Jaylen Brown Potential Superstar or Bust?

The NBA draft is set to start June 23^rd in Brooklyn, New York. This upcoming draft is said to be one of the weakest draft classes we have had in the last several years regardless of one of the most interesting prospects in the last 5 years in Ben Simmons. One prospect in this draft is predicted to be a lottery pick and potential superstar down the line in his career. Draftee Jaylen Brown is a 6’7 SG from the University of California Berkley, as a freshman he averaged 14.6 PPG also chipping in a little bit over 5 rebounds a game. Brown has a great upside in the fact he has great size for his position, along with remarkable athleticism.

With only one year in college Brown decided to declare for the NBA, many scouts have him going in the top 10 in this year’s class but at what risk? Or to what team? Jaylen Brown Freshman year was pretty average at best he shot a poor 43% from the field and a horrible 29% from the 3- point line. Throughout Brown’s basketball life he has been much more athletic than his opponent’s and resulted in him scoring majority of his points by slashing to the basket. Now he is becoming a professional, he will have to develop a jump shot, preferably a very consistent mid-range before he can even think about becoming a superstar talent. Another area he struggled with in his one year stance in college was his decision making he averaged 3 turnovers a game. In his last 3 games he turned it over 10 times. Brown is a great talent with very high potential, but before he can live up to superstardom he must fine tune his game, and work on the areas he is most weak in. The sky is the limit for this draftee but if he doesn’t develop better decision making skills, and a better jump shot he could struggle in the NBA on the offensive side of the ball.

Jaylen Brown’s game is very similar to Gerald Green, Wesley Johnson, and Terrence Williams. All three guys coming out of high school and college, were very athletic, and had great upside but struggled with developing a balanced offensive game. With these limitations in their, games they struggled earlier in their careers with receiving consistent playing time, and the ability to score the basketball. In the long run if Brown can develop a better offensive game he could potentially be as good as Demar DeRozan. It will be interesting on draft night to see where he ends  up.