In a new poll at The Athletic, 161 anonymous players were asked who the 2025-26 MVP should be, and Brown finished tied for third. The Celtics star garnered 8.2% of the vote, as did Detroit’s Cade Cunningham and Los Angeles’ Luka Doncic.

The Boston Celtics surprised everyone when Jaylen Brown kept the team as contenders during a “rebuild year,” and surprised everyone again when Jayson Tatum returned after only being gone 10 months due...

Wasn’t this supposed to be a gap year for Boston? Instead, Jaylen Brown put the team on his back for the first 62 games of the season before being rejoined by Tatum, who has made a stunningly quick re...