Advanced Stats Paint Grim Picture For Jaylen Brown Vs. Jayson Tatum Comparisons

Jaylen Brown Jayson Tatum

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For their entire careers, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have been compared to each other. While Tatum has had better regular-season stats and is generally regarded as the superior player, it was Brown who won Eastern Conference Finals MVP and NBA Finals MVP during the Boston Celtics' 2024 championship run.

When Tatum missed most of this season with an Achilles injury, Brown proved he could lead the Celtics, carrying them to 56 wins and the two seed in the East with an MVP-caliber season.

All season, however, plus/minus showed that Boston was actually better when Brown was off the court. That proved true again in the playoffs as the Celtics shockingly lost their first-round matchup to the Philadelphia 76ers in seven games.

Boston finished the series minus-23 when Brown was on the court versus plus-43 when he was on the bench. In its four losses, Brown had a staggering negative-66 plus/minus, including a minus-57 over the final three games.