Jaylen Brown is paying the price for how he celebrated his insane dunk over Detroit Pistons forward Isaiah Stewart … with the league hitting him with a hefty fine over it all.
The play in question went down with 12 seconds to go during the Celtics’ win over Motor City on Wednesday night, with Brown hitting a nasty poster on Stewart to get the TD Garden going crazy.
Gravedigger alert as Jaylen Brown puts Isaiah Stewart on a poster.pic.twitter.com/OcVTQKPAQG
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In the moment, the 28-year-old emphasized the highlight by making a throat-slashing gesture toward Stewart — and it turns out the NBA wasn’t a fan of the move … ’cause the league announced he will need to fork over $25K for “making an inappropriate gesture on the playing court.”
Jaylen Brown fined $25K for making a throat slashing gesture after dunking on Isaiah Stewart.pic.twitter.com/w1dheYYcqi
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The fine probably didn’t surprise Brown … ’cause postgame, he told reporters he expected to hear from the Association over the viral play.
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While $25K may seem like an eye-popping number to a fair amount of people … Brown won’t really feel its effects — as he signed a five-year, $304 million deal with the Cs back in July 2023.
Brown would go on and help lead Boston to a 130-120 victory over Cade Cunningham and the Pistons … leading the way with 28 points, nine assists and six rebounds on the night.