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Brown returned to Wheeler Excessive Faculty in Marietta, Georgia, for the ceremony on Friday.
Whereas in Georgia for Saturday’s recreation in opposition to the Atlanta Hawks, Celtics star Jaylen Brown made a particular go to to his close by highschool.
Wheeler Excessive Faculty in Marietta held a ceremony to retire Brown’s highschool basketball No. 0 whereas additionally talking on the college’s Martin Luther King, Jr. meeting forward of the vacation on Monday.
Brown, a 2015 graduate, entered the gymnasium to loud cheers and a standing ovation from college students as he walked as much as the rostrum.
There was a malfunction throughout the unveiling of Brown’s jersey on the wall, however somebody finally eliminated the quilt to show the banner.
“It was simply becoming,” Brown advised WSB-TV’s Alison Mastrangelo of the transient defect. “It was my highschool expertise all wrapped up into that one second proper there.”
Brown famously shared a publish on Twitter in 2014, when he was a senior, about one thing adverse certainly one of his Wheeler lecturers advised him.
“My trainer mentioned she’s going to look me up within the Cobb county jail in 5 years .. Wow,” he shared on Mon., April 28, 2014.
“You don’t actually neglect situations like that,” Brown advised The Athletic 5 years after he shared that publish. “You utilize it as gasoline and you progress on.”
When his No. 0 was efficiently showcased, Brown had an enormous smile on his face and pumped his fist as college students clapped.
He advised Mastrangelo that he at all times dreamt of getting his quantity retired at Wheeler.
“100% did,” Brown mentioned. “It’s at all times been part of my mentality. Consistency and laborious work has paid off. All the time felt like I’d be a star. However to have the ability to come again to my group is extra vital than something.”
As a Wheeler Wildcat, Brown shone brilliant on the courtroom in his closing two years. He helped the staff end with a 27-6 file whereas averaging 24.1 factors and eight.2 rebounds per recreation as a junior.
In his senior yr, Brown led Wheeler to a win within the Georgia Excessive Faculty Affiliation Class 6A State Championship of their 30-win season by making two game-winning free throws with 0.6 seconds remaining. That season, he averaged 28 factors and 12 rebounds per recreation.
Out of highschool, Brown was a five-star recruit, one of many best-ranked gamers in his class, and obtained presents from faculties like Kansas, Kentucky, and UNC. He finally selected to attend the College of California, Berkeley, and performed one season earlier than being chosen No. 3 total by the Celtics within the 2016 NBA Draft.
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