The pressure is huge! The core is absent! Can the new king take on the team?

The sun is shining in Boston in autumn and the sky is blue. On the England Patriots Stadium, a unique event is underway:

Jaylen Brown is wearing a No. 7 jersey and standing on the sidelines with his teammates on the tower. He wants to ring the kick-off bell for the Patriots' home game; this is the team tradition since 2023.

Jaylen Brown has always been the kind of person who dares to tell the truth, but he still felt fear on the 22-story tower. On the next day's new season media day, he answered his thoughts at the time:

"I don't know it's so high, but I think I've overcome my fear. Everyone has fear, which does not mean that you should let fear hinder you from doing what you want to do."

Borrowing this sentence, perhaps there is no more symbolic of his role in the new season than this.

After the team undergoes personnel changes and the core leader is injured, Jaylen Brown will become the leader who truly leads the team forward.

Jail Brown is about to usher in his tenth season since joining the Celtics in 2016. Many people may have forgotten that when the Celtics selected him in the third pick, it also caused quite a bit of controversy:

fans hope to trade draft picks for more mature combat power, rather than a newcomer Brown with ordinary grades and immature skills in college. Team owner Grusbeck even said bluntly:

"This is the worst reaction I have encountered in 14 years after I bought the team."

But even if I was not favored, Jaylen Brown never wavered. He is always full of enthusiasm for Boston:

"I am very happy to come here, I will fight for this city. I will play with enthusiasm, without reservation every night."

Although he is a high-ranking rookie, Jaylen Brown, who has just entered the league, did not make a big splash.

In the 2016-17 season, he mainly served as a substitute. After the team scored in the Eastern Conference Final, he had more opportunities to give him. But then the Celtics selected Tatum in the third pick, and the double-Tanhua combination began to become the team's fixed starter, while Brown began to retreat to the man behind Tatum.

Since entering the league, in ten years, Jaylen Brown has grown from a young 19-year-old boy to a mainstay of the team, turning fans who had originally questioned him into supporters. Now, he has ushered in a season where he really needs to carry the team. After Tatum's injury, he has become the most senior veteran core of the team.

But before that, Brown had actually started to carry the team's banner.

At the end of last season, when Tatum was absent due to injury and the Celtics lost to the Knicks in the playoffs, although Brown performed well, he still couldn't hide the team's defeat: with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, he also made 7 mistakes, and finally left the court with six fouls.

' early exit of the playoffs is a test and an opportunity for Brown. Every summer, he would go to some activities to experience new things in addition to training, but this year during the offseason, he chose to stay in Boston and focus on his recovery and growth.

For Brown in the new season, he is expected to be the team's first choice. The seniors of the team were also full of expectations for him, but there were also doubts:

Hall of Fame point guard Bob Cousey bluntly said that he might not have reached the level of Tatum, and there are still challenges to carry the team alone; Pierce reminded that taking responsibility means more sacrifices: "When you get more power, you must also take more responsibility." At the beginning of the training camp, the Celtics made it clear about the way to play in the new season. They need to play quickly, not only speed up the offensive speed, but also improve on-field response. In the past, when Tatum was in charge, the offensive rhythm was slow. With more young players joining in the new season, Brown will have more opportunities to advance quickly and fight back with the ball.

This not only conforms to his game style, but also tests his organizational ability and decision-making judgment.

And off the court, Jaylen Brown also assumes leadership responsibilities. He needs to help new players integrate into the environment and build chemistry stably. So before the training camp, he returned to the venue in advance to get to know his new teammates and arranged for players to have dinner together to promote communication within the team.

For this reason, when he appeared with his teammates in the autumn, he seemed particularly calm.

Jaylen Brown said that for a long time, he always felt that he had to protect himself in some way and avoid losing control. And now, he is beginning to be able to be calm inside, no longer be bound by media pressure, and understand the value of all pressure. He also began to understand his abilities and how to make himself worthwhile on the field.

And this calmness and firmness are exactly what Celtic fans want to see most in the new season:

Jaylen Brown who can lead the team and fearlessly in the face of challenges;

A new leader of the team who is about to write a legend.