Jaylen Brown was the driving force in the Philadelphia 76ers' win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night, finishing with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. But after the win, he appeared to take a shot at former Boston Celtics teammate Jayson Tatum, sending National Basketball Association (NBA) fans into a frenzy across social media platforms.
On Thursday, October 22, Brown jumped in the comments section on a Bleacher Report post featuring Tatum explaining how he found out about the trade, dropping a blue cap emoji. The 'cap', meaning someone is being untruthful, appeared to respond to Tatum's story told about the day the Boston Celtics traded Brown to a conference rival.
Tatum said, in a documentary that was released on his own, that he was in Las Vegas when someone with him informed him of the news. "He handed me a towel," Tatum recalled while detailing the dramatic moment.
"He was like, 'Yo, put this on your face. They just traded him.'"
"I'm like, 'Oh, s**t,'" Tatum added, describing his immediate shock upon hearing the unexpected development. "I'm like, 'Where?' He said Philly.
I said, 'You traded him down the street?'" Brown's comment under the post appeared to hint that he thought Tatum was lying about his reaction or the sequence of events. However, he didn't detail which part of the video he presumed was misleading, leaving fans to speculate endlessly about their relationship.