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FOR THE MOST POINTS SCORED IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. MICHAEL WILBON, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT COULD BE AT STAKE FOR THIS CELTICS TEAM AS WE KNOW THEM? MICHAEL: HE NEEDS TO BE URGENT. HOW LONG DO YOU GET. WE ARE LESS PATIENT OF CULTURE NOW THAN WE WERE EARLIER AND I TALKED ABOUT JORDAN AND LEBRON. WE’RE A LOT LESS PATIENT FAMILY WERE 20 YEARS AGO AND 40 YEARS AGO. YOU HAVE THE SITUATION IN BOSTON WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSE. YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE JAYLEN BROWN IS AND WHERE HE WANTS TO BE NEXT. THEY HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY WHERE

THEY ARE COMING OFF THE HURT OF LOSING IN THE FINALS LAST YEAR. I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH BETTER IT CAN BE SET UP FOR THIS EVEN IF THEY. . HAVE TWO TOUGH SERIES MIKE: — EVEN IF THEY HAVE A TOUGH SERIES. MIKE: IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION IN NOVEMBER A SEASON AGO AND THE CONVERSATION WAS DO THEY NEED TO BREAK UP TATUM AND BROWN? LET’S LOOK IN A WORLD WHERE THEY GET KNOCKED OUT. WHAT DO WE SAY ABOUT TATUM IN ROUND? STEPHEN A: THEY WOULD PROBABLY CALL WADE. THERE WERE QUESTION MARKS AS

TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANTED TO BE TOGETHER. THEY HOLD EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE, RALLY TOGETHER — THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY TURN IT AROUND AND GET THE NBA

FINALS. THIS IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION. YOU HAVE JAYLEN BROWN APPROACHING THE LAST SEASON OF HIS CONTRACT, THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WONDERING HOW HE CAN POSITION HIMSELF. IT IS A BUSINESS DECISION WHICH IS WHY HE APPEARED SO NONCOMMITTAL. THERE WERE RUMORS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE WOULD GET MOVED FOR KEVIN DURANT. HE REMEMBERED THOSE THINGS. IT REMINDS GUYS LIKE HIM AND VARIOUS OTHERS THAT THIS IS IN

HIS BEST INTEREST, IT ALSO ADDS A MOUNTAIN OF PRESSURE ON HIS SHOULDERS BECAUSE IF YOU WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, IMAGINE THE POSITION THAT WOULD PUT HIM IN. MIKE: IS THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF THE CELTICS AS WE KNOW IT, MEANING BEING LED BY TIM BEN BROWN AT STAKE IN THIS PLAYOFF RUN? JALEN: I THINK SO. IF YOU ARE BOSTON U DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO RETAIN JAYLEN BROWN. PART OF THAT IS WINNING THIS YEAR. IF YOU ARE BOSTON, WHATEVER DISCONNECT THAT MAY EXIST WITH JAYLEN BROWN, YOU NEED TO SIT AND FIGURE IT OUT AND GET HIM INTO

A CONTRACT.