Jaylen Brown's Mom Wants Him to Return to Cal

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3:39p, 6/22/24
Looks like Mama Brown wants Jaylen to come back to Cal and finish his degreee.

https://andscape.com/features/boston-celtics-guard-jaylen-brown-takes-his-mother-on-a-surreal-trip/

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In reply to 01Bear • 7:02p, 6/22/24
How is there not more traction in this thread - this would be amazing!

From the article:
"She also wants her son to earn his degree from Cal, where he spent nine months before embarking on his NBA career. Mechalle Brown earned her undergraduate degree from Michigan State and her MBA from American InterContinental University. Her mother earned her degree from Grand Valley State University. "Athletics was never my focus," she said. "My focus was education. I definitely want him to go back to finish. We're going to talk about that this summer. He promised me and also his grandmother."
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In reply to 75bear • 7:08p, 6/22/24
75bear said:
How is there not more traction in this thread - this would be amazing!

From the article:
"She also wants her son to earn his degree from Cal, where he spent nine months before embarking on his NBA career. Mechalle Brown earned her undergraduate degree from Michigan State and her MBA from American InterContinental University. Her mother earned her degree from Grand Valley State University. "Athletics was never my focus," she said. "My focus was education. I definitely want him to go back to finish. We're going to talk about that this summer. He promised me and also his grandmother."

I hope Jaylen does go back to Cal and finish his degree.
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In reply to 75bear • 8:00p, 6/22/24
He promised mom AND grandma? Dude better follow through, if he knows what's good for him.


Welcome back to Cal, Jaylen!
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -- (maybe) Benjamin Disraeli, popularized by Mark Twain
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8:43p, 6/22/24
He should talk with Shareef about how he did it, but Cal should do everything possible to facilitate this happening and make a big deal about it.
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In reply to calumnus • 10:19p, 6/22/24
calumnus said:
He should talk with Shareef about how he did it, but Cal should do everything possible to facilitate this happening and make a big deal about it.

IIRC, Cal started a program specifically to help former student-athletes return and earn their degrees.

https://asc.berkeley.edu/dcp
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In reply to calumnus • 6:08a, 6/23/24
calumnus said:
He should talk with Shareef about how he did it, but Cal should do everything possible to facilitate this happening and make a big deal about it.


Hopefully knowlton will be gone by then. Then we might actually do it right.
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7:45a, 6/23/24
I hope he comes back and near as I can tell (cause I can't for the life of me figure out why not) he would have at least 3 years of eligibility remaining ;-)

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3:31p, 6/23/24
If I was him, I would graduate Harvard.
Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside
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5:40p, 6/23/24
I wonder if Jaylen could take some summer school classes, and work towards his degree that way.
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In reply to 75bear • 6:26p, 6/23/24
75bear said:
I wonder if Jaylen could take some summer school classes, and work towards his degree that way.

I think Jaylen could afford to fly his Cal professors back and forth until he accumulates 120 units.
And then they can all go to Monte-Carlo for the grad trip together.

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In reply to 75bear • 6:36p, 6/23/24
75bear said:
How is there not more traction in this thread - this would be amazing!


Jaylen for Congress!
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In reply to AunBear89 • 6:37p, 6/23/24
AunBear89 said:
He promised mom AND grandma?

Jaylen for Senate!
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In reply to bearister • 6:40p, 6/23/24
bearister said:
If I was him, I would ...

Jaylen for PRESIDENT!!!!
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In reply to concordtom • 6:49p, 6/23/24
concordtom said:
Jaylen for Senate!
Jaylen for PRESIDENT!!!!
He's not old enough.
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In reply to stu • 11:49p, 6/23/24
stu said:
concordtom said:
Jaylen for Senate!
Jaylen for PRESIDENT!!!!
He's not old enough.
YET
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In reply to concordtom • 2:45a, 6/24/24
concordtom said:
stu said:
concordtom said:
Jaylen for Senate!
Jaylen for PRESIDENT!!!!
He's not old enough.
YET


Yes, let's let him finish his basketball career and his Cal degree first.
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In reply to stu • 9:47a, 6/24/24
stu said:
concordtom said:
Jaylen for Senate!
Jaylen for PRESIDENT!!!!
He's not old enough.
He will be.
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In reply to bipolarbear • 10:31a, 6/24/24
bipolarbear said:
stu said:
concordtom said:
Jaylen for Senate!
Jaylen for PRESIDENT!!!!
He's not old enough.
He will be.
Let's hope he doesn't wait til he's in his seventies.
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In reply to bearister • 2:54p, 6/24/24
bearister said:
If I was him, I would graduate Harvard.


Traitor!!
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In reply to bearister • 4:04p, 6/24/24
bearister said:
If I was him, I would graduate Harvard.

He can go to Harvard for grad school.
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In reply to concordtom • 4:12p, 6/24/24
concordtom said:
stu said:
concordtom said:
Jaylen for Senate!
Jaylen for PRESIDENT!!!!
He's not old enough.
YET

Groomer!
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In reply to Bearprof • 4:58p, 6/24/24
Bearprof said:
bearister said:
If I was him, I would graduate Harvard.


Traitor!!


Take off that crimson shirt!
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5:49p, 6/24/24
There are no rules anymore in college sports. I'm sure we could use a little depth on the team next year.
Give to Cal Legends!

https://calegends.com/donation/ Do it now. Text every Cal fan you know, give them the link, tell them how much you gave, and ask them to text every Cal fan they know and do the same.
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In reply to bearister • 6:56p, 6/24/24
bearister said:
If I was him, I would graduate Harvard.
coursework would certainly be easier. Gentlemen's B- will work for graduation.
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In reply to Big C • 7:19a, 6/25/24
Big C said:
concordtom said:
stu said:
concordtom said:
Jaylen for Senate!
Jaylen for PRESIDENT!!!!
He's not old enough.
YET

Groomer!

I had a friend in college who used to joke "old enough to pee is old enough for me."

I'm not sure where he picked up that cringe-inducing line, but he laughed every time he said it - he married the girl who lived across the hall from him in freshman year dorms, though they didn't start dating until the summer after the school year. Still married 33 years later.
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In reply to calumnus • 7:23a, 6/25/24
calumnus said:
concordtom said:
stu said:
concordtom said:
Jaylen for Senate!
Jaylen for PRESIDENT!!!!
He's not old enough.
YET


Yes, let's let him finish his basketball career and his Cal degree first.


Why bother waiting when we can just rig the whole thing.
Fast-stamp the degree and the election, too! MAGA says everything is rigged so I figure, why wait?!?!
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7:28a, 6/25/24
So much silly, pointless spam in what should be a cool thread.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -- (maybe) Benjamin Disraeli, popularized by Mark Twain
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In reply to AunBear89 • 10:50a, 6/26/24
AunBear89 said:
So much silly, pointless spam in what should be a cool thread.

You don't think it's fun and cool to picture Jaylen Brown as President?!?!

I'll bet we could get that practice facility built for you!
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In reply to 01Bear • 12:23p, 6/26/24
After his NBA days are done I hope he comes back to finish his degree...AND play hoops. The old prohibition of "pros" playing against "amateurs" should be deleted in this era of NIL. If former NBA players came back to finish their degrees I think they should be eligible to play hoops. Same for other sports. Time to encourage these athletes to complete their degrees.
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In reply to MilleniaBear • 2:36p, 6/26/24
MilleniaBear said:
After his NBA days are done I hope he comes back to finish his degree...AND play hoops. The old prohibition of "pros" playing against "amateurs" should be deleted in this era of NIL. If former NBA players came back to finish their degrees I think they should be eligible to play hoops. Same for other sports. Time to encourage these athletes to complete their degrees.

I'm not sure if he should play for Cal, again, after his pro career is over. While it'd be great if he could lead Cal to a NCAA championship, it would also take away a spot for a younger kid out of high school.

I may not necessarily agree with the rationale behind the NCAA rules, but I can at least see where keeping the prohibition on professional players from returning to their schools to play in the same sport (for which they were paid) would be beneficial for helping kids get to college. To allow former NBA players to return to their alma mater and play basketball would mean fewer college slots for kids straight out of high school.

But I also love that Cal has a program specifically designed to help its former student-athletes complete their degrees. That should be trumpeted more and used as a recruiting draw. I'm not sure how many other P4 schools have a similar program. Too often, once a student athlete leaves school (especially to play pro ball), the schools don't care about them academically.
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In reply to stu • 7:11p, 6/26/24
stu said:
bipolarbear said:
stu said:
concordtom said:
Jaylen for Senate!
Jaylen for PRESIDENT!!!!
He's not old enough.
He will be.
Let's hope he doesn't wait til he's in his seventies.


He'd still be a starter.
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