Celtics Rich Paul responds to Jaylen Brown’s Bronny James take “I know he doesn’t mean that with any malice. He was just having a conversation.” Jaylen Brown. Photo by Elsa/Getty Images
Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul responded to a video of Jaylen Brown appearing to say that LeBron James’s son Bronny James is not ready to be a pro basketball player.
Brown was sitting at a Summer League game talking with a pair of professional women’s basketball players, Kysre Gondrezick and Angel Reese, when the younger James’s name came up.
Paul, who represents both the younger and elder James, said during a recent appearance on ESPN’s Pat McAfee Show that he did not have a problem with Brown’s comments.
“I saw some of the stuff that came out about Jaylen Brown and things like that,” Paul said. “You can’t take everybody’s opinion and try to turn it against them or think that he’s a bad person or the you lady that was accompanying him is a bad person. No. They have opinions. They can say what they want to say.”
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“At least he is someone who is actually in the league,” Paul added. “There’s a lot of ‘experts’ with no expertise. He’s actually an expert with expertise. So, if he has that opinion, he can have that opinion, but I know Jaylen. I know he doesn’t mean that with any malice. He was just having a conversation.”
Paul said comments like that could end up being motivation for Bronny.
“I know Jaylen Brown and he was just having a conversation..
The NBA is a rollercoaster and Bronny is gonna put the work in and keep getting better..
They don’t run the credits at the beginning of the movie they run it at the end” ~ @RichPaul4 https://t.co/4s46pEIX6D pic.twitter.com/c4mSygmChZ — Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) July 16, 2024
“Bronny is going to keep his head down and continue to work, use things as fuel,” Paul said. “But also keep being passionate about the game of basketball because that’s a true thing and it goes for all the guys in Summer League. We see guys get drafted and get contracts and don’t ever get another one. The NBA is a rollercoaster. You’ve got to be willing to put the work in every day to get better.”
Paul said he knows Brown and considers him to be a “good guy.” Brown addressed the video with a comment via social media.
“It’s a flex to have your son alongside you in the nba it reflects greatness and longevity!” Brown wrote. “Bronny has all the tools around him to be successful I look forward to watching his growth.”
Rich Paul responds to Jaylen Brown’s Bronny James take
