Jaylen Brown has silenced his critics this season and shown beyond a reasonable doubt that he’s capable of being a No. 1 option on a winning NBA basketball team.

The Boston Celtics have recovered from an 0-3 start to the campaign to emerge as one of the strongest squads in the league, and Brown has been the engine keeping the Celtics operating at a high level, even without Jayson Tatum.

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons recently discussed Brown’s season with analyst Rob Mahoney during a new episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast . Simmons made an interesting observation about JB: With Giannis out due to injury, Brown might be the best forward playing in the NBA right now.

“Here’s what’s shocking about Jaylen,” Simmons said . “Jaylen has a case for being the best forward in the league right n

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