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Oct 27, 2025; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) reacts during the first half against the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images
The 2025-26 season was supposed to be a gap year for the Boston Celtics. Coach Joe Mazzulla practically had to reinvent his team after losing their core because salary issues and not having Jayson Tatum for the majority of the year due to an Achilles injury. Still, the team persisted and will hold the second seed in the Eastern Conference. A lot of players in the association posit that Jaylen Brown should get his flowers and be crowned as the NBA MVP. All of that was revealed in the NBA Anonymous Player Poll.
Why should Celtics' Brown be NBA MVP?
The Athletic's NBA Anonymous Player Poll ranked Jaylen Brown as the third-most deserving player to win league MVP. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander overwhelmingly leads all players as he notched 39% of the votes among 159 players asked. Nikola Jokic follows it up as he garnered 21.4% of those votes. Brown tied with Cade Cunningham and Luka Doncic as each three got 8.2% of the votes each.
It is clear that there is a defined distinction for why Brown deserves the NBA MVP. He was able to erase all narratives that the Celtics would suck without Tatum. Not to mention, a lot of analysts did not even think that they would win more than 40 games because of their offseason transactions. An NBA player outlined why all of this would make the Celtics star more deserving than others.
"In terms of what the team lost last year, to come in with the low expectations there were and to see the standings now, it’s because of him and the level of play he’s been at. He does it on both ends at a super high level. He’s consistent every night," he declared.
Notably, Brown has not been actively campaigning to win the NBA MVP award like Victor Wembanyama. He is more focused on getting Tatum back to his former self, executing Coach Mazzulla's schemes properly, and getting the Celtics their 19th banner. This soon-to-be all-time great is clearly a team player and it will help him reap a lot of benefits.
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