Stephen A. Smith Defends Jaylen Brown After Analytics Claim He's a 7th-Best Player

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Stephen A. Smith Defends Jaylen Brown After Analytics Claim He's a 7th-Best Player

Bobby Marks reported an analytics exec viewed Brown as the seventh-best player on a team, prompting Smith to fire back on X. "There is no way in hell he is the 7th-best player on any team in the NBA," Smith posted. "He may be the best 2-way player in the league. Yes, it's me saying this."

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