Celtics star Jaylen Brown tears into ESPN's Stephen A Smith as feud escalates: 'Face of clickbait media'

Boston Celtics prima Jaylen Brown’s play whitethorn beryllium implicit but his feud with ESPN property Stephen A. Smith heated up implicit the weekend.

Brown was connected his livestream and came aft Smith erstwhile again aft the sports pundit told the NBA defender to "be quiet." Smith antecedently responded to Brown accusing NBA referees of having an "agenda" against him pursuing the Philadelphia 76ers coming backmost from a 3-1 shortage to triumph the bid against the Celtics.

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Boston Celtics defender Jaylen Brown is connected the tribunal earlier crippled 7 of the archetypal circular of the 2026 NBA Playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers astatine TD Garden successful Boston, Massachusetts, connected May 2, 2026. (Winslow Townson/Imagn Images)

The five-time All-Star wrote connected X earlier this period helium would "be quiet" erstwhile Smith retired.

"Did helium conscionable accidental I needed to beryllium quiet? Be quiescent for who?" helium said Sunday night. "Man, f--- Stephen A. Stephen A, Stephen B, Stephen C. My connection inactive stands. You privation maine to beryllium quiescent and halt streaming, well, I privation you to beryllium quiescent and get disconnected these networks due to the fact that you’re not utilizing your level to bash existent journalism. You’re utilizing your level to usage clickbait.

"Tell this mother----er to discontinue due to the fact that he’s the look of clickbait media astatine the constituent and possibly with his status we tin spark a question to get the remainder of these mother----ers retired of present — oregon to besides person immoderate benignant of … hide journalistic integrity, existent integrity successful bid to clasp themselves accountable to the bulls--- takes they enactment out."

Stephen A. Smith questioned whether NBA players consciousness harmless successful Memphis, and Grizzlies defender Ja Morant responded during an NBA lawsuit successful 2024. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

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Brown analyzed 1 clip of Smith speaking astir Brown not having Jayson Tatum connected his watercourse and suggested that it’s the crushed wherefore Smith is referred to arsenic a "clown."

It’s harmless to accidental the Celtics had a amended play than NBA fans expected. Boston came into the twelvemonth without Tatum arsenic helium suffered a torn Achilles successful the playoffs past year.

But Brown carried the load, playing successful 71 games and averaging 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists. Brown said that Smith couldn’t recognize however enactment and squad chemistry helped assistance the Celtics to greater heights than what was expected.

The Celtics were 56-26 and won the Atlantic Division.

Boston Celtics defender Jaylen Brown dribbles the shot against the Philadelphia 76ers during the archetypal 4th astatine Xfinity Mobile Arena successful Philadelphia, Pa., connected April 30, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

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Smith antecedently said that Brown needed to "be quiet" unless helium was trying to unit the Celtics to commercialized him.