Jaylen Marselles Brown was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on the 24th
of October 1996 to his mother is Machelle Brown and his father is Marselles Brown.
His dad was a former professional boxer and was a WBU World Champion. He is also a member
of the Hawaii State Boxing Commission Board. Jaylen attended Wheeler High School in Marietta,
Georgia. In his senior year, he helped his squad win the Georgia Class 6A State Championship.
He averaged 28 points and 12 rebounds a game en route to leading Wheeler to a 30-3 overall record.
To top off his incredible high school career, Jaylen Brown was named the Georgia’s Mr.
Basketball, along with many other Georgia state awards including USA Today‘s Player of the Year.
He was a five-star recruit and was considered one of the top players of his class alongside Ben
Simmons and Brandon Ingram. Jaylen Brown committed to play for the Cal Berkeley Golden Bears.
As for his college career, Jaylen Brown averaged 14.6 points, 5.4 rebounds per
game for the Golden Bears. He was named to the First-team All-Pac-12 that year and was also
the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. In his first year at Berkeley,
Brown took a masters-level class in Cultural Studies of Sports in Education. He also studied
Spanish and set a goal to learn three more languages before he reached the age of 25.
Jaylen considers himself more than a basketball player as he has a wide range
of diverse interest such as history, soccer, mediation, philosophy, Anime and activism.
Quite a well-rounded dude if I do say. After one year in college, he decided to
declare for the NBA Draft. NBA Career
The Boston Celtics selected Jaylen Brown with the 3rd overall pick. During his rookie season,
He averaged 7 points and 3 rebounds. After being named to the All-Rookie Second
Team, he averaged he averaged 14.5 points and 5 rebounds the next year. Then his scoring went
up to 20 points and last year 25 points a game. This year was also his first All-Star selection.
Talk about steady improvement! Ever since Jaylen Brown has joined the Celtics,
they have at least made the conference finals 4 of 5 years. Jaylen is a big part of the reason why.
Jaylen is an intelligent dude and is also Vice President of the Player’s association.
He just got re-elected to another 3-year term. CJ McCollum is the current Player’s union President.
Now let’s see how Jaylen makes the money baby.
Salary Jaylen Brown’s rookie
deal was 4 years and $21 million dollars. In 2020, he signed a 4 year / $106 million
dollar extension with the Celtics, including $103 million guaranteed.
That’s an average salary of $26.5 million dollars a year.
The last year of his deal with be 2024 and his salary that year will be $28.5 million Dollars.
By reaching the NBA Finals, Jaylen Brown has also earned a bonus worth about $960,000. He
also earned another bonus worth about $480,000 for games played and for leading the Celtics
to the 2nd round of the playoffs. That about getting them checks!
Endorsement Deals In the beginning of his career,
Jaylen had a deal with Adidas. The deal was reportedly worth $1 million per year.
He did not have a signature sneaker but was seen rocking the “Dame 6” and “Crazy Explosive”.
However, Brown’s deal with Adidas expired in 2021 and now is a sneaker free agent.
The enjoyable part for Brown is choosing which shoe to wear for each game.
One day it could be Nikes, then New Balances, then perhaps Under Armour or Converse.
“Yeah, I feel free; I feel free,” Brown said. “I think that’s how things have been over the last,
I don’t know how long, you’ve got to rock one brand and stick with it.
But it’s a new day and age and me and my whole brand is different. We’re trying to shift the
mold of the athlete and the way things are done, so for me, I’m enjoying my freedom right
now and we’ll see what happens down the line.” It was just recently reported that that Jaylen
Brown is the first NBA player to sign with Kayne West's marketing firm Donda Sports.
Donda Sports, a fledgling marketing company that is part of West's larger clothing line.
It is still a very small company but given Kanye’s history of making thing blow up,
this has the potential to a game-changer in the sports marketing industry.
LA Rams star Aaron Donald recently joined the firm as well.
Kanye is expected to have Jaylen in a lot of cool
gear and fresh new Yeezys (Yee-zee-s). Yeah, we learned about Jaylen Brown’s
income streams. So, Jaylen Brown has a current net worth of… wait, we will get to that later.
Now that we know where Jaylen gets his money from, let’s talk about his lifestyle and how he
spends his millions. Mansions
Jaylen Brown has a mansion in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
The house easily qualifies as a McMansion, with 7 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms and 11-foot ceilings, which
should accommodate the his 6-6 frame. It comes with a state-of-the-art kitchen, built-ins with
the office, a pool, cool blue bonus room and more. He actually bought the home from former teammate
Gordon Hayward. The home’s nearly $8 Million price tag wasn’t chump
change even for someone with an NBA salary, but should prove to be a good investment.
In this house, if I had to sleep in the bathtub, I would be good.
CARS This might be a first,
but Jaylen Brown has not bought a car after 6 years in the NBA. He admitted it in an interview.
He said that it is about time and even asked Twitter what car he should get. A bunch of
people chimed in with luxury and modest car selections. Brown says he prefers something more
environmentally friendly and is probably going to go electric. Do you see a prius in your future?
Jamal Murray even tweeted “U n me both Brudda” “I’m Broke”. Are you sure Jamal?
Murray has a $158 million-dollar contract, so he is either joking, or buying way too many Rolexes.
Fun fact, that when Jaylen was a rookie, the team pranked him and filled his ride full of popcorn.
It took forever to get it all cleaned out. Rookie hazing at its finest.
Charity The All-Star wing recently
made an appearance on the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” show and participated in a wild trick-basket contest
to win money for his 7uice (Juice) Foundation. The Georgia native beat inflatable defenders and
a rotating hoop to sink a shot on his third try worth $25,000 for his organization, dedicated to
helping disadvantaged kids get quality educations. “Just by using my platform, being an athlete,
a basketball player, I think has a lot of influence," Brown said. I’m
just trying to use it in a positive manner." “Children are the future," Brown said. "Children
are the ones that are paving the way for the next generation and carrying the torch, so, teaching
them the right way, showing them the right values, the right way to do things, is important to me
because they’re going to grow up and they’re going to be the next people to carry the throne”
Jaylen has also been a loud voice for social justice and racial equality.
He has participated in marches and protest in the Black Lives Matter movement.
He has also donated to the Boston Resiliency Fund to support first responders and people in need.
Bravo Jaylen, thank you for investing in this generation. Great Youth means a great future!!!
Girlfriend Jacqueline Hawileh (Haw-lee-a) is rumored
to be the girlfriend of Jaylen Brown. We know she was born in Louisiana and is an Instagram model.
There isn’t much information available that reveals the timeline of their relationship,
but it is reported that the couple started dating a while ago. That said, the couple has chosen to
keep their relationship away from the limelight. Hawileh herself has chosen to keep her personal
life very private and there is not much information on her. Jaylen Brown has
done a good job of keeping his dating life secretive and doesn’t currently have any kids.
Net Worth As you probably
noticed Jaylen Brown isn’t the type of player to have a flashy lifestyle with many luxurious items
though the pad is extra clean. We may have to make another video about his lifestyle as he evolves.
But without any going further. Jaylen Brown has a has a net worth of $ 25 million dollars.
Still in his prime you know that balance should keep growing.
Until next time, see you on the next one and peace out.