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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 live stream and went after Smith once again after the sports expert told the NBA guard to “shut up.” Smith previously responded to Brown by 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 is on the court before game seven 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/Image Images)
The five-time All-Star wrote in X earlier this month that he would “remain silent” once Smith retired.
“Did he just say he needed to be silent? Be silent for who?” he said Sunday night. “Man, f— 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 stay quiet 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—-to retire because she is the face of the clickbait media right now and maybe with her retirement we can spark a movement to get the rest of these mothers—-out of here, or to also have some kind of…forget journalistic integrity, real integrity so they can be held accountable to the bulls they make.”
Stephen A. Smith questioned whether NBA players feel safe in Memphis, and Grizzlies guard Ja Morant responded during an NBA event in 2024. (Kirby Lee/Image Images)
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Brown analyzed a clip of Smith talking about Brown not having Jayson Tatum on his broadcast and suggested that’s why they refer to Smith as a “clown.”
It’s safe to say that the Celtics had a better season than NBA fans expected. Boston began the year without Tatum, as he suffered a torn Achilles tendon in last year’s playoffs.
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 lead the Celtics to greater heights than expected.
The Celtics went 56-26 and won the Atlantic Division.
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown dribbles the ball against the Philadelphia 76ers during the first quarter at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 30, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Image Images)
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Smith previously said Brown needed to “keep quiet” unless he was trying to force the Celtics to trade him.
