“Without him, we can’t reach our goals.”

The Boston Celtics superstar duo of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum is without a doubt the best tandem in the NBA and it’s been that way for a long time now.

Together, the Jay’s have led Boston to three appearances in the Eastern Conference Finals, advancing to the Finals once.

Recently, there were two interviews released from The New York Times and The Ringer in which Brown expressed some frustrations he’s having with the Celtics organization and the city.

It’s worth mentioning that The Ringer article took place in January and was released this pst week.

In the piece, Brown said he initiated a three-way call with Tatum and Brad Stevens to find the direction of the organization after seeing a picture posted of Tatum working out with Kevin Durant during trade rumors between Brown and KD.

During postgame at the TD Garden on Friday night, Tatum was asked what the conversation with Brown was like and what he said to him to make him feel better about the situation.

“Just reassuring the obvious, that we need him. He’s a big part of this team, this franchise, and without him we can’t reach our goals. So you guys know that, the world knows that, the team knows that we need him to be the best version of ourselves. So that’s all that we kind of talked about.”

Tatum’s right in the sense that everyone in the world knows the Celtics need both Brown and Tatum to reach their goals and be successful as a team.

To that, I’d say “actions speaks louder than words” and that head coach Joe Mazzulla needs to include Brown in more crunch-time, game-deciding moments.

The same can be said for Brad Stevens when it comes to making personnel decisions, if Tatum is involved, so should Brown.

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