BOSTON — Jaylen Brown made his first public comments on Thursday night following an attempted break-in at his residence in Wellesley. Brown’s mother was home at the time of the incident per reports, and the All-Star forward missed practice this week to spend time with her after the scare. A broken window was found at the residence when police responded. Brown was playing a game in Washington at the time of the break-in on Sunday.
Brown spoke candidly about the situation after the Celtics’ 117-108 loss to the Bulls on Thursday night, singling out media members that tried to press for details on the story outside of his residence.
“It’s been a tough week,” Brown said. “Obviously, my mother’s security is the utmost importance to me, and that’s been compromised, and so it’s been a tough week. We’ve had media members and reporters outside our house trying to get an inside scoop. Like, have some respect. It’s been a tough week. I’m not gonna lie.”
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Brown affirmed his family was okay after the break-in but that did not stop him from trying to put the situation in perspective.
“We alright. I mean, you know, you deal with situations accordingly,” Brown said. “Thank God nothing serious or physical or threatening happened, but the fact that it could have just kind of lingers in your mind.”
Brown is the latest to be a victim of a break-in that have hit athletes across several sports. Joe Burrow, Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, Mike Conley and Bobby Portis have all been targeted in recent months, which has led to the NBA and NFL putting players on alert.
“The Celtics have provided information for us to figure it out and make sure we can do our job when we travel and stuff,” Brown said. “I know it’s been going on in different parts of the world and different parts of the US where similar things have happened to athletes, etc. So hopefully, anybody who it hasn’t happened to yet, just make sure you’ve got things in place and that it doesn’t. Obviously, to go through that experience and people still in the crib and stuff like that is, it just means you think about some things differently.”
Jayson Tatum and other Celtics teammates and coaches have tried to do their best to support Brown amid the stressful situation involving a close family member.
“I can only imagine,” Tatum said. “It really puts things in perspective. Obviously, everybody’s family is most important. I can only imagine how tough that is to have that on your mind and still go out here and try to do your job at a high level. So just being there for him in any way we can and knowing we’re kind of all in this together.”
