From labeling Joel Embiid a ‘flop artist’ to breaking down film on Paul George, Brown’s post-series rant is sending shockwaves through the league. Yankee Scores has the full breakdown of the accusations.
Boston Celtics player Jaylen Brown claims the referees had “an agenda” against him during the Boston Celtics’ seven-game first-round series defeat against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Jaylen Brown Claims
Jaylen Brown, during his Twitch live stream criticized the refereeing throughout the series and also went after Philadelphia 76ers player Joel Embiid, calling him a flop artist who has “ruined our game.”
“Joel Embiid is a great player. One of the best bigs in basketball history. [But he] flops. He know it,” Brown said. “This ain’t breaking news. It is what it is.”
Later in the same stream, Brown showcased a video clip in which Sixers forward Paul George pushed off just a bit before driving to the basket.
“If you’re going to call push-offs, call that,” Brown said. “Same move. Same refs. Oh, it’s nothing? It’s play on, right?
“But you gonna call me? Everybody does it … but if it would have been me, it’d have been an offensive foul.”
During the entire series, Jaylen Brown was called for a total of 10 offensive fouls, which was almost double those of other players (Jalen Duren, Karl-Anthony Towns, Neemias Queta, and Stephon Castle).
“Agenda” Claims
“Every good basketball player does this. What are y’all talking about? They clearly had an agenda,” Brown said. “If Jaylen does this move, call the offensive foul and follow him every time.
I don’t know if it’s because I pissed the refs off. I’ve been critical about them, and I called them out a bunch of times. So, they were like, ‘You know what, I got you in the playoffs. Watch this.’ [Because] that’s exactly what they did.
“Investigate the Refs”
“It’s clearly an agenda. Look at the same move. Some referees that if I had to choose, if I had to, like, say there’s some referees that need to be investigated. We had three of them in the last three games.”
During the regular season, Brown ranked second with 40 offensive fouls called against him. Towns was first with 65.
In the Celtics-76ers series, the foul calls were relatively even between the two teams. The Celtics were called for 136 personal fouls, the Sixers were called for 132.


