Jaylen Brown could see his No. 7 jersey retired by the Boston Celtics<\/strong>. According to Avery Hill of the Boston Globe<\/em>, Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens believes there is a strong likelihood that Brown\u2019s number will eventually be raised to the rafters at TD Garden.<\/p>\n Brown spent 10 seasons with Boston, earning multiple All-Star and All-NBA selections while playing a key role in the Celtics\u2019 2024 NBA championship run, when he was also named Finals MVP.<\/p>\n Stevens discussed the difficult decisions that come with running an NBA franchise and specifically referenced Brown\u2019s trade.<\/p>\n \u201cWe ultimately decide to trade Jaylen, whose numbers will likely go up in the rafters in Boston. Not fun,\u201d Stevens said.<\/p>\n The comments underline how highly the Celtics continue to regard Brown\u2019s contribution to the franchise, despite the relationship between the two sides deteriorating before his departure.<\/p>\n Brown was one of the key figures in Boston\u2019s run to the 2024 NBA championship<\/strong>, helping the Celtics win their first title in 16 years.<\/p>\n During his Celtics career, Brown averaged 20.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists<\/strong> per game while earning multiple All-Star and All-NBA honors.<\/p>\n He was also an MVP candidate during the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n Retiring Brown\u2019s No. 7 jersey would place him alongside some of the most important players in Celtics history.<\/p>\n Paul Pierce<\/strong> and Kevin Garnett<\/strong> both had their jerseys retired by Boston after winning an NBA championship with the franchise. Brown could therefore become the latest major Celtics star to receive the same honor.<\/p>\n After 10 seasons in Boston, Brown is now a member of the Philadelphia 76ers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The former Celtics star will look to match or surpass the success he achieved in Boston and pursue another NBA championship with Philadelphia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brad Stevens indicated that there is a strong possibility Boston will eventually retire Jaylen Brown\u2019s jersey, despite the controversial way his decade-long relationship with the franchise ended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":371685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-511946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Boston-Celtics.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511946"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=511946"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=511946"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=511946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Brad Stevens: \u201cHis number will likely go up in the rafters\u201d<\/h2>\n
Jaylen Brown and the 2024 NBA championship<\/h2>\n
Brown could join Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett<\/h2>\n
Jaylen Brown begins a new chapter with Philadelphia<\/h2>\n