Star Boston Celtics wing Jaylen Brown has not always found balancing his interests in off-court advocacy with the rigors of an NBA season easy, but he only has to look at his own jersey for inspiration in those moments.
Brown is of course not basking in his own glory but rather turning to the example of the man represented by the No. 6 patch on his and every Celtics jersey this season, emblematic of Celtics and civil rights icon Bill Russell after he passed this past July. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Slam’s Deyscha Smith, the Georgia native explained his connection to Russell’s memory.
