The best moments from Jaylen Brown’s appearance on The Tonight Show

Jaylen Brown was invited to go on The Tonight Show to talk about his 741 Performance brand.

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The interview started with Jimmy Fallon congratulating Brown on his NBA championship, Finals MVP, and most recent All-Star selection. When asked how he felt about this busy time, the Celtics forward replied, "definitely busy, a lot of work, faith, consistency, and hard work pays off though.”

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Fallon then asked Brown about his dunk over Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell in the Slam Dunk Contest last year and wondered how many times they practiced it.

Brown then started to tell the story of how he tried to practice the dunk but Mitchell never showed up to practice. That meant the attempt that was done on All-Star Saturday night was the first time he ever attempted it.

Fallon proceeded to ask what would happen if the dunk went wrong. Brown responded with,

“Then we would’ve all found out together” which got a big laugh from the crowd.

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The conversation moved to Jaylen Brown’s experience meeting Bill Nye the Science Guy. On November 2nd, 2024 Brown tweeted, asking how he would be able to meet the famous scientist. Then after the Celtics game against the Washington Wizards on November 22nd, Brown met Nye after the game and took a picture together.

After being asked why he wanted to meet Bill Nye specifically, Brown answered, "I grew up loving education and he made learning fun.”

Fallon asked him what he talked about with Bill Nye and Brown said, “so, I teach, I do MIT fellowship and lectures at Harvard and I told him maybe we could do a Bill Nye spinoff, kind of take the torch from where he left off.”

They then moved on talking about Jaylen Brown’s company 741 Performance. As Fallon revealed the sneakers on to his desk, him and Brown shared a funny moment as he put on the sunglasses and the band started playing some jazz in the background.

When asked what 741 meant, Brown said,“741 is one of the seven healing frequencies and it represents removing negativity and having protective armor. Also I just like numbers, 741, you know why not.”

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Brown then explained his decision on why he started his own brand instead of signing with a more established sneaker company, saying, “I just wanted to be able to tell the story and just encourage other athletes to start the journey themselves. Independency and understanding your value to some degree and also just giving some different options. We have some of the same brands we’ve seen for the last ten years and hopefully the next ten years we’ll be able to see some different ones emerge.”

Finally, Fallon asked if he wore the 741 Performance sneakers, could he dunk like Jaylen Brown. Jaylen responded with, “so, I’m gonna to tell you the truth... I’m gonna look you in the eye... absolutely.”

Ending his interview on a hilarious note, the crowd went crazy.

This was a great appearance for Jaylen Brown as he was able to talk about his life outside of basketball and show off more of his personality to a national audience so I highly recommend watching the full interview.