tatum as he suffered a torn Achilles in the playoffs last year.
But Brown carried the load, playing in 71 games and averaging 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists. Brown said Smith couldn’t understand how the team’s leadership and chemistry helped the Celtics reach greater heights than expected.
The Celtics were 56-26 and won the Atlantic Division.
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown dribbles the ball against the Philadelphia 76ers during the first quarter at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 30, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)
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Smith previously said Brown needs to “shut up” unless he tries to force the Celtics to trade him.
