Jaylen Brown admits Celtics are progressing faster than even he predicted after Raptors win

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• "I thought we would kind of just take little baby steps on the way.
• But, right now we're playing some really good basketball."The 24-13 Celtics have one of the NBA's best offenses nearly halfway through the 2025-26 campaign and are 5-3 against the top four seeds in the Eastern Conference.
• That includes the fourth-place Raptors, who the Celtics are now 3-0 against this season. While many outsiders are shocked by the Celtics' strong start without six-time All-Star Jayson Tatum healthy, reigning Sixth Man of the Year Payton Pritchard isn't. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"Not surprised at all," he said with a smirk when asked if he was astonished by Boston's performance. Pritchard delivered these comments amongst a chatty locker room filled with players who were mostly content with their participation in the win, yet still aware of the arduous work ahead of them."It's a long season," Brown emphasized.
• "Only thing I'm thinking about is just staying the course.
• Sometimes it's bad when you get too much praise and you get too much notoriety from a team standpoint because now you get comfortable.