Jaylen Brown admitted that he had considered leaving the Celtics because he was put on the trade shelf, but his idol Tracy McGrady convinced him to stay.
Jaylen Brown said: "I don't know how many times I was included in trade discussions. I wanted to leave for a while. I thought that I could make a career elsewhere with my own abilities. But after communicating with McGrady, he persuaded me to stay. I was actually quite confused. After all, McGrady also left the Raptors to become that McGrady. But he told me, 'No, brother, believe me. No matter what you can do, if you can stay, you have a chance to win.'"