Boston Celtics: 2017-18 player grades for Jaylen Brown

Strengths

One of Brown’s strengths is that he’s a very good two-way player, a necessity for teams to contend in the league now. What’s more surprising (and impressive) is that he’s only 21 years old.

It’s hard to recall players who were that young and that solid on both ends of the floor. Brown improved a lot offensively in his second season. Coming out of college, his main strengths were his athleticism and defense. His offense was a work in progress because of his inability to shoot the ball at times, but in his second year he may have put those concerns to rest.

This season Brown saw the ball go in the basket at a 39.5 percent clip from 3-point range, shooting an average of 4.4 attempts per game. In his first season, he only took 1.7 attempts per game and made 34.1 percent of those.

He also averaged 14.5 points per game during the regular season and 18.0 points per game in the playoffs. He’s showed us that he can score the ball on a nightly basis; it’s just whether or not he can stay consistent.

His defense this season was also great. He averaged 1.0 steals per game and had a defensive rating of 100.3. Granted, playing for the Celtics means that your defensive rating is usually better, but Brown more than held his own.

Jaylen Brown is on his way to being one of the better two-way players in the league if he continues to develop like he has. Only time will tell.