I'd say his ball handling has improved a little...

HoopDreams said:

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I'd say his ball handling has improved a little...

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He's improved many aspects of his game and it's great to see.

Having a heck of a year for the C's. And goes to show how what coaching can do for a player.

Coaching and commitment by Jaylen.

Great to see.

south bender said:

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Experience, coaching and commitment by Jaylen.

Great to see.

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I am happy for him, but he is the reason I would rather have a 4th year 3 star than a 1st year 5 star.

south bender said:

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Coaching and commitment by Jaylen.

Great to see.

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Jaylen has obviously worked his ass off to get better, but it's a full-time job for him now with not only team coaches but individual trainers working with him. Different world.

A lot of the highly rated high school players just dominate physically and learn the hard way that the same stuff doesn't work at the next level. Coaching helps but the season is short. The offseason is where lot of individual development happens, which is probably why a lot of players make a big jump between freshman and soph years. The level of our coaching at the time is probably reflected more in Ivan Rabb's failure to make that leap, though the complete inability to design an offense that maximized Brown and Rabb was infuriating too.

bluesaxe said:

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south bender said:

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Coaching and commitment by Jaylen.

Great to see.

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Jaylen has obviously worked his ass off to get better, but it's a full-time job for him now with not only team coaches but individual trainers working with him. Different world.

A lot of the highly rated high school players just dominate physically and learn the hard way that the same stuff doesn't work at the next level. Coaching helps but the season is short. The offseason is where lot of individual development happens, which is probably why a lot of players make a big jump between freshman and soph years. The level of our coaching at the time is probably reflected more in Ivan Rabb's failure to make that leap, though the complete inability to design an offense that maximized Brown and Rabb was infuriating too.

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IIRC In some mock drafts, Ivan could have been a lottery pick had he left after his freshman year.
He stayed and more or less regressed. He now plays for the horrible Knicks' G-league team. Still rebounds great but, apparently, still has a long way to go for any outside game. But, he's only 22

Jaylen makes extremely good use of his spare time.

https://www.nba.com/celtics/news/sidebar/prac-022019-jaylen-brown-elated-elected-nbpa-youngest-vice-presiden

https://www.media.mit.edu/articles/celtics-star-jaylen-brown-wants-to-fix-american-schools/