The men's U.S. Olympics basketball team took a big hit Wednesday when it was announced that Kawhi Leonard would be leaving the team due to injury. Moments later it was reported that Boston Celtics guard Derrick White will be Leonard's replacement on a team that will be the favorite to win the gold medal in Paris.
While that move seems like a good one for Team USA, another member of the Celtics would have been a great selection, too. That player? Jaylen Brown, who was named NBA Finals MVP just a few weeks after being named the Eastern Conference Finals MVP.
Brown had fans sounding off with this tweet shortly after the White news broke:
🧐🧐🧐
— Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) July 10, 2024
That tweet could have been about anything, and Brown is probably happy for his teammate and friend making the team, but it did lead to lots of jokes from fans:
Celtics locker room chemistry is cooked LMFAOOOOO I WON pic.twitter.com/fcuPJAUUht https://t.co/ekYXXimkC7
— ۟ (@NormaITweeter) July 10, 2024
JB right now pic.twitter.com/ZG08yissWn https://t.co/t6f8uBQKSR
— FanFunded (@fanfundedclub) July 10, 2024
Steve Kerr and Grant Hill destroying Celtics' chemistry, we ride https://t.co/BhcGlnYBb7
— Robert Flom (@RichHomieFlom) July 10, 2024
“Brown and White clash in Boston locker room -ESPN” https://t.co/jdEDDNBo1D pic.twitter.com/JbvONEAwJD
— zinzy🐻〽️ (@itz_zinzy) July 10, 2024
Negative team chemistry for the Celtics https://t.co/xMHc17PbKA pic.twitter.com/yuFpryQucI
— t̷r̷a̷v̷i̷s̷ (@PxcersFTW) July 10, 2024
Confirmed @FCHWPO Becoming Canadian... https://t.co/psO7HvrbG8
— AG (@AG_NBA_X) July 10, 2024
https://t.co/b5yoBqJbgk pic.twitter.com/VGqZ1b55yt
— DeVon Johnson (@DeVonJson) July 10, 2024
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Jaylen Brown’s Cryptic Three-Emoji Tweet Led to Lots of Jokes From NBA Fans.
