Story byCeltics WireWed, December 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM UTC·1 min readJaylen Brown has been having a season so good with the Boston Celtics, he is in legitimate contention for the 2026 Kia Most Valuable Player award after having cracked the top five players looking like they could win the honor this season. But for Brown, it has been his opportunity to lead the Celtics to a wildly successful start to their 2025-26 NBA regular season campaign while costar on the wing Jayson Tatum recovers from a torn Achilles tendon sustained in the 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. the New York Knicks. Speaking to that role after Boston's 103-95 win vs.