Jaylen Brown will spend his 29th birthday playing the Knicks in New York, but the Celtics star is being honored with his own day in the city of Boston.

After quite a long offseason, the Boston Celtics will finally play regular season basketball today. There is still a question as to whether or not Jaylen Brown

Jaylen Brown has always been a leader. But this season, the Celtics star is taking that responsibility to a new level, writes Chris Forsberg.

Jaylen Brown gathered with Celtics teammates, friends, and family to celebrate the official proclamation of “Jaylen Brown Day.”

“So Monday to Thursday I would play alone, but on Friday when I wanted to hang out with my friends, I would play street soccer. A lot of my first fights were on the soccer field, so I guess that kind of started my love for soccer. It started growing up in a Spanish community,” Brown added.

Jaylen Brown's hamstring will be the focus leading up to the Celtics' season opener next week, after he left Boston's preseason finale early Wednesday night with left hamstring tightness.

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown left the Green Team's preseason finale early due to hamstring tightness. He told Joe Mazzulla that he'll be 'fine.'