Jaylen Brown views Bill Russell as a model of character and leadership whose principled life transcended the realities of his time and serves as a legacy that athletes should continue to honor.

“I got to commence um the commun communion with the the the mayor the governor and the rest of the city of Boston just to honor his legacy and what he stood for you know as a man and then his his character which at that time you know kind of just transcended you know the the reality of what was going”