Derrick White Predicts Jaylen Brown Willโ Make All-NBA First Team
BOSTON – Bostonโฃ Celticsโข guard Derrick White believes teammateโ Jaylen Brown is poisedโข to achieve a โcareer milestone,predictingโ the star forward willโ earnโ a spotโค on the 2025-26 โขAll-NBA First Team.White โmade the prediction on his podcast, “White โNoise,” on โคSeptember 3, naming Brownโ alongside Nikola Jokic, โGiannis Antetokounmpo, Lukaโ Doncic, โฃand Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as potential First Teamโข selections.
Brownโ has previously beenโข recognized for hisโ performance, earning โคa selection to the โข2022-23 All-NBA Second Team. Tho,โฃ heโข has yet to be โฃnamed toโ the Firstโ team, a featโ intricate by theโข consistent โฃAll-NBA First โขTeam selections of teammate Jayson Tatum over the โขpastโ four yearsโ – a โsituation โwhere teammates frequently enough find it difficult to both achieve the honorโ in the same season.
This season presents aโข unique possibility for โคBrown.Tatumโฃ is expected โto miss โthe majority,โ if โnot all, of โthe season due to a torn Achilles tendon,โฃ thrusting Brown into the role of the team’s โprimary scoring option. White believes this increased duty โwill allow Brown to elevateโ his statistics โand strengthen his case for the All-NBA First Team.
“I โฃmean,โ probably (Nikola) Jokic, Giannisโ (Antetokounmpo), that’s probably โขthe โฃobviousโค ones,” White said, โขvia Hardwood Houdini. “Luka Doncic, Shai (Gilgeous-Alexander) and Jaylen brown.”