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Former Celtics star Jaylen Brown said he’s excited, but unemotional as he prepares to face his old team for the first time.
Brown and the 76ers will host Boston on Tuesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena. It’s the first regular-season meeting between the 2024 NBA Finals MVP and the club that drafted him in 2016.
“I think it should be fun,” Brown told reporters Sunday in Chicago. “(It’s) a good opportunity for our team to be able to show what we’re made of, so I’m looking forward to it. A big-time matchup, two heavyweights in the East. Let’s get it.”
Brown spent the first decade of his career in Boston, winning one championship and scoring the 10th-most points in franchise history. His final season with the Celtics — during which he posted career-best numbers and made second-team All-NBA — ended with a postseason loss to the 76ers, followed by a stunning offseason trade to Philly two months later.
The Celtics and Sixers matched up twice during the preseason, with Brown playing in one of those games and traveling to TD Garden for the other. He was asked whether those exhibitions would ease his emotions Tuesday night.
“We’ll see how we feel when we get out there, ...