The Brown era of leadership has begun in Boston

Jaylen Brown has provided the kind of leadership with his words and his play, that Boston desperately needs in order to achieve the only goal this team has had all season - winning an NBA title.

Jaylen Brown, the 2024 Eastern Conference finals MVP, led the Boston Celtics on and off the court. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

The world got an up close and personal look at the stellar play of Jaylen Brown, on one of the biggest stages, delivering the goods in a way that was better than any other player - teammate Jayson Tatum included - in Boston’s four-game sweep of the Indiana Pacers.

“The energy is about to shift,” Brown, who was named Eastern Conference finals MVP, told reporters following the series-clinching win.

The same may be true of the narrative surrounding the role he seems destined to play for the Boston Celtics going forward.