Celtics’ plan for Jaylen Brown’s tribute video is revealed

The Boston Celtics didn’t play a tribute video for their former star forward, Jaylen Brown, during a preseason game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.

But he’ll get one eventually.

According to Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe, Boston plans to show a tribute video for Brown the next time the 76ers roll up in Beantown.

“Not surprising, but the Celtics intend to show a tribute video for Jaylen Brown when the 76ers play their first regular season game in Boston in January, not at tonight’s preseason game,” Himmelsbach shared in a post on X.

It would have been awkward for the Celtics to turn off the lights at TD Garden for a Brown tribute video during a preseason game. That probably would have also done more damage to the relationship between the two sides.

Brown had an acrimonious exit from Boston in the offseason, when the former NBA Finals Most Valuable Player was traded by the Celtics to the 76ers in exchange for a package that featured Paul George.

As for the preseason game between the Celtics and the 76ers, the home team won in a blowout, with Boston coming away with a 144-106 win. Brown, however, didn’t play and decided to spend most of the evening at TD Garden in the locker room, according to NBC Sports Boston sideline reporter Abby Chin.