In high school, Jaylen brown won Mr. Georgia Basketball and was fielding offers from some of the top schools in the country. He wasn’t like the other players…
– Graduated at the top of his class
– Chose Cal over Kentucky & Kansas for academics
Coaches immediately noticed his interests outside basketball…
– He enroll in graduate level courses
– Made Varsity Chess team
– Learned both Spanish and Arabic
Despite him being the Pac-12 player of the year…his brain freaked out scouts
Many in the media regarded Boston taking him at 3rd overall as the biggest mistake of the draft. Jaylen didn’t change anything…
– He became the youngest VP of the NBAPA
– Was named an MIT Media Lab Fellow
– Became the youngest person ever to lecture at Harvard
This was around the time that NASA came knocking at his door…
NASA offered Jaylen an internship in 2021.
A year later he made his first Finals
Fast forward to 2023 and he was up for the largest contract in NBA history, but this wasn’t the only thing on his mind…
Jaylen was teaching a robotics session at MIT while he and his agent were in the middle of securing the largest contract in NBA history
He not only lived up to the immense expectations but has exceeded them
Cherry on top…
He plays guitar and piano