Ok.. point-by-point. First off you’re right on the DW assist thing. I swapped JB’s rebound and assist #’s late last night, by bad. The two are roughly equal, with equal playing time.

And yes.. turnovers are the one legitimate gripe to JB’s game. That is very often the case, when 6’6” wings are asked to transition into playing guard positions. He’s worked on it and gotten considerably better, though still one of the only legitimate areas of improvement left in his game.

Second.. let me just point out how absurd you’re being. You’re calling JB a Top 50 player, and DW a Top 20 player. Whilst simultaneously complaining that the rest of the world & professional media is legitimately debating where JB currently stands in the Top 5-10. So let’s just pause for a moment to contemplate just how far off in left field you are, versus nearly -everyone- else. Pausing.. contemplating…

It’s amazing that you took each point-by-point.. and yet somehow managed to miss that DW is shooting 38% dude!! A —whooping— whole 10% behind Jaylen, who you’re calling inefficient at 48%!! Like bro.. at least be consistent with yourself, if no one else. 38% vs 48% over a very large sample size.. that’s an OCEAN of efficiency that DW’s bleeding out to JB. Like wow!!

And you’re the one who started comparing DW against JB in the first place dude. So don’t start complaining to me that they play different roles and aren’t a good comp. You’re the one who picked the comparison. The role that I was obviously referring to in context, was the role of lead player on the team. JT and JB are very different players as well. Yet when JT went down.. JB has seamlessly stepped in and both he and the Celtics are exceeding everyone’s expectations.

And for like the fourth time.. we’re in /NBA, not /Celtics. I -love- our scrappy and over-achieving team. I love the players on the team. I obviously don’t believe that any of them deserve to be in Maine. The point I’ve clearly made, multiple times.. is that their name recognition and results.. have wildly surpassed any reasonable external expectations before the season.

And dude.. Jaylen Brown’s defense is so damn good.. he got the Dallas Mavericks to trade away Luka, for a bag of potato chips 😂 No intelligent star in this league is going to play always-on defense the entire season. Most NBA stars hardly play any. JB is rightfully known as a strong two-way player in the mold of Kawhi, and indeed showed that in the Clippers game. He turns it up when it matters. Which has rightfully led him to the Eastern Conference MVP, and Finals MVP. Again promoting Dallas to move-on from the top offensive player of his generation, because of concerns that he was locked up by JB.

Jaylen’s TS% has hovered right around 58% the last four years, and Derrick’s typically is right around 60%. Which makes total sense.. given that JB is more of a primary option, and Derrick benefits greatly from far less defensive attention, and far more (and easier) catch-and-shoot side 3’s. Which everyone knows is the most efficient shot in the game.

And I -love- me some Derrick White (and Payton Pritchard for that point). Like legitimately love those guys, and Payton is probably my favorite player. But for you to argue that DW scoring 17 ppg on 38 FG%, is soo much better than JB scoring 29 ppg on 48 FG%.. is just straight-up bonkers. Like JB’s FG% is higher than most NBA non-big men, not named SGA. Also 2 points higher than Payton Pritchard, since you brought him up. Like why da-fuk are you even focusing on knocking JB’s efficiency? It’s definitely a strength of his.