The NBA's best five without two of its biggest stars

Jalen Brown is an attraction grabber. The youngest vice-president successful the past of the NBA Players Association, but besides the youngest to springiness a lecture astatine Harvard, helium besides had an connection to unpaid astatine NASA. Besides being a vegetarian, helium is known for his wide education, plays respective instruments and could thatch astatine prestigious colleges. Of course, we indispensable not hide that helium is besides an fantabulous hoops player.

The 2024 Finals MVP is often called "too smart" to conscionable play basketball, but helium champion shows why. The Boston Celtics hoops subordinate is not lone bully connected the floor, but besides likes to publically advertise connected shows and podcasts wherever helium shares his thoughts connected mundane topics, but besides connected the NBA.

Jalen's perfect five

In the "Million Dollaz Worth of Game" podcast, helium was tasked with putting unneurotic the champion 5 successful the NBA. What amazed galore is that helium did not see immoderate Celtics teammates, specified arsenic Jayson Tatum, oregon himself. It is adjacent much absorbing that neither Nikola Jokic nor Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who are considered the champion players successful the league, are included successful his selection.

"I'll enactment Anthony Edwards connected the two. Kevin Durant goes connected the three, LeBron James connected the four, and the halfway volition beryllium Victor Wembanyama. Playmaker? Of course, Stephen Curry. He's the champion playmaker successful the past of basketball. The presumption of 1 has changed, it's not conscionable giving assists, but opening up abstraction for others erstwhile he's connected the court," explained Jalen.

He had peculiar words of praise for LeBron James. Although I americium 206 cm gangly and measurement 109 kilograms, helium said that the King indispensable measurement astatine slightest 122 kilograms and that astatine the property of 40 helium looks similar helium has superhuman abilities. "He has unthinkable speed, athleticism, but besides intelligence. He sees the crippled similar a existent genius, reads the tribunal and astatine the aforesaid clip tin beryllium a manager connected the floor," said the Celtics player.

Due to Jayson Tatum's superior injury, this 27-year-old indispensable instrumentality connected the relation of squad leader. Last season, successful 63 games, helium averaged 22.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.2 steals.